Urban Bushmen

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Urban Bushmen
Urban Bushmen (Art Ensemble of Chicago album - cover art).jpg
Live album by
Art Ensemble of Chicago
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)

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]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[7]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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