{"title":"Art Ensemble Of Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Ensemble Of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group hailing from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in the late 1960s, they emerged from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). With their innovative and experimental approach to music, Art Ensemble Of Chicago has become a pioneering force in the jazz scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by artists such as Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, and Albert Ayler, Art Ensemble Of Chicago pushes boundaries and challenges traditional notions of jazz. Their unique sound combines elements of free improvisation, African rhythms, and various musical styles from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for their captivating live performances and diverse instrumentation including saxophones, trumpets, percussion instruments, and more; Art Ensemble Of Chicago continues to captivate audiences with their fearless exploration of sound. They have left an indelible mark on the genre and remain influential to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-jackson-in-your-house","title":"A Jackson In Your House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Jackson in Your House\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s renowned trio of albums for BYG’s Actuel series. This album is the Art Ensemble’s most celebrated release and finds the American avant-garde jazz collective at their most sensational, mocking and startling original best in a session from June 1969, at Studio Saravah. Recorded in Paris during the aftermath of widespread anti-government protests and student riots, it demonstrates what can happen when four highly intuitive and accomplished musicians, fired by Black Nationalism and dreams of liberation and with an array of diverse instruments at their disposal, allow their inspiration free rein. The tracks on \u003ci\u003eA Jackson in Your House\u003c\/i\u003e challenge us to view music in a different light - as a source of enlightenment, rather than mere entertainment, and also wonderment born of togetherness, courage, beauty and surprise, mixed with terrifying honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BYG","offers":[{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50383285092683,"sku":"2178767","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50383284404555,"sku":"2146362","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Orange Marbled","offer_id":50383284699467,"sku":"2146363","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5060767441268_48e4bc41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726266669"},{"product_id":"nice-guys","title":"Nice Guys","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded 1978. 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The album centers around three extended pieces: reed player Joseph Jarmen's \"Theme for SCO,\" the group's \"Urban Magic,\" and reed player Roscoe Mitchell's \"Uncle.\" Over the course of these multi-part \"suites,\" the group effectively blurs the lines between jazz and free jazz, deftly working through New Orleans' marches, turbulent hard bop, highlife\/reggae rhythms, and minimalist sound sculptures; while Jarmen, Mitchell, and trumpeter Lester Bowie come up with consistently varied and surprising solo\/tandem contributions, drummer Don Moye and bassist Malachi Favors expand the sound with an array of percussion effects and humorous interjections (sirens, car horns, megaphone rants). Moye and Favors are also featured on the percussion vehicles \"Promenade: Cote Bamako I \u0026amp; II,\" \"Bush Magic,\" and \"Sun Preconditions II.\" The set is balanced out by melancholic and sweet ballads by Bowie and Mitchell (\"New York Is Full of Lonely People\" and \"Peter and Judith,\" respectively).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD | x2.","offer_id":50388614250827,"sku":"1035928","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cc6eb03f-c471-4fa7-a573-05f68c0ad4ec_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726345454"},{"product_id":"certain-blacks","title":"Certain Blacks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic, with spicy and frenetic solos one moment, comic overtones and clever melodies and rhythms the next. The Art Ensemble at this point were becoming stars overseas, and finding the going increasingly tougher in America. It's outside or avant-garde jazz with soul, heart, and funk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inner City Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50401739309387,"sku":"2047471","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Certain_Blacks_33695b32_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726525264"},{"product_id":"les-stances-a-sophie-3","title":"Les Stances A Sophie","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn May 28, 1969, four American musicians — reed\/wind players Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman, bassist Malachi Favors, and (accompanied by his wife, singer Fontella Bass) trumpeter Lester Bowie — boarded the ocean liner S.S. United States, bound for Le Havre, France. After landing five days later, they moved on to Paris, where they got to work. On August 22, 1970, in the waning days of their stay overseas, the group, with Bass on vocals, would record their second release for EMI’s Pathé Marconi: the movie soundtrack Les Stances à Sophie. The record, an exciting, eminently listenable combination of soul, classical, and jazz strains that survives as the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s most stylistically diverse album, has long been admired by a devoted cult. Its durability is largely due to the popularity of its “hit”: Over the years, “Theme de Yoyo” has been covered repeatedly, essayed by acts as varied as German funk band the Boogoos (and the offshoot Deep Jazz, both featuring singer Julia Fehenbeger), British nu-jazz combo the Cinematic Orchestra, Polish jazz man Wojtek Mazolewski, Norwegian rockers Motorpsycho, French dance music artist Étienne Jaumet, and London-based remixer ™Shall I Bruk It. More than half a century later, “Theme de Yoyo” and Les Stances à Sophie still bring it. This new limited-edition LP reissue from play loud! productions is supplemented with new notes by U.S. music journalist Chris Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Play