Boxset / Compilation · 2018
Tracklist
CD 1
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO : NICE GUYS
1 Ja 08:39
2 Nice Guys 01:41
3 Folkus 10:59
4 5 9 7 - 5 9 06:43
5 Cyp 04:49
6 Dreaming Of The Master 11:40
CD 2
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO : FULL FORCE
1 Magg Zelma 19:50
2 Care Free 00:46
3 Charlie M 09:17
4 Old Time Southside Street Dance 05:11
5 Full Force
CD 3
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO : URBAN BUSHMEN
1 Promenade: Cote Bamako I 04:11
2 Bush Magic 05:05
3 Urban Magic: March / Warm Night Blues Stroll / Down the Walkway / RM Express 15:39
4 Sun Precondition Two / Theme For Sco: Soweto Messenger / Bushman Triumphant / Entering the City / Announcement of Victory 21:53
CD 4
1 New York Is Full Of Lonely People 07:37
2 Ancestral Meditation 06:56
3 Uncle 17:29
4 Peter And Judith 02:39
5 Promenade: Cote Bamako II 05:57
6 Odwalla/Theme 05:14
CD 5
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO : THE THIRD DECADE
1 Prayer For Jimbo Kwesi 09:47
2 Funky AECO 07:39
3 Walking In The Moonlight 04:07
4 The Bell Piece 06:02
5 Zero 05:55
6 Third Decade 08:19
CD 6
LEO SMITH : DIVINE LOVE
1 Divine Love 21:47
2 Tastalun (dedicated to Lester Bowie) 06:39
3 Spirituals: The Language Of Love 15:28
CD 7
LESTER BOWIE : THE GREAT PRETENDER
1 The Great Pretender 16:50
2 It's Howdy Doody Time 02:07
3 When The Doom (Moon) Comes Over The Mountain: a) Doom? b) When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain 03:38
4 Rios Negros 07:15
5 Rose Drop 07:25
6 Oh, How The Ghost Sings 05:50
CD 8
LESTER BOWIE : ALL THE MAGIC!
1 For Louie 12:14
2 Spacehead 06:47
3 Ghosts 03:09
4 All The Magic!/Everything Must Change/T. Jam Blues 15:51
5 Let The Good Times Roll 06:47
CD 9
1 Organic Echo 03:18
2 Dunce Dance 02:05
3 Charlie M. (Part II) 02:51
4 Thirsty? 03:31
5 Almost Christmas 04:52
6 Down Home 02:40
7 Okra Influence 04:39
8 Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck 01:38
9 Deb Deb's Face 02:05
10 Monkey Waltz 01:35
11 Fradulent Fanfare 01:01
12 Organic Echo (Part II) 05:31
CD 10
LESTER BOWIE'S BRASS FANTASY : I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
1 I Only Have Eyes For You 10:26
2 Think 01:35
3 Lament 13:47
4 Coming Back, Jamaica 05:14
5 Nonet 14:25
6 When The Spirit Returns 07:44
CD 11
LESTER BOWIE'S BRASS FANTASY : AVANT POP
1 The Emperor 10:09
2 Saving All My Love For You 05:06
3 B Funk 03:48
4 Blueberry Hill 05:24
5 Crazy 05:23
6 Macho (Dedicated To Machito) 06:16
7 No Shit 05:11
8 Oh, What A Night 05:33
CD 12
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO : TRIBUTE TO LESTER
1 Sangaredi 07:42
2 Suite for Lester 05:22
3 Zero / Alternate Line 09:16
4 Tutankhamun 08:10
5 As Clear as the Sun 12:41
6 He Speaks to Me Often in Dreams 13:52
CD 13
ROSCOE MITCHELL : NINE TO GET READY
1 Leola 09:35
2 Dream And Response 05:35
3 For Lester B 06:07
4 Jamaican Farewell 05:45
5 Hop Hip Bip Bir Rip 05:59
6 Nine To Get Ready 03:52
7 Bessie Harris 06:47
8 Fallen Heroes 06:33
9 Move Toward The Light 03:24
10 Big Red Peaches 02:03
CD 14
ROSCOE MITCHELL, THE TRANSATLANTIC ART ENSEMBLE : COMPOSITION / IMPROVISATION NOS. 1, 2 & 3
1 I 13:36
2 II 04:07
3 III 18:34
4 IV 05:42
5 V 03:54
6 VI 03:17
7 VII 09:12
8 VIII 14:48
9 IX 05:58
CD 15
EVAN PARKER, THE TRANSATLANTIC ART ENSEMBLE : BOUSTROPHEDON
1 Overture 01:21
2 Furrow 1 08:09
3 Furrow 2 05:46
4 Furrow 3 11:07
5 Furrow 4 05:21
6 Furrow 5 08:20
7 Furrow 6 12:52
8 Finale 06:19
CD 16
ROSCOE MITCHELL, THE NOTE FACTORY : FAR SIDE
1 Far Side / Cards / Far Side 30:56
2 Quintet 2007 A For Eight 09:56
3 Trio Four For Eight 12:37
4 Ex Flover Five 12:24
CD 17
ROSCOE MITCHELL : BELLS FOR THE SOUTH SIDE
1 Spatial Aspects of the Sound 12:14
2 Panoply 07:36
3 Prelude to a Rose 12:44
4 Dancing in the Canyon 10:23
