We Are on the Edge (A 50th Anniversary Celebration)

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Tracklist

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1Variations and Sketches From the Bamboo Terrace
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells, Thai bells], bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
singing bowl [tuned brass bowls]:
Jaribu Shahid
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron and Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Variations on Sketches From Bamboo (in 2018-10)
composer:
Roscoe Mitchell
publisher:
AECO Publ. Co.
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2Bell Song
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Bell Song (in 2018-10)
composer:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago6:38
3We Are on the Edge
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Moor Mother and Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
We Are on the Edge (in 2018-10)
lyricist:
Camae Ayewa (poet, musician, activist)
composer:
Roscoe Mitchell
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago8:21
4I Greet You With Open Arms
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Moor Mother and Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
I Greet You With Open Arms (in 2018-10)
lyricist:
Camae Ayewa (poet, musician, activist)
composer:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Jean Cook (American violinist), Fred Berry, Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer), Roscoe Mitchell, Hugh Ragin, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid and Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago6:19
5Chi-Congo 50
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Chi-Congo 50 (in 2018-10)
composer:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
is based on:
Chi-Congo
Art Ensemble of Chicago9:43
6Jamaican Farewell Part I
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron and Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Jamaican Farewell Part I (in 2018-10)
lyricist and composer:
Roscoe Mitchell
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago1:26
7Villa Tiamo
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Villa Tiamo (in 2018-10)
composer:
Lester Bowie
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago1:25
8Saturday Morning
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Saturday Morning (in 2018-10)
composer:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago4:34
9Jamaican Farewell Part II
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron and Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Jamaican Farewell Part II (in 2018-10)
lyricist and composer:
Roscoe Mitchell
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago1:41
10Mama Koko
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Moor Mother and Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Mama Koko (in 2018-10)
lyricist:
Camae Ayewa (poet, musician, activist)
composer:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
other vocals [Lingala call and response] arranger:
Titos Sompa
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago7:41
11Fanfare and Bell
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Fanfare and Bell (in 2018-10)
composer:
Roscoe Mitchell
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
Art Ensemble of Chicago feat. Tomeka Reid6:48
12Oasis at Dusk
alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Roscoe Mitchell
autoharp, electronic instruments [electronics, Q-Chord], mbira [Array mbira], sampler and theremin [Moog Theremini]:
Christina Wheeler (vocalist & electronic artist)
bass:
Silvia Bolognesi (Italian bassist and composer), Junius Paul and Jaribu Shahid
bass flute, flute and piccolo:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
bell [Congo bells]:
Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
bell [Thai bells]:
Hugh Ragin
bendir, drums (drum set), dunun, gong and triangle:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer)
bongos, percussion [kenkeni, okonkolo] and shekere [chekeré]:
Enoch Williamson
calabash, chimes, kanjira, percussion [bells and small percussion] and whistle:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Tomeka Reid
congas and shakers:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer), Titos Sompa and Enoch Williamson
cuíca and mbira:
Titos Sompa
djembe:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist), Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) and Enoch Williamson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin
talking drum [tama/talking drum]:
Dudù Kouaté (percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) and Enoch Williamson
viola:
Edward Yoon Kwon (violinist/violist and composer)
violin:
Jean Cook
vocals:
Titos Sompa
conductor:
Stephen Rush (composer, educator)
recording of:
Avotja “Oasis at Dusk” (in 2018-10)
composer:
Don Moye (jazz drummer)
publisher:
Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing
Art Ensemble of Chicago8:14
2CD: Recorded Live at Edgefest, Ann Arbor, MI