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Phase One (Art Ensemble of Chicago album)

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Released
  
1973

Artist
  
Art Ensemble of Chicago

Label
  
America Records

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
February 1971

Release date
  
1973

Songs
  
Ohnedaruth, Lebert Aaly

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Phase One (1971)
  
Live at Mandell Hall (1972)

Similar
  
Art Ensemble of Chicago albums, Jazz albums

Phase One is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris in February 1971. It features Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye performing two side-long pieces dedicated to John Coltrane and Albert Ayler respectively.

Contents

Reception

Jim Miller's Rolling Stone review stated "The Art Ensemble of Chicago plays a music steeped in the black American musical tradition and its African heritage. They offer the rare spectacle of an intrinsically historical yet wholly contemporary jazz. Phase One marks one of the year's jazz events on record; more indelibly than Bap-Tizum it captures the quintessence of this extraordinary group." The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is one of the least well-known recordings by the AEC, but it is also one of their most enduring and a true high mark from their Paris period".

Track listing

  1. "Ohnedaruth" (Jarman) - 21:30
  2. "Lebert Aaly .. dedicated to Albert Ayler" (Bowie, Mitchell, Jarman, Favors) - 20:56

Personnel

  • Lester Bowie: trumpet, flugelhorn, steer-horns, etc.
  • Roscoe Mitchell: soprano, alto and bass saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion
  • Joseph Jarman: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, clarinets, oboe, flutes, marimba, vibes, percussion
  • Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass and electric bass, banjo, cythar, percussion
  • Don Moye: drums, bass marimba, temple blocks, bells, etc
  • References

    Phase One (Art Ensemble of Chicago album) Wikipedia