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Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography

This is a discography of albums released by Art Ensemble Of Chicago.

The founder members of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago first played together in 1967 when three members of the Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble; Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors Maghostut; were joined by Joseph Jarman and Philip Wilson. In 1969 Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Joseph Jarman moved to Paris where they became known as the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Famoudou Don Moye joined the group in 1970. This line-up continued through to 1993 when Jarman left the group - he rejoined in 2003. Lester Bowie died in 1999 and Malachi Favors Maghostut in 2004. The remaining members with additional musicians have continued to record and perform.


Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography

A Jackson in Your House, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1969, Actuel 529.302

Tracks : A Jackson In Your House, Get In Line, The Waltz, Ericka, Song For Charles

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell

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Message to Our Folks, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1969, Actuel 529.328

Tracks : Old Time Religion, Dexterity, Rock Out, A Brain For The Seine

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors

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People in Sorrow, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1969, Nessa n-3

Tracks : People In Sorrow Part 1, People In Sorrow Part 2

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors

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Reese and the Smooth Ones, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1970, Actuel 529.329

Tracks : Reese / The Smooth Ones Part 1, Reese / The Smooth Ones Part 2

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors

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Les Stances a Sophie, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1970, Nessa n-4

Tracks : Theme De Yoyo, Theme De Celine, Variations Sur Un Theme De Monteverdi (I), Variations Sur Un Theme De Monteverdi (II), Proverbs (I), Theme Amour Universel, Theme Libre, Proverbs (II)

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Fontella Bass

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Certain Blacks, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1970, America / Inner City

Tracks : Certain Blacks "Do What They Wanna", One For Jarman, Bye Bye Baby

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors, Chicago Beau, William A. Howell, Julio Finn

Originally released in France on the America label in 1970. Released in the US on Inner City in 1976.

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Phase One, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1971, America / Prestige

Tracks : Ohnedaruth, Lebert Aaly

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye

Originally released in France on the America label in 1971. Released in the US on Prestige in 1973.

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass, 1971, America / Prestige

Tracks : Part One: How Strange, Part Two: Ole Jed, Horn Web

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye, Fontella Bass

Originally released in France on the America label in 1971. Released in the US on Prestige in 1972.

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Chi Congo, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1972, Disques Decca / Paula

Tracks : Chi-Congo, Enlorfe, Part One, Enlorfe, Part Two, Hippparippp

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye

Originally released in France in 1972. Released in the US on Paula in 1973.

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The Spiritual, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1972, Freedom

Tracks : Toro, Lori Song, That The Evening Sky Fell Through The Glass Wall And We Stood Alone Somewhere?, The Spiritual

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors

Recorded in June 1969. Subsequently released on CD on Black Lion in 1996 and 2002 with different cover designs.

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Bap Tizum, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1973, Atlantic 1639

Tracks : Introduction, Nfamoudou - BouDouGou, Immm, Unanka, Oouffnoon, Ohnedaruth, Odwalla

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye

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Go Home, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1973, Galloway

Tracks : Hello Chi, From Bengali, From Saint-Louis, Fly With Honey Hee, Hello Chi, Dance

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Fontella Bass, Ivan Jullien, Bernard Vitet, Ambrose Jackson, Raymond Katarzinsky, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Alain Matot, Ventosa, Kenneth Terroade

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Tutankhamun, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1974, Freedom

Tracks : Tutankhamun, The Ninth Room

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors

Recorded in June 1969. Subsequently released on CD on Black Lion with two bonus tracks.

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Fanfare For The Warriors, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1974, Atlantic 1651

Tracks : Illistrum, Barnyard Scuffel Shuffel, Nonaah, Fanfare For The Warriors, What's To Say, Tnoona, The Key

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Muhal Richard Abrams, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Live At Mandel Hall, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1974, Delmark

Tracks : Duffvipels, Checkmate, Dautality, Mata Kimasu

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live at Mandell Hall, University of Chicago in 1972. The CD release on Delmark has the title "Live".

