ccii. ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO: Ja

ccii. ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO

Ja (1979)
Lester Bowie, trumpet, celeste, bass drum
Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass, percussion, melodica
Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion, vocal
Roscoe Mitchell, saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion
Don Moye, drums, percussion, vocal
(8:39)

from: Nice Guys.

This first track on their first ECM album is quite representative of what the AECO does -- at 2:29 a vocalist comes in with a Jamaican melody and appropriate accompaniment.

This is music for ears open to receive its divinity.

This CD is the first one of 21 in this enormously satisfying box set:

The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles