Made in Chicago
Live album by
Jack DeJohnette
ReleasedMarch 10, 2015
RecordedAugust 29, 2013
VenueChicago Jazz Festival
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium Park, Chicago
GenreJazz
LabelECM 2392
ProducerJack DeJohnette and Dave Love
Jack DeJohnette chronology
Sound Travels
(2012)		 Made in Chicago
(2015)		 In Movement
(2016)

Made in Chicago is a live album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette recorded at the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival on August 29, 2013 and released on ECM in March 2015. The quintet features fellow Chicagoan musicians pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Larry Gray and saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill—a reunion of DeJohnette with colleagues from Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
All About Jazz[4]
The Daily Telegraph[5]
PopMatters[6]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "This document is important not only for the historic nature of the reunion of vanguard jazz luminaries, but as the spark for further exploration."[2]

The Guardian's John Fordham said, "It’s not always comfortable listening, but it’s an intriguing reunion of jazz pioneers."[3]

All About Jazz reviewer Karl Ackermann said, "DeJohnette, was given free rein to assemble a band and create a program and with the fiftieth anniversary of the AACM at hand he could not have paid a more fitting tribute to an organization that fosters imaginative thinking. More to the point of the music, to hear these veterans express the love of their work in a powerful, forward looking set that's not likely to be repeated."[4]

The Daily Telegraph's Ivan Hewitt noted, "the range of expression these five players draw from their instruments is astonishing... This album may not be an easy listen, but it’s certainly a rewarding one."[5]

PopMatters's John Garratt said, "All things considered, Made in Chicago is an aggressively great album, both crazy and tender in its art... It’s an electrifying concert, a rare reunion (a word that sounds too trite at the moment) and a far out aggregate."[6]

Listing it among his ten favorite albums of the 2010s, Rob Shepherd of PostGenre noted, "[Made in Chicago] is already a lasting tribute to not just the AACM and its enduring legacy but the city of Chicago itself which has fostered such music."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Chant" (Roscoe Mitchell) – 16:56
  2. "Jack 5" (Muhal Richard Abrams) – 14:53
  3. "This" (Mitchell) – 12:13
  4. "Museum of Time" (Jack DeJohnette) – 13:37
  5. "Leave Don't Go Away" (Henry Threadgill) – 10:19
  6. Announcement – 3:29
  7. "Ten Minutes" (Abrams, DeJohnette, Larry Gray, Mitchell, Threadgill) – 6:09

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed September 14, 2016
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Fordham, J., Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago review – intriguing reunion of free jazz pioneers, The Guardian, January 30, 2015
  4. 1 2 Ackermanm, Karl (March 11, 2015). "Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago". Musical reviews. All About Jazz.
  5. 1 2 Hewitt, I. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago, album review: 'rewarding', The Daily Telegraph, January 19, 2015
  6. 1 2 Garratt, John (March 23, 2015). "Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago". popmatters.com. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rob Shepherd's Favorite Jazz Albums: 2009-2019". 25 December 2019.
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