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The Paris Session, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1977, Arista Freedom AL 1903

Tracks : Tutankhamun, The Ninth Room, That The Evening The Sky Fell Through The Glass Wall And We Stood Alone Somewhere?, Toro, Lori Song, Tthinitthedalen Part One, Tthinitthedalen Part Two, The Spiritual

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors

Recorded in Paris in June 1969. Most of this music was originally released on two albums; The Spiritual (Freedom, 1973) and Tutankhamun (Freedom, 1974)

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Kabalaba: Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1978, AECO

Tracks : Kabalaba - Bees, Interlude, Kaba Song, Interlude, Theme For Sco / Kabalaba, Duo, Sun Precondition One, Interlude, Improvization A2, Mal's Delight, Kabalaba Speaks

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Muhal Richard Abrams, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Nice Guys, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1979, ECM 1126

Tracks : Ja, Nice Guys, Folkus, 597-59, Cyp, Dreaming Of The Master

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Live In Paris, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1980, Affinity

Tracks : Oh Strange (Part 1), Oh Strange (Part 2), Bon Voyage (Part 1), Bon Voyage (Part 2)

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Fontella Bass

Recorded live in Paris in 1969. Probably originally released on two separate albums in Japan in the mid-1970's.

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Full Force, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1980, ECM 1167

Tracks : Magg Zelma, Care Free, Charlie M, Old Time Southside Street Dance, Full Force

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Among The People, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1981, Praxis

Tracks : Among The People, Shango King, Choosing A Cracker

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in Italy in 1980. The song titles are as given on the LP. Released on CD on the Golden Years Of New Jazz label in 2001 as Live In Milano.

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Urban Bushmen, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1982, ECM 1211/12

Tracks : Promenade: Cote Bamako I, Bush Magic, Urban Magic, Sun Precondition Two, Theme For Sco, New York Is Full Of Lonely People, Ancestral Meditation, Uncle, Peter And Judith, Promenade: Cote Bamako II, Odwalla / Theme

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye

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The Third Decade, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1984, ECM 1273

Tracks : Prayer For Jimbo Kwesi, Funky AECO, Walking In The Moonlight, The Bell Piece, Zero, Third Decade

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye

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Live In Japan, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1985, DIW

Tracks : Ohnedaruth, The Waltz, Ol' Time Southside Street Dance, Zero, Odwalla: The Theme

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984. A double LP of music from this performance was released in 1988.

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Naked, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1986, DIW

Tracks : Dancer, Tobago Tango, Flash 1, We Bop, Charm No. 10, RMR, Galactic Landscape, Way Way Down Yonder

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Ancient to the Future: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 1, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1987, DIW

Tracks : Sangaredi/Blues for Zen, Creole Love Call, These Arms of Mine, No Woman, No Cry, Purple Haze, Zombie

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye, Bahnamous Lee Bowie

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The Complete Live In Japan, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1988, DIW

Tracks : Spanish Song, Ancestral Voices/Old, Ornedaruth, The Beginning, Waltz, Building The Mid, Ol' Time Southside Street Dance, Zero, Funky Aeco, Odwalla/The Theme

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984. A single LP of of music from this performance was released in 1984.

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The Alternate Express, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1989, DIW

Tracks : Whatever Happens, And There Was Peace, Imaginary Situations, Kush, The Alternate Express

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Art Ensemble Of Soweto, Art Ensemble of Chicago with Amabutho, 1990, DIW

Tracks : Coming Soon, African Woman, Fundamental Destiny, Fresh Start, Khauleza, The Bottom Line, Black Man

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye, Elliot Ngubane, Kay Ngwazene, Welcome "Max" Bhe Bhe, Zacheuus Nyoni, Joe Leguabe

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America - South Africa, Art Ensemble of Chicago with Amabutho, 1991, DIW

