Made in Chicago

{{Short description|2015 live jazz album by Jack DeJohnette and others}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Made in Chicago

| type = Live album

| artist = Jack DeJohnette

| cover = Made in Chicago.jpg

| border = yes

| released = March 10, 2015

| recorded = August 29, 2013

| venue = Chicago Jazz Festival
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium Park, Chicago

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = ECM 2392

| producer = Jack DeJohnette and Dave Love

| chronology = Jack DeJohnette

| prev_title = Sound Travels

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = In Movement

| next_year = 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.[https://ecmreviews.com/2015/05/24/made-in-chicago/ ECM discography] accessed September 14, 2016

Reception

{{Music ratings

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| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev3 = All About Jazz

| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}

| rev4 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev5=PopMatters

| rev5Score={{Rating|8|10}}}}

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."{{allMusic|last=Jurek|first=Thom|class=album|id=mw0002801928|title= Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago > Review |accessdate=September 14, 2016}}

The Guardian's John Fordham said, "It’s not always comfortable listening, but it’s an intriguing reunion of jazz pioneers."Fordham, J., [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/jack-dejohnette-made-in-chicago-review Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago review – intriguing reunion of free jazz pioneers], The Guardian, January 30, 2015

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."{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/made-in-chicago-jack-dejohnette-ecm-records-review-by-karl-ackermann.php |title=Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago |work=Musical reviews |first=Karl |last=Ackermanm |publisher=All About Jazz |date=March 11, 2015 }}

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."Hewitt, I. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/11354468/Jack-DeJohnette-Made-in-Chicago-album-review-rewarding.html Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago, album review: 'rewarding'], The Daily Telegraph, January 19, 2015

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."{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/191306-jack-dejohnette-made-in-chicago/|title=Jack DeJohnette: Made in Chicago|publisher=popmatters.com|last=Garratt|first=John|date=March 23, 2015|accessdate=September 14, 2016}}

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."{{Cite web|url=https://postgenre.org/rob-shepherds-favorite-jazz-albums-of-the-2010s/|title = Rob Shepherd's Favorite Jazz Albums: 2009-2019|date = 25 December 2019}}

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

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