Pi Recordings Albums - The Meeting, Everybodys Mouth's a Book, Up Popped the Two Lips, Sirius Calling, This Brings Us to Volume 1 (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: The Meeting, Everybodys Mouth's a Book, up Popped the Two Lips, Sirius Calling, This Brings Us to Volume 1, Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City, Pi Recordings, Party Intellectuals, Streaming, Spiritual Unity, Vision Towards Essence. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Meeting is a reunion studio album released by the jazz group the Art Ensemble of Chicago (AEOC). It was recorded during the Spring of 2003 in Madison, Wisconsin and released on August 19, 2003 on the international label Pi Recordings. The album was released the same year as their 2001 recording Tribute to Lester, but they were released on different labels. The album reunites Joseph Jarman with the rest of the AEOC after he "retired" in early 1990s after 23 years with the group in order to pursue a spiritual life, including running a Buddhist dojo in Brooklyn, New York. Reviews were mixed for the album, perhaps because, as National Public Radio reviewer Kevin Whitehead commented, "the ensemble is more of a business than a musical enterprise at this point." The album was met with mixed reviews. Allmusic's Thom Jurek awarded the album four stars, saying that ultimately, the album "is a glorious reunion album, one that delights as it provokes." Others have commented that the return of Jarman solidifies that "the AEC is a band to contend with." Jazz Word's Ken Waxman had other opinions, saying "the overriding feel of the session is so reductionist that the listener may feel as if he has wondered into a microtonal recital." NPR's Whiteman said both albums have "more filler than cafeteria meatloaf." Most reviews comment that the absence of Lester Bowie is obvious. Review John Chacona of One Final note comments that "there were moments where...http: //booksllc.net/?id=11669508