Tracks : U.S. Of A. - U. Of S.A., Colors One,Eric T, You Got It, America, Zola's Smile

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye, Elliot Ngubane, Kay Ngwazene, Welcome "Max" Bhe Bhe, Zacheuus Nyoni, Joe Leguabe

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Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2, Art Ensemble of Chicago with Cecil Taylor, 1991, DIW

Tracks : Dreaming of the Masters, Intro to Fifteen, Excerpt from Fifteen Part 3A, 'Round Midnight, Caseworks, Nutty, Dreaming of the Masters

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye, Cecil Taylor

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Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy '90, Art Ensemble of Chicago / Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, 1991, DIW

Tracks : Yobu-Sun, Ride the Line, Song for Atala, Night Time (Is the Right Time), Good Morning Heartache, The Music of the Night, The Emperor, Variations, A Jackson in Your House, The Great Pretender

Musicians : AEC (tracks 1-3 & 7-10): Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye / Brass Fantasy (tracks 4-10): Lester Bowie , E. J. Allen, Gerald Brezel, Stanton Davis, Clifton Anderson, Steve Turre, Vincent Chancey, Bob Stewart, Vinnie Johnson

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Dreaming of the Masters Suite: Music Inspired by and Dedicated to John Coltrane, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1991, DIW

Tracks : Dreaming of the Masters, Call of the Captain, Impressions, Colors Too, Naima, Spiritual, Ohnedaruth, Go Ahead, Song for Atala, Dreaming of the Masters

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

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Eda Wobu, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1991, JMY

Tracks : Eda Wobu

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors

Recorded in 1969.

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Live In Berlin, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1991, West Wind

Tracks : As If It Were The Seasons, A Jackson In Your House, Crushed, Dreaming Of The Master, N'Famoudou Boudougou, Odwalla

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in Berlin in 1979.

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Salutes The Chicago Blues Tradition, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1993, AECO Records

Tracks : Erika / Carefree, Blues For Zazen, Tin Pan Alley, I, The Blues, Hoochie Coochie Man, Night Time Is The Right Time, Odwalla, Got My Mojo Workin'

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye / Frank Lacy, James Carter, Amina Claudine Meyers, Herb Walker, Chicago Beau

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Tutankhamun, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1994, Black Lion

Tracks : Tutankhamun, The Ninth Room, Tthinitthedalen: Part 1, Tthinitthedalen: Part 2

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors

Recorded in June 1969. Tracks 1 and 2 originally released on Freedom in 1974..

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Coming Home Jamaica, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1998, Atlantic

Tracks : Grape Escape, Odwalla/Theme, Jamaica Farewell, Mama Wants You, Strawberry Mango, Villa Tiamo, Malachi, Lotta Colada

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye, Bahnamous Lee Bowie (on Strawberry Mango)

Reissued on Dreyfus in 2002 with 3 bonus tracks..

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Live In Milano, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2001, Golden Years Of New Jazz

Tracks : Tutankhamun, Illinstrun, A Jackson In Your House

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in Italy in 1980. Originally released on Praxis in 1981.

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Zero Sun No Point (Dedicated To Mynona & Sun Ra), Hartmut Geerken & the Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 2001, Leo Records

Tracks : Untitled, Untitled

Musicians : Hartmut Geerken, Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded in Munich in October 1996.

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Urban Magic, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2003, Musica Jazz

Tracks : Urban Magic, Mama Wants You, Dancer, Chant, Villa Tiamo, Horn Web, Odwalla, Strawberry Mango

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in France in 1997 and released by the Italian music magazine Musica Jazz.

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Tribute to Lester, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2003, ECM

Tracks : Sangaredi, Suite for Lester, Zero/Alternate Line, Tutankhamun, As Clear as the Sun, He Speaks to Me Often in Dreams

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded in 2001 and dedicated to group member Lester Bowie who died in 1999.

