Urban Bushmen
1982 live album by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Urban Bushmen | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | March 1982 | |||
Recorded | May 5–6, 1980 (1980-05-05 – 1980-05-06) | |||
Venue | Amerika Haus Munich, W. Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 92:46 | |||
Label | ECM ECM 1211/12 | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Urban Bushmen is a live double album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded at the Amerika Haus in Munich over two days in May 1980 and released on ECM in March 1982. The quintet comprises trumpeter Lester Bowie, saxophonists Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell and rhythm section Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.[1][2][3][4]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [7] |
Writing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Cook stated, "Urban Bushmen not only provides an excellent summation of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's work since 1966, but also substantiates the group's reputation for putting on intense and inspired shows."[5]
Track listing
- "Promenade: Cote Bamako I" (Don Moye) - 4:11
- "Bush Magic" (Malachi Favors, Moye) - 5:05
- "Urban Magic" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 15:45
- "Sun Precondition Two/Theme for Sco" (Moye/Joseph Jarman) - 21:53
- "New York Is Full of Lonely People" (Lester Bowie) - 7:37
- "Ancestral Meditation" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 6:56
- "Uncle" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 17:29
- "Peter and Judith" (Mitchell) - 2:39
- "Promenade: Cote Bamako II" (Moye) - 5:57
- "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 5:14
Personnel
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Lester Bowie – trumpet, bass drum, long horn, vocals
- Joseph Jarman – saxophones, vocals, clarinets, bassoon, flutes, percussion
- Roscoe Mitchell – saxophones, flute, percussion, clarinet, vocals
- Malachi Favors Maghostut – bass, percussion, melodica, vocals
- Don Moye – sun percussion, vocals
References
- ^ Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
- ^ Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
- ^ ECM Records Catalog: 1200 series, accessed November 26, 2017
- ^ ECM Records Catalogue, accessed November 26, 2017
- ^ a b Cook, Stephen. Urban Bushmen – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 14. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ 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.
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