''Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at the Iridium'' is a

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by the

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recorded in April, 2004 at the

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and released in 2006 on the

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label. It features performances by

Joseph Jarman Joseph Jarman (September 14, 1937 – January 9, 2019) was an American jazz musician, composer, poet, and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He was one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and a member of the ...

Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figures ...

and

Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

with trumpeter

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and bassist

Jaribu Shahid Jaribu Abdurahman Shahid (born Glenn Henderson, September 11, 1955, Detroit) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both double-bass and electric bass. Shahid played in the band Griot Galaxy with Faruq Z. Bey in the 1970s, and became the ensemb ...

replacing the late

Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in t ...

and

Malachi Favors Maghostut Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography "Favors's tendency to dissemble about his age was a well-known source of mirth to fellow musicians of his g ...

Reception

The

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review by

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states that "Some of the music on this two-CD set is almost hard bop although a bit eccentric; other selections meander a bit in sound explorations or percussion displays, and others find the group pushing ahead".Yanow, S.

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accessed 16 February 2009.

Track listing

* Disc One # "Song for My Sister" (Mitchell) - 17:00 # "The Morning Mist" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 6:47 # "Song for Charles" (Mitchell) - 8:52 # "On the Mountain" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 19:25 # "Big Red Peaches" (Mitchell) - 7:34 # "Odwalla" (Mitchell) - 5:21 * Disc Two # "Erika" (Jarman) - 19:59 # "Malachi" (Mitchell) - 9:01 # "The J Song" (Jarman) - 11:46 # "Red Sand Green Water" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 14:28 # "Slow Tenor and Bass" (Mitchell) - 2:27 # "Odwalla" (Mitchell) - 3:59 Recorded live at Iridium, New York on April 2 & 3, 2004

Personnel

: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion *

: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion *

Famoudou Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

: drums, percussion *

: trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn *

: bass, electric bass

References

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