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Reunion, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2003, Il Manifesto

Tracks : Illinstrum, T Two Twin, Woloną, Ce Soir A Bankoni, Hail We Now Sing Joy, Medley: All In Together/Zero/Alternate Line/Odwalla, Urban Bushmen

Musicians : Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye, Baba Sissoko

Recorded live in Rome in 2003..

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The Meeting, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2003, Pi Recordings Pi07

Tracks : Hail We Now Sing Joy, It's The Sign Of The Times, Tech Ritter And The Megabytes, Wind And Drum, The Meeting, Amin Bidness, The Train To Io

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye

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Sirius Calling, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2004, Pi Recordings Pi11

Tracks : Sirius Calling, Come On Y'All, Two-Twenty, He Took A Cab To Neptune, Everyday's A Perfect Day, Till Autumn, Dance Of Circles, Cruising With JJ, You Can't Get Away, Taiko, There's A Message For You, Slow Tenor And Bass, Voyage, The Council

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye

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Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2006, Pi Recordings

Tracks : Song For My Sister, The Morning Mist, Song For Charles, On The Mountain, Big Red Peaches, Odwalla, Erika, Malachi, The J Song, Red Sand Green Water, Slow Tenor And Bass, Odwalla

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Jaribu Shahid, Corey Wilkes, Don Moye

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Live At Earshot Jazz Festival, 2002, Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fred Anderson, 2006, Milo Records

Tracks : Live Improvisation Part 1, Live Improvisation Part 2

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Anderson, Malachi Favors Moghostut, Famoudou Don Moye

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Fundamental Destiny: Live At The Frankfurt Jazz Festival, Art Ensemble of Chicago with Don Pullen, 2007, AECO

Tracks : People in Sorrow, Song For Atala, Fundamental Destiny, Odwalla/The Theme

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Jaribu Shahid, Corey Wilkes, Don Moye, Don Pullen

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Peace Be Unto You, Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fred Anderson, 2008, AECO

Tracks : Illinstrum Part 1, Illinstrum Part 2, Dancer, Peace Be Unto You, In The Abstract, Horn Web Part 1, Horn Web Part 2, Odwalla/The Theme, 3 On 2, Horn Web Part 3, Folkus, Magg Zelma Part 1, Magg Zelma Part 2, Magg Zelma Part 3, Keep On Keepin' On, Odwalla/The Theme

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Anderson, Malachi Favors Moghostut, Famoudou Don Moye

Recorded live in Seattle in November 2002.

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography: compilation of previously released tracks and pre-AEC music

A Jackson In Your House / Message To Our Folks, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1971, BYG

Tracks : A Jackson In Your House, Get In Line, The Waltz, Ericka, Song For Charles, Old Time Religion, Dexterity, Rock Out, A Brain For The Seine

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors

A double LP set that combines the 2 BYG albums A Jackson in Your House and Message to Our Folks.

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Restoration Ruin / Bap-Tizum, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 1999, Collectables

Tracks : Restoration Ruin, All Right, For You And Me, Have A Real Time, Sioux City Sue New, You're Fortunate, Fire And Rain, Now He Knows Better, Wonders, Where Are You Going?, Nfamoudou-Boudougou, IMMM, Unanka, Oouffnoon, Ohnedaruth, Odwalla

Musicians : Tracks 1-10: Keith Jarrett / Tracks 11-16: Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors, Don Moye

A CD set that combines the Keith Jarrett album Restoration Ruin with the Art Ensemble Of Chicago album Bap-Tizum.

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A Jackson In Your House / Message To Our Folks, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 2000/2001, Charly / Fuel 2000

Tracks : A Jackson In Your House, Get In Line, The Waltz, Ericka, Song For Charles, Old Time Religion, Dexterity, Rock Out, A Brain For The Seine

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors

A CD set that combines the 2 BYG albums A Jackson in Your House and Message to Our Folks.

