Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City


Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at the Iridium is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, recorded in April 2004 at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City and released in 2006 on the Pi Recordings label. It features performances by Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Don Moye with trumpeter Corey Wilkes and bassist Jaribu Shahid replacing the late Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow 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".

Track listing

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

Personnel