Art Ensemble Chicago - Spirtual CD

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Spirtual album for sale by Art Ensemble Chicago was released Feb 18, 1997 on the Navarre Corp. label. Originally a double LP, this stunning 1974 album, THE SPIRITUAL, finds the Art Ensemble of Chicago at their artistic height. Spirtual buy CD music Reduced to an unusual drummerless quartet for this session (reedsmen Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell, horn player Lester Bowie and bassist/banjo player Malachi Favors all double on various types of percussion), the group explores one of the main stems of jazz, New Orleans gospel and second-line music, without sacrificing its freer sounds. Spirtual songs Indeed, without a traditional drummer, the group is free to play at its most unrestrained, unfettered by conventions of tempo. Yet somehow, there's a basic earthiness to this music, especially on the magnificent title track and the mysteriously beautiful "That the Evening Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall and We Stood Alone Somewhere?," which keeps the Art Ensemble grounded. Listening to THE SPIRITUAL is an experience akin to reading Ishmael Reed's vividly ironic lampoon of Western culture, MUMBO JUMBO. Recorded at Polydor Studios, Paris, France on June 26, 1969. Includes liner notes by John Litweiler. Art Ensemble Of Chicago: John Jarman (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet, oboe, piano, harpsichord, guitar, percussion); Roscoe Mitchell (soprano, alto & bass saxophones, flute, clarinet, percussion); Lester Bowie (trumpet, flugelhorn, horns, bass drum); Malachi Favors (banjo, bass, cythar, percussion). ...See Full Description

Art Ensemble Chicago - Spirtual Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song
	1	Toro See All 2
	2	Lori Song See All 2
	3	That the Evening Sky Fell Through the Glass Wall
	4	Spiritual See All 2

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CD Universe Part number	1457824
Label	Navarre Corp.
Orig Year	1974
Discs	1
Release Date	Feb 18, 1997
Studio/Live	Studio
Producer	Chris Whent; Alan Bates
Engineer	J.P Dupuy
Recording Time	38 minutes
Personnel	Lester Bowie - trumpet, flugelhorn, horns, drums Roscoe Mitchell - saxophone Joseph Jarman - alto saxophone Malachi Favors - banjo, percussion Famoudou Don Moye - drums J.P Dupuy Patrice Quef - recorder