Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at the Iridium is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by the Art Ensemble of Chicago

Art Ensemble of Chicago

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago's AACM in the late 1960s. The group continues to tour and record through 2006, despite the deaths of two of the founding members....

 recorded in April, 2004 at the Iridium Jazz Club

Iridium Jazz Club

The Iridium Jazz Club is a jazz club located on Broadway in New York City. The club hosts weekly performances by John Colianni, and also featured weekly performances by Les Paul for nearly fifteen years.- History :...

 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 and released in 2006 on the Pi

Pi Recordings

Pi Recordings is a jazz record label whose motto is "dedicated to the innovative". Pi was founded in 2001 by Seth Rosner. He was joined as partner by Yulun Wang in 2002.- Discography :*Pi 01: Everybodys Mouth's a Book - Henry Threadgill...

 label. It features performances by Joseph Jarman

Joseph Jarman

Joseph Jarman , is a jazz musician, composer and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He is perhaps best known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Early life:Jarman grew up in Chicago, Illinois...

, Roscoe Mitchell

Roscoe Mitchell

Roscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...

 and Don Moye

Don Moye

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 percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques.- Early life and Detroit Free Jazz :Moye was born in...

 with trumpeter Corey Wilkes and bassist Jaribu Shahid replacing the late Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...

 and Malachi Favors Maghostut. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 states that "Some of the music on this two-CD set is almost hard bop although a bit eccentric; other selections meander a bit in sound explorations or percussion displays, and others find the group pushing ahead".

Track listing

• Disc One

1. "Song for My Sister" (Mitchell) - 17:00
2. "The Morning Mist" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 6:47
3. "Song for Charles" (Mitchell) - 8:52
4. "On the Mountain" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 19:25
5. "Big Red Peaches" (Mitchell) - 7:34
6. "Odwalla" (Mitchell) - 5:21
   • Disc Two
7. "Erika" (Jarman) - 19:59
8. "Malachi" (Mitchell) - 9:01
9. "The J Song" (Jarman) - 11:46
10. "Red Sand Green Water" (Art Ensemble Of Chicago) - 14:28
11. "Slow Tenor and Bass" (Mitchell) - 2:27
12. "Odwalla" (Mitchell) - 3:59
    • Recorded live at Iridium, New York on April 2 & 3, 2004

Personnel

• Roscoe Mitchell
  Roscoe Mitchell
  Roscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...
  
  : soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
• Joseph Jarman
  Joseph Jarman
  Joseph Jarman , is a jazz musician, composer and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He is perhaps best known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Early life:Jarman grew up in Chicago, Illinois...
  
  : soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
• Famoudou Don Moye: drums, percussion
• Corey Wilkes: trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jaribu Shahid: bass, electric bass