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Art Ensemble of Chicago
Coming Home Jamaica
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Grape Escape - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bowie, Lester
2. Odwalla/Theme - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Mitchell, Roscoe
3. Jamaica Farewell - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Mitchell, Roscoe
4. Mama Wants You - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bowie, Lester
5. Strawberry Mango - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Art Ensemble of Chi
6. Villa Tiamo - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bowie, Lester
7. Malachi - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Mitchell, Roscoe
8. Lotta Colada - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Art Ensemble of Chi

CD Details

All Artists: Art Ensemble of Chicago
Title: Coming Home Jamaica
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Original Release Date: 10/27/1998
Release Date: 10/27/1998
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Avant Garde & Free Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 075678314926, 639842479226

Synopsis

Amazon.com's Best of 1998

Coming Home Jamaica, the Art Ensemble's first studio album since 1992's Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters, Vol. 2, (which also featured Cecil Taylor), was actually recorded in 1995. Except for the long the delay, AEC fans will have little to complain about since Jamaica is an entertaining, great-sounding release. While it's not as adventurous as the group's finest material, AEC comes off here as tight, confident, and swinging. After 32 years in the business, the Art Ensemble still sounds great. --S. Duda

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CD Reviews

Straight ahead from the Art Ensemble of Chicago

04/22/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"For those who have actually heard the Art Ensemble of Chicago before, you will find that this is more conservative in comparison to their other output. Most of the compositions use the theme-solo format typical of straight ahead jazz, and they don't really get into the high energy free playing that they have on earlier work such as Horn Web. It is not dissonant at all. In spite of this, the solo improvisations are very well constructed, and Don Moye as always is a fantastic drummer. This is the sound of well played jazz. Who needs the Caribbean sound?"

Excellent jazz but pass if your expecting a Jamaican sound

11/04/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a fine jazz albumn (thus the four stars) but I'm oddly disappointed. I guess I was expecting a much heavier Carribean sound. The players are all top notch but most tracks sound like what you would expect to hear in any American club. There is one song, Strawberry Mango that has a satisfying reggae sound and sounds like they are having a lot of fun playing. The rest of the cd is good but sounds more Chicago than Carribean."

Great to hear new music from the greatest band ever

Eric Wagner | Freetopia | 08/14/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love this album. The band plays some terrific music as a quartet. I miss Joseph Jarman, but I really like the tunes and the rhythms on this album. Check it out. Fun and beautiful."