Urban Bushmen

Urban Bushmen is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Munich in 1980 and released on the ECM label.[1][2][3][4]

Urban Bushmen
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 1, 1982
RecordedMay 5 & 6, 1980
VenueAmerika Haus, Munich, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length92:46
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Full Force
(1980)
Urban Bushmen
(1982)
Among the People
(1981)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]

In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Cook stated Urban Bushmen not only provides an excellent summation of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's work since 1966, but also substantiates the group's reputation for putting on intense and inspired shows".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Promenade: Cote Bamako I" (Don Moye) - 4:11
  2. "Bush Magic" (Malachi Favors, Moye) - 5:05
  3. "Urban Magic" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 15:45
  4. "Sun Precondition Two/Theme for Sco" (Moye/Joseph Jarman) - 21:53
  5. "New York Is Full of Lonely People" (Lester Bowie) - 7:37
  6. "Ancestral Meditation" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 6:56
  7. "Uncle" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 17:29
  8. "Peter and Judith" (Mitchell) - 2:39
  9. "Promenade: Cote Bamako II" (Moye) - 5:57
  10. "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 5:14

Personnel

  • Lester Bowie: trumpet, bass drum, long horn, vocals
  • Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion, melodica, vocals
  • Joseph Jarman: saxophones, vocals, clarinets, bassoon, flutes, percussion
  • Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, flute, percussion, clarinet, vocals
  • Don Moye: sun percussion, vocals

References

  1. Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
  2. Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
  3. ECM Records Catalog: 1200 series, accessed November 26, 2017
  4. ECM Records Catalogue, accessed November 26, 2017
  5. Cook, Stephen. Urban Bushmen – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 14. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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