Released March 10, 2015 Genre Jazz | Recorded August 29, 2013 Label ECM
ECM 2392 | |
Studio Chicago Jazz Festival, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago Producer Jack DeJohnette and Dave Love | ||
Made in Chicago is a live album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette with fellow Chicagoan musicians pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Larry Gray and saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill recorded at the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival in 2013 and released on the ECM label. The album documents the reunion of DeJohnette with colleagues from Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
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Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "This document is important not only for the historic nature of the reunion of vanguard jazz luminaries, but as the spark for further exploration". The Guardian's John Fordham said "It’s not always comfortable listening, but it’s an intriguing reunion of jazz pioneers". All About Jazz reviewer Karl Ackermann said, "DeJohnette, was given free rein to assemble a band and create a program and with the fiftieth anniversary of the AACM at hand he could not have paid a more fitting tribute to an organization that fosters imaginative thinking. More to the point of the music, to hear these veterans express the love of their work in a powerful, forward looking set that's not likely to be repeated". The Daily Telegraph's Ivan Hewitt noted "the range of expression these five players draw from their instruments is astonishing... This album may not be an easy listen, but it’s certainly a rewarding one". PopMatters' John Garratt said "All things considered, Made in Chicago is an aggressively great album, both crazy and tender in its art... It’s an electrifying concert, a rare reunion (a word that sounds too trite at the moment) and a far out aggregate".
Track listing
- "Chant" (Roscoe Mitchell) – 16:56
- "Jack 5" (Muhal Richard Abrams) – 14:53
- "This" (Mitchell) – 12:13
- "Museum of Time" (Jack DeJohnette) – 13:37
- "Leave Don't Go Away" (Henry Threadgill) – 10:19
- Announcement – 3:29
- "Ten Minutes" (Abrams, DeJohnette, Larry Gray, Mitchell, Threadgill) – 6:09