Art Ensemble of Chicago
Alyn Shipton explores the essential discs by the collective, who altered the way improvising jazz groups approached form, instrumentation and structure.
In the 1960s, a quartet of Chicagoans altered the way improvising jazz groups approached form, instrumentation and structure. Originally led by saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, the band developed to become the collective Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Their recording catalogue is sizeable and diverse, but Alyn Shipton picks a way through it to find the essential discs, guided by two surviving members, Mitchell and drummer Famadou Don Moye, and their original record producer Chuck Nessa. Including archive interviews with bassist Malachi Favors and trumpeter Lester Bowie.
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- Fri 26 Oct 2007 22:30大象传媒 Radio 3
- Sun 7 Dec 2008 00:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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