Loud!","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50403829350731,"sku":"2213538","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_8565a36d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726564235"},{"product_id":"message-to-our-folks","title":"Message To Our Folks","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond of the Art Ensemble’s renowned trio of albums for BYG\/Actuel, \u003ci\u003eMessage to Our Folks\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterclass of improvisation, inspired by but also transcending established black music genres. Recorded at Studio Saravah A ugust 1969, the title referred to African American audiences back home, who would r ecognise many of the gospel, funk, bebop and even r ock influences the Art Ensemble draw upon here. Typically, their interpretations prove approach brings fire and imagination to the mix. Whilst they’d evolved from out of the collision of free jazz, radical theatre and Black Nationalism happening in US during the late 60s, the band really came into their own after relocating to Paris. The enthusiastic welcome they were given by French audiences revitalised them and inspired many unforgettable performances and recordings, including this classic ‘Message to Our Folks’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BYG","offers":[{"title":"Green LP","offer_id":50425157189963,"sku":"2201704","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50425157648715,"sku":"2202969","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50425158238539,"sku":"2202970","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50425159778635,"sku":"2201703","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Message_to_Our_Folks_4a6f81c2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726787448"},{"product_id":"non-cognitive-aspects-of-the-city","title":"Non-cognitive Aspects Of The City","description":"\u003cp\u003ethe art ensemble of chicagos non-cognitive aspects of the city is a double cd representing two sets recorded during the bands rare six-night engagement, march 30th through april 4th 2004, at the iridium jazz club in new york city. engagements of that length are rare nowadays and pi recordings was anxious to be able to hear the band develop their sound in front of an audience in one city for a week straight. rarer even than that though is the induction of new members, corey wilkes and jaribu shahid into a band with a history and influence as deep as the art ensembles. six nights, 14 sets in all, and by the time of these recordings on friday and saturday nights, the band was playing as one with power and cohesion. some will inevitably try to compare jaribu to malachi and corey to lester, a fools errand for sure. both bring their own strengths and voice to the music and neither try to copy the style of their predecessors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD | x2","offer_id":50438522274123,"sku":"276247","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7d84ad36-bdf7-4817-a239-096065875234_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726944343"},{"product_id":"we-are-on-the-edge-a-50th-anniversary-celebration","title":"We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration","description":"\u003cp\u003eIconic, innovative and internationally renowned force in avant-garde music The Art Ensemble of Chicago released their 50th anniversary celebratory album \u003ci\u003eWe Are On The Edge\u003c\/i\u003e in April, and Erased Tapes are honoured to announce the vinyl edition of this exceptional body of work. Led by surviving founding members Roscoe Mitchell and drummer Famoudou Don Moye, these brand new recordings involve a staggering array of contemporary artists ranging from across the jazz, experimental and improvised music spheres; from the visionary poet and musician Moor Mother, trumpeters Fred Berry and Hugh Ragin, who have performed with Mitchell for over five and four decades, to bassist Jaribu Shahid, supreme cellist Tomeka Reid, celebrated flute virtuoso Nicole Mitchell and the extraordinary voice of Rodolfo Cordova- Lebron.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Double album featuring a meticulous studio session of the newly assembled group of musicians, combining re-recordings of works spanning the last 50 years, some never before recorded, as well as new compositions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4LP - The 4LP Special Edition includes the double LP plus their live set recorded at Edgefest, the annual experimental jazz and creative new music festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"CD | x2","offer_id":50456981733707,"sku":"1063891","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50456983208267,"sku":"1063885","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP | x4","offer_id":50456984944971,"sku":"1063886","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8e5cba87-407e-407e-8b8c-c341373f49c4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727202163"},{"product_id":"full-force","title":"Full Force","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe previous Art Ensemble of Chicago ECM album Nice Guys vaulted them to the top of improvised music groups in the U.S. and worldwide, paving the way for similar bands to be more accepted into the mainstream of modern music. Where \"Full Force\" generally lives up to the title, there's also a palpable diverse approach, producing more than enough potent music brimming from the sinews of these brilliant musicians to uphold their burgeoning cache. The crown jewel of this effort is \"Charlie M,\" a bluesy swing tribute to Charles Mingus. Trumpeter Lester Bowie leads out, Roscoe Mitchell on bass sax underpins a memorable melody, while Malachi Favors expertly walks the bass into a free section with a Mitchell solo, and back to the head. The A-B-A song form approach is one that lends pure accessibility to this track, but a similar mode is also stretched into true \"full force\" swagger on \"Old Time Southside Street Dance.\" Its unrestrained circus-like aggressive line and maniacal free bop body, with Mitchell digging in on his tangential alto solo, is head turning. 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Their music in this era continued in a developmental phase, stripping away nuance and shadings in lieu of pure expressionism, even more experimental while utilizing thematic ideas that alternately suggest world music fusions and tune structures. 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