The Third Decade
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| Studio album by Art Ensemble of Chicago | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | June, 1984 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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The Third Decade is a 1984 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago released on the ECM label. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook states "Third Decade marked both the end of their relationship with the ECM label and the beginning of a more streamlined stretch of music making".[2]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD reviewed the album negatively, calling it "nothing so much as the atrophy of a once-radical band."[3]
Track listing
- "Prayer for Jimbo Kwesi" (Jarman) - 9:52
- "Funky Aeco" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 7:43
- "Walking in the Moonlight" (Mitchell) - 4:11
- "The Bell Piece" (Mitchell) - 6:07
- "Zero" (Bowie) - 6:00
- "Third Decade" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 8:19
- Recorded June, 1984 in Ludwigsburg
Personnel
- Lester Bowie: trumpet, fluegelhorn
- Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments
- Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments, synthesizer
- Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
- Don Moye: drums, percussion
References
- ↑ ECM Catalogue
- 1 2 Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 28, 2011
- ↑ Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd, 3rd ed. 1993, p. 52
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