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1991 studio album by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Thelonious Sphere Monk Released 1991 Recorded January 16 – March 11, 1990 Genre Jazz Length 61 :56 Label DIW Producer Art Ensemble of Chicago
Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2 is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Cecil Taylor released on the Japanese DIW label. It features performances by Lester Bowie , Joseph Jarman ,
Roscoe Mitchell , Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye with Cecil Taylor guesting on piano, vocals and percussion.
Reception [ edit ]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow describes the album as "more significant historically than it is musically"[1] due to a mismatch between Taylor's style and the Art Ensemble's.
Track listing [ edit ]
"Dreaming of the Masters" (Jarman) - 0:57
"Intro to Fifteen" (Art Ensemble of Chicago, Taylor) - 18:25
"Excerpt from Fifteen Part 3A" (Art Ensemble of Chicago, Taylor) - 10:51
"'Round Midnight " (Monk ) - 15:23
"Caseworks" (Art Ensemble of Chicago, Taylor) - 8:22
"Nutty" (Monk) - 7:27
"Dreaming of the Masters" (Jarman) - 0:52
Recorded January 16–19 & 31, February 3 and March 10–11, 1990 at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Personnel [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Yanow, S.AllMusic review accessed 12 February 2009.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin guide to Jazz on CD . Penguin Books. p. 58.
^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz . Virgin. p. 37.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. p. 37.
Pre-Art Ensemble of Chicago Studio albums Live albums