Non Cognitive Aspects Of The City - Musique

Non Cognitive Aspects Of The City by Joseph Jarman

Joseph Jarman

Biographie de l'artiste pour Joseph Jarman

Joseph Jarman Pine Bluff Arkansas September 14 1937 - January 9 2019 Was An American Jazz Musician Composer And Shinshu Buddhist Priest. He Was One Of The First Members Of The Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians AACM And A Member Of The Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Jarman Grew Up In Chicago Illinois. At DuSable High School He Studied Drums With Walter Dyett Switching To Saxophone And Clarinet When He Joined The United States Army After Graduation. During His Time There He Was Part Of The 11th Airborne Division Band For A Year. After He Was Discharged From The Army In 1958 Jarman Attended Wilson Junior College Where He Met Bassist Malachi Favors Maghostut And Saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell Henry Threadgill And Anthony Braxton. These Men Would Often Perform Long Jam Sessions At The Suggestion Of Their Professor Richard Wang Now With Illinois University . Mitchell Introduced Jarman To Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams And Jarman Mitchell And Maghostut Joined Abrams' Experimental Band A Private Non-Performing Ensemble When That Group Was Founded In 1961. The Same Group Of Musicians Continued To Play Together In A Variety Of Configurations And Went On To Found The Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians AACM In 1965 Along With Fred Anderson And Phil Cohran. Jarman's Solo Recording Career Began At This Time With Two Releases On The Delmark Label Which Included Non-Conforming Recording Methods Such As Spoken Word And "little Instruments" The Latter A Technique That Jarman And Mitchell Would Use To Effectiveness In The Art Ensemble. The Band He Fronted And Used During These Recordings Between 1966 And 1968 Included Fred Anderson Tenor Sax Billy Brimfield Trumpet Charles Clark Bass Christopher Gaddy Piano And Thurman Barker Drums . However In 1969 Clark And Gaddy Both Died And Jarman Disbanded His Group. Shortly After His Bandmates Clark And Gaddy Died In 1969 Jarman Joined Mitchell Maghostut And Lester Bowie Trumpet In The Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble In 1967 The Group Would Be Later Rounded Out With The Addition Of Don Moye On Drums. This Band Eventually Became Known As The Art Ensemble Of Chicago AECO . The Group Was Known For Being Costumed On Stage For Different Reasons Jarman Wore Facepaint And Has Mentioned That It "was Sort Of The Shamanistic Image Coming From Various Cultures." The Group Moved To Paris In 1969 And Lived There For Many Years In A Commune That Included Steve McCall The Great Drummer Who Went On The Form The Jazz Trio Air With Threadgill And Bassist Fred Hopkins. Moving Back To Chicago In The 1970s Jarman Lived In A Musicians' Building In Hyde Park In Chicago With Malachi Favors As His Roommate. In 1983 He Moved To Brooklyn New York From Chicago And Lived There Since That Time. Jarman Stayed With The Ensemble Until 1993 When He Left The Group To Focus On His Spiritual Practice "a Cleansing Process" As He Stated. The Move Wasn't Announced At First Leading Fans To Speculate About Jarman's Health When He Didn't Appear On Stage For An AECO Thanksgiving Weekend Show At The Knitting Factory In 1994. He Didn't Have Much To Do With Music Until 1996 When In January He Recorded Two CDs The Scott Fields Ensembles' 48 Motives And The Concert Duo CD Connecting Spirits With Marilyn Crispell Which Fields Produced. Later In The Year His Friend And Fellow AACM Peer Leroy Jenkins Asked Him To Join A Trio With Him And Myra Melford In Chicago Which Would Eventually Be Called Equal Interest. Looking Back On Those Three Years Without Music Jarman Commented That "I Didn't Realize It But It Actually Depressed Me In Many Ways." He Was Then Commissioned To Write A Chamber Orchestra Piece Which Led Him To The Realization Of How To Incorporate His Buddhist Teachings Into His Music. Jarman Returned To The AECO In January 2003. Along With The Saxophone And Clarinet Jarman Also Played And Recorded On Nearly Every Member Of The Woodwind Family As Well As A Wide Variety Of Percussion Instruments. Aside From His Work With Relatively Traditional Jazz Lineups He Has Composed For Larger Orchestras And Created Multimedia Pieces For Musicians And Dancers. Jarman Is Most Widely Known For His Musical Accomplishments But He Has Also Been Involved In The Practice Of Zen Buddhism And Aikido. He Began His Study Of Aikido In The Early 1970s In The Hyde Park Neighborhood Of Chicago. He Began Studying Zen Buddhism In 1990 And Visited Various Monasteries In Eastern Asia Including Higashi Honganji Honzon In Kyoto Japan. A Few Years Later He Opened His Own Aikido Dojo/zendo Jikishinkan "direct Mind Training Hall" In Brooklyn New York. He Was A Jodo Shinshu Priest And Holds A Rank Of Godan Fifth Degree Black Belt In Aikido. Discography As Leader
1966 – Song For Delmark 1968 – As If It Were The Seasons Delmark 1971 – Together Alone Delmark With Anthony Braxton
1977 – Egwu-Anwo India Navigation With Don Moye
1979 – The Magic Triangle Black Saint With Don Pullen & Don Moye
1979 – Black Paladins Black Saint With Don Moye & Johnny Dyani
1981 – Earth Passage - Density Black Saint With Don Moye Craig Harris & Rafael Garrett
1983 – Inheritance Four Star 1991 With Geri Allen Fred Hopkins And Don Moye
1991 – Calypso's Smile AECO With Don Moye
1996 – Connecting Spirits Music & Arts With Marilyn Crispell
1996 – Pachinko Dream Track 10 Music & Arts 1997 – Bright Moments – Return Of The Lost Tribe Delmark With Malachi Favors Kahil El'Zabar With The Art Ensemble Of Chicago TitleYearLabel
Numbers 1 & 2 – Lester Bowie1967Nessa
Early Combinations - Art Ensemble1967Nessa
A Jackson In Your House1969BYG Actuel
Tutankhamun1969Freedom
The Spiritual1969Freedom
People In Sorrow1969Nessa
Message To Our Folks1969BYG-Actuel
Reese And The Smooth Ones1969BYG-Actuel
Eda Wobu1969JMY
Certain Blacks1970America
Go Home1970Galloway
Chi-Congo1970Paula
Les Stances A Sophie1970Nessa
Live In Paris1970Freedom
Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass1970America
Phase One1971America
Live At Mandell Hall1972Delmark
Bap-Tizum1972Atlantic
Fanfare For The Warriors1973Atlantic
Kabalaba1974AECO
Nice Guys1978ECM
Live In Berlin1979West Wind
Full Force1980ECM
Urban Bushmen1980ECM
Among The People1980Praxis
The Complete Live In Japan1984DIW
The Third Decade1984ECM
Naked1986DIW
Ancient To The Future1987DIW
The Alternate Express1989DIW
Art Ensemble Of Soweto1990DIW
America - South Africa1990DIW
Thelonious Sphere Monk With Cecil Taylor1990DIW
Dreaming Of The Masters Suite1990DIW
Live At The 6th Tokyo Music Joy1991DIW
Fundamental Destiny With Don Pullen1991AECO
Salutes The Chicago Blues Tradition1993AECO
Reunion2003Around Jazz/Il Manifesto
The Meeting2003Pi
Sirius Calling2004Pi
Non-Cognitive Aspects Of The City2006Pi As Sideman
With Anthony Braxton
For Trio Arista 1978