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Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Fundamental Destiny
Label:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AECO 008CD

...Live at the Frankfurt, Germany Jazz Festival with Don Pullen. "Now, the production team at AECO has once more gone through the archives and come up with another gem, culminating in the recent release of Fundamental Destiny, a record of a live 1991 Art Ensemble concert given in early June of that year at the Frankfurt, Germany Jazz Festival. All the members of the ensemble are present: Lester Bowie on trumpet, Joseph Jarman on woodwinds and percussion, Roscoe Mitchell on woodwinds and percussion, Malachi Favors Moghostut playing both bowed and pizzicato bass and percussion, and Famoudou on drums and percussion. What makes this release all the more special is that, like Kabalaba and The Chicago Blues Tradition, they invited a renowned keyboard artist to perform with them, in this case the late Don Pullen. He adds another group of ideas to the already interesting chordal landscape of the four compositions. Plus, there is that ever-present life energy of the band that he compliments, especially on his solo on the Joseph Jarman-penned title track."

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Reese And The Smooth Ones
Label:	BYG RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BYG 329LP

29th volume in the BYG Actuel series; gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl. "Originally released on the French BYG Actuel label, this a classic album recorded in Paris during August 1969 while the Art Ensemble was on its initial stay there with just a quartet featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors and Joseph Jarman. Reese And the Smooth Ones has a continuous piece featuring all the members playing lots of little instruments (horns, gongs, logs, bells, sirens, whistles, steel drums, marimba, banjo and more) in addition to their mainstays."

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Les Stances a Sophie
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 191CD

Previously released on Soul Jazz's subsidiary imprint, Universal Sound. Recorded in France, 1970. "To coincide with the release of the Les Stances a Sophie DVD, Soul Jazz are also re-issuing the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances a Sophie album on CD. The album features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other US jazz émigrés such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more."

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Les Stances a Sophie
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 191DVD

"Soul Jazz Records are releasing for the first time-ever a long lost cult classic of French New Wave cinema on DVD. Les Stances a Sophie has been out of print for over 30 years and this is its first release ever outside of France. Filmed in Paris in 1970, this fully-subtitled film features killer music, groovy clothes and post-1968 revolutionary ideals. This super-rare film is now perhaps best known for its soundtrack from the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago (who also feature in the film). The album (and DVD) features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other US jazz émigrés such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more. The DVD also features an hour long interview with Art Ensemble member Joseph Jarman where he talks about the making of the film as well as the history of The Art Ensemble, The AACM in Chicago and more." Only available in European PAL format, region free.

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Les Stances a Sophie
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 191LP

2nd pressing, no longer comes in a gatefold. "To coincide with the release of the Les Stances a Sophie DVD, Soul Jazz are re-issuing the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances a Sophie as a limited edition LP edition. The album features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other US jazz émigrés such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more."

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