{"title":"Art Ensemble of Chicago","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"reese-and-the-smooth-ones","title":"Reese and the Smooth Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReese and the Smooth Ones \u003c\/em\u003ewas captured during the same revolutionary Paris session as Message to Our Folks, but stands apart as a two-part, 40-minute odyssey of unchained invention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArriving in Paris just days before recording, the Ensemble— Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors, and Joseph Jarman—landed with nothing but their instruments, ideas, and a fierce determination to create. Funded by the proceeds of Bowie’s personal sacrifice, their journey from New York was a leap of faith that sparked an artistic revolution. Their Paris performances stunned audiences with a bold fusion of free jazz, spoken word, Dadaist theatre, and Afrocentric consciousness, setting a new precedent for what music could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis deluxe reissue celebrates a defining moment in the Art Ensemble’s legacy - raw, urgent, and uncompromising. It’s an essential document for longtime fans, collectors, and anyone interested in the outer edges of jazz, politics, and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BYG","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52652072337739,"sku":"R0762-0344","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52652072370507,"sku":"R0762-0970","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_1c62942f-0d8d-419f-9fe3-fd9229db2980.jpg?v=1751664548"},{"product_id":"people-in-sorrow","title":"People In Sorrow","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFinally re-released! Originally released by EMI’s Pathé Marconi imprint in 1969, \u003cem\u003ePeople in Sorrow \u003c\/em\u003e— a 40-minute work by the four-piece lineup of Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, and\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMalachi Favors — has long been unavailable on vinyl and CD, and then only in hard-to-find European and Japanese issues. It is arguably the finest and most ambitious of the 14 studio albums recorded by\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Art Ensemble during their 23-month sojourn in France, which launched the American group internationally. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePeople in Sorrow can be viewed as the culminating event in the Art Ensemble’s inventive and revolutionary approach to\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecollective improvisation, counterpoising clamorous free-blowing intensity with expanses of hushed conversation on the group’s immense arsenal of “little instruments.” Fully licensed from Warner Music, and\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaugmented with new liner notes by veteran U.S. music journalist Chris Morris, this release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator John Corbett\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalls “one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made.”\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis edition faithfully recreates the first French Pathé-Marconi pressing of \u003cem\u003ePeople in Sorrow \u003c\/em\u003e(1969), which originally featured black graphics on a light (white or off-white) background and red Pathé-Marconi\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabels, rather than the yellow cover seen on later issues. The vinyl LP includes an inlay with detailed liner notes, while the CD Digipak comes with a 12-page booklet containing the same material. The\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealbum has been newly remastered from the original tapes by Moritz Illner (duophonic), who also handled play loud!’s acclaimed reissue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Les Stances à Sophie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Play Loud!","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56410701070667,"sku":"R3587-2837","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56646920208715,"sku":"R3587-0066","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1o19LgcB.jpg?v=1772200706"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/art-ensemble-of-chicago-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}