Art Ensemble of Chicago

• 4-LP BOX EDITION

The 4-LP special edition of The Art Ensemble of Chicago includes a 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, and their live set recorded at Edgefest, the annual experimental jazz and creative new music festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PERSONNEL:

• ROSCOE MITCHELL, soprano and alto sax
• FAMOUDOU DON MOYE, druma, percussion
• MOOR MOTHER, vocals
• RODOLFO CORDOBA-LEVRON, vocal
• HUGH RAGIN, trumpet
• FRED BERRY, trumpet,fulgelhorn
• NICOEL MTICHee, piccolo
• CHRSITINA WHEELER, vocals
• JEAN COOK, violin
• EDWARD YOO KWON, viola
• TOMEKA REID, cello
• SILVIA BOLOGNESI, bass
• JARIBU SHAHID, bass
• JUNIUS PAUL, bass

TRACKS:

• DISC ONE
• A1. Bell Song
• A2. We Are On The Edge
• A3. I Greet You with Open Arms

• B1. Chi-Congo 50
• B2. Jamaican Farewell, Part I
• B3. Villa Tiamo
• B4. Saturday Morning

• DISC TWO
• C1. Jamaican Farewell, Part II
• C2. Mama Koko
• C3. Fanfare And Bell

• D1. Variations And Sketches From The Bamboo Terrace
• D2. Oasis At Dusk

• DISC THREE Recorded live at Edgefest - Ann Arbor, MI
• E1. We Are On The Edge / Cards (Live)

• F1. Oasis At Dusk (Live)
• F2. Chi-Congo 50 (Live)

• DISC FOUR
• G1. Tutankhamun (Live)

• H1. Mama Koko (Live)
• H2. Saturday Morning (Live)
• H3. Odwalla / The Theme (Live)