The Art Ensemble Of Chicago – We Are On The Edge (A 50th Anniversary Celebration)

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Label:	Pi Recordings (2) – PI80
Format:	2 x CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Apr 26, 2019
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz

Tracklist

1-1	Variations And Sketches From The Bamboo Terrace Music By, Words By – Roscoe Mitchell	7:49
1-2	Bell Song Music By – Famoudou Don Moye	6:38
1-3	We Are On The Edge Music By – Roscoe Mitchell	6:21
1-4	I Greet You With Open Arms Music By [Collective Improvisation] – The Art Ensemble Of Chicago	6:18
1-5	Chi-Congo 50 Music By – Enoch Williamson, Famoudou Don Moye, Titos Sompa	9:42
1-6	Jamaican Farewell Part I Music By, Words By – Roscoe Mitchell	1:26
1-7	Villa Tiamo Music By – Lester Bowie	1:24
1-8	Saturday Morning Music By – Enoch Williamson, Famoudou Don Moye	4:34
1-9	Jamaican Farewell Part II Music By, Words By – Roscoe Mitchell	1:40
1-10	Mama Koko Music By – Enoch Williamson, Famoudou Don Moye, Titos Sompa	7:40
1-11	Fanfare And Bell Music By – Roscoe Mitchell	6:48
1-12	Oasis At Dusk Music By – Famoudou Don Moye	8:13
	Recorded Live At Edgefest, Ann Arbor, MI
2-1	We Are On The Edge / Cards Music By – Roscoe Mitchell	15:30
2-2	Oasis At Dusk Music By – Famoudou Don Moye	8:58
2-3	Chi-Congo 50 Music By – Enoch Williamson, Famoudou Don Moye, Titos Sompa	2:38
2-4	Tutankhamun Music By – Malachi Favors Maghostut*	19:29
2-5	Mama Koko Music By – Enoch Williamson, Famoudou Don Moye, Titos Sompa	11:06
2-6	Saturday Morning Music By – Enoch Williamson, Famoudou Don Moye	5:16
2-7	Odwalla / The Theme Music By – Roscoe Mitchell	8:02

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pi Recordings (2)
Copyright © – Pi Recordings (2)
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 6745-CD-2909
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 6745-CD-2910
Recorded At – Big Sky Recording
Recorded At – Wide Hive Records
Recorded At – Omicron Studio
Recorded At – Edgefest
Recorded At – Bethlehem United Church Of Christ, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Edited At – Wide Hive Records
Mixed At – Wide Hive Records
Edited At – Omicron Studio
Mixed At – Omicron Studio
Mixed At – Studio 4D, Brooklyn
Mastered At – Studio 4D, Brooklyn
Published By – Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.

Credits

Arranged By [Strings And Horns Arrangements] – Emmanuel Cremer (tracks: 1-12, 2-2)
Bass – Junius Paul, Silvia Bolognesi
Bass, Singing Bowls [Tuned Brass Bowls] – Jaribu Shahid
Bongos, Congas, Djembe, Performer [Kenkeni], Performer [Okonkolo], Bells [Congo Bells], Shekere [Chekeré], Shaker [Shakers], Talking Drum [Tama/Talking Drum] – Enoch Williamson
Cello – Tomeka Reid
Conductor – Stephen Rush
Design – Simon Grendene
Djembe, Talking Drum [Tama/Talking Drum], Calabash [Calabashes], Kanjira, Whistle [Whistles], Chimes, Bells, Percussion [Small Percussions] – Dudù Kouaté* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Drums, Congas, Djembe, Talking Drum [Dundun], Gong [Gongs], Bells [Congo Bells], Bendir, Triangle [Triangles], Bells [Thai Bells], Shaker [Shakers] – Famoudou Don Moye
Edited By, Mixed By – Gregory Howe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Robert Kirby (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Engineer [Additional Recording - Assistant], Edited By [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Dudù Kouaté* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Famoudou Don Moye (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Engineer [Additional Recording] – Gregory Howe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Robert Kirby (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Engineer [Additional Recording], Edited By, Mixed By – Amerigo Lancini (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Francesco Invernici (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Engineer [Recording - Assistant] – Joseph Deas (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Marty Gray (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Sean Westergaard (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Engineer [Recording] – Brian Woodring (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Geoff Michael (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Engineer [Sound Engineer For The Art Ensemble Of Chicago] – Eliel Sherman Storey
Executive-Producer – Seth Rosner, Yulun Wang
Liner Notes – Joshua Marshall*
Mixed By, Mastered By – Liberty Ellman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Photography – Carlo Braschi, Paola Rolon-Machado
Photography By – Barbara Barefield*
Piccolo Flute [Piccolo], Flute, Bass Flute – Nicole Mitchell
Producer – Famoudou Don Moye, Roscoe Mitchell
Sopranino Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Roscoe Mitchell
Trumpet [Trumpets], Flugelhorn, Bells [Thai Bells] – Hugh Ragin
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Fred Berry
Viola – Edward Yoon Kwon
Violin – Jean Cook
Vocals, Congas, Mbira, Bells [Congo Bells], Cuica, Shaker [Shakers] – Titos Sompa
Voice – Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron (tracks: 1-1, 1-6, 1-9)
Voice, Mbira [Array Mbira], Autoharp, Performer [Q-Chord], Theremin [Moog Theremini], Sampler, Electronics – Christina Wheeler
Voice, Words By [Poetry] – Camae Ayewa (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-10), Moor Mother (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-10)

Notes

© ℗ 2019 Pi Recordings

Disc One recorded October 16-20, 2018 at Big Sky Recording, Ann Arbor, MI. Additional recording December 12, 2018 at Wide Hive Records, Berkeley, CA.
Disc Two recorded October 20, 2018 at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Ann Arbor, Mi, as part of Edgefest.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (On sticker): 8 08713 00802 9
Matrix / Runout (CD1): PI80 6745-CD-2909 19-073-16-02
Matrix / Runout (CD2): PI80 6745-CD-2910 19-073-16-02
Mastering SID Code (CD1, CD2): IFPI LY89
Mould SID Code (CD1, mirrored on inner plastic ring): IFPI L824
Mould SID Code (CD2, mirrored on inner plastic ring): IFPI L825
Rights Society: ASCAP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	We Are On The Edge (A 50th Anniversary Celebration) (19×File, FLAC, Album)	Pi Recordings (2)	PI80	US	2019
New Submission	We Are On The Edge (A 50th Anniversary Celebration) (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	Erased Tapes Records	ERATP123LP	UK	2019
New Submission	We Are On The Edge (A 50th Anniversary Celebration) (Box Set, Album, Special Edition, 2×LP, Gatefold, 2×LP, Gatefold)	Erased Tapes Records	ERATP123LE	UK	2019