The Third Decade

The Third Decade is a 1984 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago released on the ECM label.[1][2][3][4]

The Third Decade
Studio album by
Art Ensemble of Chicago
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1985
RecordedJune 1984
StudioTonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany
GenreJazz
Length41:45
LabelECM
ECM 1273
ProducerManfred Eicher
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
The Complete Live in Japan
(1984)		 The Third Decade
(1985)		 Naked
(1984)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Cook stated "For the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Third Decade marked both the end of their relationship with the ECM label and the beginning of a more streamlined stretch of music making. The band would cut back on their once predominant, free-form explorations to make room for more bebop and crossover material".[5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD reviewed the album negatively, calling it "nothing so much as the atrophy of a once-radical band."[7]

Track listing
  1. "Prayer for Jimbo Kwesi" (Joseph Jarman) - 9:52
  2. "Funky Aeco" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 7:43
  3. "Walking in the Moonlight" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 4:11
  4. "The Bell Piece" (Mitchell) - 6:07
  5. "Zero" (Lester Bowie) - 6:00
  6. "Third Decade" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 8:19
  • Recorded June, 1984 in Ludwigsburg

Personnel

References
  1. Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
  2. Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
  3. ECM Records Catalog: 1200 series, accessed November 26, 2017
  4. ECM Records Catalogue, accessed November 26, 2017
  5. Cook, Stephen. The Third Decade – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  6. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  7. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd, 3rd ed. 1993, p. 52
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