Skyway by Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures, released on Soul Note in 1994.

Adam Rudolph (born September 12, 1955) is a jazz composer and percussionist performing in the post-bop and world fusion media.

Rudolph grew up in the South Side of Chicago among jazz and blues musicians. In 1988 he met jazz musician Yusef Lateef, and the two would go on to collaborate and perform together for the next 25 years. In 1992 Rudolph helped found the band Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures, “a malleable group of improvisers“, as Jazz Times described it. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evRKWbPgfBg

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In this excerpt from the latest episode of The Tonearm Podcast, Tomeka Reid reflects on the photographs brought into 'dance! skip! hop!' as documents of unencumbered Black life—people walking dogs, girls posing for fun—and describes it as a kind of social injustice that images of Black people simply existing are as scarce as they are.

Don't miss the full conversation: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/tomeka-reid-the-low-seat-the-long-haul-and-dance-skip-hop-cellist/

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In this excerpt from the new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, cellist and composer Tomeka Reid describes deliberately setting out to write music with dance energy—a push against the cello's reputation for long, sustained lines—and realizing she'd pulled it off only once the compositions actually took shape.

Listen in to the full conversation: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/tomeka-reid-the-low-seat-the-long-haul-and-dance-skip-hop-cellist/

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All of You is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at Jamal's own club in Chicago in 1961 and released on the Argo label. On the cover, photographed by Don Bronstein, one of the first staff photographers for Playboy magazine, Jamal sits in an MAA chair, designed by George Nelson.

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Jamal's group had a personal sound of its own, often playing quietly and leaving space but never losing the passion" = Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzAnWN6sK1o&list=PLKLPE6Ph1xZqb-RSRJOBVXLlmMhJk1Pwp&index=1

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Return of the Lost Tribe is an album by Bright Moments, a collaborative project by saxophonists Joseph Jarman and Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, bassist Malachi Favors and pianist Adegoke Steve Colson, which was recorded in 1997 and released on the Delmark label.

The Washington Post's Christopher Porter noted that "Bright Moments is dedicated to recapturing the original spirit and energy of the AACM--before its members are too old to do so," and wrote: "While nothing on Return of the Lost Tribe recasts the sonic density of early AACM recordings... Bright Moments is a glistening reminder of their blazing spirit." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHSaMw63YA

#aacm #JosephJarman #KalaparushaMauriceMcIntyre #KahilElZabar #malachifavors #freejazz #ArtEnsembleofChicago #chicagojazz

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Three Gentlemen From Chikago released in 1981 on Moers Music

"A rare one by Chicago's groundbreaking Ethnic Heritage Ensemble -- featuring a different-than-usual lineup that includes the usual percussion of Kahil El'Zabar and reeds of Ed Wilkerson, plus more sax work by Light Henry Huff, an obscure AACM player who passed on early in life, and barely made it in the recording studio. Huff's got a whimsical tone that's a direct descendent of early work by the Art Ensemble, and as this album demonstrates, if he'd stayed with us longer, he would have taken his rightful place beside Roscoe Mitchell and Kalaparusha as one of Chicago's most inventive reedmen. Titles include "Brother Malcolm", "Moving Of Seasons", "A Serious Pun", and "The Seeker" " - Dusty Groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiLOlMf5VU

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Kahil El'Zabar's The Ritual With Billy Bang, Malachi Favors – Another Kind Of Groove released on Sound Aspect in 1987

"Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn; November 11, 1953) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer.

El'Zabar was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lake Forest College and joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the early 1970s, and became its chairman in 1975. During the 1970s, he formed the musical groups Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, both of which remain active..." - Wikipedia

This is a truly magical recording made in Germany by this incarnation of The Ritual Trio.

Billy Bang - Violin, Bells
Malachi Favors - Double-Bass, Percussion
Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Flute, Berimbau, Bells

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ92I5kiof0

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Between sets at Chicago's Green Mill Jazz Club.
(05/02/23)

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