People in Sorrow
People in Sorrow is a 1969 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Boulogne for the French Pathé-Marconi label, later reissued in the US on Nessa Records.[1][2] It features an extended improvised performance by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.
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Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | July 7, 1969 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:10 | |||
Label | Pathé-Marconi | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The still-startling music, which uses space, dynamics, and a wide range of emotions expertly, is not for everyone's taste (the high-energy tenors of the mid-1960s are actually easier to get into), but worth the struggle".[3] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said "their masterpiece, People in Sorrow, a forty-minute example of how the group's menagerie of instruments and spontaneous approach to structure can create clearly delineated precisely shaded and starkly emotional music".[4]
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Track listing
- "People In Sorrow Part 1" - 17:05
- "People In Sorrow Part 2" - 23:05
- All compositions by the Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Recorded July 7, 1969 in Boulogne, Paris
Personnel
- Lester Bowie: trumpet, percussion instruments
- Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments, vocals
- Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments
- Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
References
- Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
- Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 19 July 2009
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 14. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.