5 EP 7849 08:13
6 Bells for the South Side 12:35
CD 18
1 Prelude to the Card Game, Cards for Drums, and The Final Hand 16:03
2 The Last Chord 12:26
3 Six Gongs and Two Woodblocks 07:50
4 R509A Twenty B 01:34
5 Red Moon In The Sky / Odwalla 25:49
CD 19
JACK DEJOHNETTE, NEW DIRECTIONS : NEW DIRECTIONS
1 Bayou Fever 08:40
2 Where Or Wayne 12:25
3 Dream Stalker 05:55
4 One Handed Woman 10:49
5 Silver Hollow 08:24
CD 20
JACK DEJOHNETTE, NEW DIRECTIONS : IN EUROPE
1 Salsa For Eddie G. 16:05
2 Where Or Wayne 12:29
3 Bayou Fever 18:24
4 Multo Spiliagio 09:33
CD 21
JACK DEJOHNETTE, MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS, LARRY GRAY, ROSCOE MITCHELL, HENRY THREADGILL : MADE IN CHICAGO
1 Chant 16:56
2 Jack 5 14:53
3 This 12:13
4 Museum of Time 13:37
5 Leave Don't Go Away 10:19
6 Announcement 03:28
7 Ten Minutes 06:09
Line-up/Musicians
About this release
ECM Records – ECM 2630 (Germany)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago Nice Guys (I) recorded May 1978 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg and originally issued on ECM 1126
Art Ensemble Of Chicago Full Force (II) recorded January 1980 at Columbia Recording Studios, New York and originally issued on ECM 1167
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago Urban Bushmen (III) recorded live May 1980 at Amerika Haus, München and originally issued on ECM 1211/12
Art Ensemble Of Chicago Third Decade (IV) recorded June 1984 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg and originally issued on ECM 1273
Leo Smith Divine Love (V) recorded September 1978 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg and originally issued on ECM 1143
Lester Bowie The Great Pretender (VI) recorded June 1981at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg and originally issued on ECM 1209
Lester Bowie All The Magic! / The One And Only (VII) recorded June 1982 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg and originally issued on ECM 1246/47
Lester Bowie' Brass Fantasy I Only Have Eyes For You (VIII) recorded February 1985 at Rewiston Recording Studio, New York and originally issued on ECM 1296
Lester Bowie' Brass Fantasy Avant Pop (IX) recorded March 1986 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg and originally issued on ECM 1326
Art Ensemble Of Chicago Tribute To Lester (X) recorded September 2001 at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago and originally issued on ECM 1808
Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory Nine To Get Ready (XI) recorded May 1997 at Avatar Studios, New York and originally issued on ECM 1651
Roscoe Mitchell And The Transatlantic Art Ensemble Composition / Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (XII) recorded September 2004 at Muffathalle, München and originally issued on ECM 1872
Evan Parker And The Transatlantic Art Ensemble Boustrophedon (In Six Furrows) (XIII) recorded September 2004 at Muffathalle, München and originally issued on ECM 1873
Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory Far Side (XIV) recorded March 2007 at Stadtsaal, Burghausen and originally issued on ECM 2087
Roscoe Mitchell Bells For The South Side (XV) recorded September 2015 at Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago and originally issued on ECM 2494/95
Jack De Johnette New Directions (XVI) recorded June 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo and originally issued on ECM 1128
Jack De Johnette New Directions In Europe (XVII) recorded June 1979, live at Willisau and originally issued on ECM 1157
Jack De Johnette Made in Chicago (XVIII) recorded August 29, 2013, live at the Pritzker Pavillon Millenium Park, Chicago at the 35th Annual Chicago Festival and originally issued on ECM 2392
Thanks to snobb for the addition