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Selected Recordings, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 2002, ECM :rarum VI

Tracks : Charlie M, Magg Zelma, Rios Negroes, Folkus, Nine To Get Ready, Prayer For Jimbo Kwesi, Odwalla / Theme, Nice Guys

Tracks by the Art Ensemble of Chicago plus a Lester Bowie track, and a track by Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory.

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Selected Recordings, I-VIII, 2002, ECM :rarum

A 10 CD box set that collects together releases I to VIII of the :rarum series of compilations. Comprises double CD collections by Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek and single CD collections by Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Bill Frisell, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Terje Rypdal and Bobo Stenson.

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1967/68, The Art Ensemble, 2009, Nessa ncd-2500

Tracks : Theme Statements: Slow Theme / Bell Song / Fast Theme / Chinese Song, Old, Tatas-Matoes - Rehearsal, Quartet No. 1, Quartet No. 2, Trio (Oh Susanna), Warm Up, Number 2 - Trio Version, Number 1, Number 2 - Quartet Version Take 4, Number 2 - Quartet Version Take 6, Number 2 - Quartet Version Take 7, A To Ericka, Quintet, Solo, Tutankhamen, Tkhke, Jazz Death?, Carefree - Take 1, Carefree - Take 2, Carefree - Take 3, Tatas-Matoes, Congliptious / Old

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Charles Clark, Phillip Wilson, Robert Crowder, Thurman Barker

A 5 CD box set which includes previously unreleased music plus music originally released on the Lester Bowie album Numbers 1 & 2 (1967) and the Roscoe Mitchell LPs Congliptious (1968) and Old/Quartet (1975).

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Go Home + Chi Congo, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 2010, Galloway

Tracks : Hello Chi, From Bengali, From Saint-Louis, Fly With Honey Hee, Hello Chi, Dance, Chi-Congo, Enlorfe, Part One, Enlorfe, Part Two, Hippparippp

Musicians : Tracks 1-6: Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Fontella Bass, Ivan Jullien, Bernard Vitet, Ambrose Jackson, Raymond Katarzinsky, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Alain Matot, Ventosa, Kenneth Terroade / Tracks 7-11: Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye

A CD that brings together albums originally released in France in 1971 and 1973.

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Early Combinations, Art Ensemble, 2012, Nessa ncd-29

Tracks : A To Ericka, Quintet

Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Charles Clark, Thurman Barker

Tracks recorded in 1967 and originally released on the 1993 box set Art Ensemble 1967/68

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A Jackson In Your House / Message To Our Folks / Reese And The Smooth Ones, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, 2013, Charly / Snapper

Tracks : A Jackson In Your House, Get In Line, The Waltz, Ericka, Song For Charles, Old Time Religion, Dexterity, Rock Out, A Brain For The Seine, Reese / The Smooth Ones Part 1, Reese / The Smooth Ones Part 2

Musicians : Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors

A 2 CD set that brings combines the 3 BYG albums A Jackson in Your House, Message to Our Folks, and Reese and the Smooth Ones.

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We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, Art Ensemble of Chicago, 2019, Pi Recordings Pi80

Tracks : Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace, Bell Song, We Are On The Edge, I Greet You With Open Arms, Chi-Congo 50, Jamaican Farewell Part I, Villa Tiamo, Saturday Morning, Jamaican Farewell Part II, Mama Koko, Fanfare and Bell, Oasis at Dusk, We Are On The Edge / Cards, Oasis at Dusk, Chi-Congo 50, Tutankhamun, Mama Koko, Saturday Morning, Odwalla / The Theme

Musicians : Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roscoe Mitchell, Don Moye, Moor Mother, Christina Wheeler, Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron, Hugh Ragin, Fred Berry, Nicole Mitchell, Jean Cook, Edward Yoon Kwon, Tomeka Reid, Jaribu Shahid, Sylvia Bolognesi, Junius Paul, Enoch Williamson, Titos Sompa, Dudu' Kouate, Stephen Rush

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Last updated July 2015