As If It Were the Seasons

by Joseph Jarman

As If It Were the Seasons cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Delmark
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 19:59
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An essential early document from the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), the saxophonist delivers a deeply atmospheric and exploratory set. 'As If It Were the Seasons' features vast use of space, unconventional percussion, and soaring collective improvisation. The recording highlights the transition of Chicago's avant-garde scene into the highly conceptual aesthetic that would soon define the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, avant-garde, dissonant, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. As If It Were The Seasons
  2. Song To Make The Sun Come Up
  3. Song For Christopher (19:59)

Credits

  • Charles Clark - bass, cello, koto, bells, gong, percussion
  • Thurman Barker - drums, bells, gong, percussion
  • Sherry Scott - voice, bells, gong, percussion
  • Joel Brandon - flute, bells, gong, percussion
  • Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, oboe, bells, gong, percussion
  • Fred Anderson - tenor saxophone, bells, gong, percussion
  • John Stubblefield - tenor saxophone, bells, gong, percussion
  • Lester Lashley - trombone, bells, gong, percussion
  • Robert G. Koester - producer, supervised by

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