''Sirius Calling'' is an album by the

Art Ensemble of Chicago The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM) in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including "little ...

recorded in April, 2003 in

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and released in 2004 on the

Pi Recordings Pi Recordings is a jazz record label founded by Seth Rosner in 2001. He was soon joined as partner by Yulun Wang. Pi specializes in avant-garde jazz. Its first two albums were by Henry Threadgill. Pi's roster includes Amir ElSaffar, Anthony Brax ...

label. It features performances by

Joseph Jarman Joseph Jarman (September 14, 1937 – January 9, 2019) was an American jazz musician, composer, poet, and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He was one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and a member of the ...

Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figures ...

and

Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percus ...

with

Malachi Favors Maghostut Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography "Favors's tendency to dissemble about his age was a well-known source of mirth to fellow musicians of his ...

on what would be the final album before his death. It was recorded on April 24–26, 2003 in Madison, WI.

Reception

The

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review by

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states that "The music is as adventurous as ever ... the interplay between the four musicians, the mood variation (which ranges from jubilant to introspective sound explorations) and the wide range of tonal colors (Mitchell and Jarman play many different instruments) usually keep the concise music continually intriguing".Yanow, S.

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accessed 16 February 2009.

Track listing

# "Sirius Calling" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 3:27 # "Come on Y'all" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 4:10 # "Two-Twenty" (Jarman, Moye) – 2:23 # "He Took a Cab to Neptune" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 6:24 # "Everyday's a Perfect Day" (Jarman, Moye) – 2:48 # "Til Autumn" (Mitchell) – 6:07 # "Dance of Circles" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 5:39 # "Cruising with JJ" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 4:33 # "You Can't Get Away" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 3:48 # "Taiko" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 8:48 # "There's a Message for You" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 4:21 # "Slow Tenor and Bass" (Mitchell) – 5:22 # "Voyage" (Favors, Mitchell) – 3:32 # "The Council" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) – 3:30

Personnel

: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion *

: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion *

Famoudou Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

: drums, percussion *

: bass, percussion instruments

References

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