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The Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) {Pi Recordings}

The Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) {Pi Recordings}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44.1kHz - Official Digital Download (bandcamp.com) -> 1.05 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 339 Mb | Cover | 5% repair rar
© 2019 Pi Recordings
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Modern Composition

The Art Ensemble of Chicago has been at the forefront of creative improvised music since 1969, and has long served as the flagship ensemble of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the august Chicago-based organization that also fostered the careers of members such as Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, and Wadada Leo Smith, among many others. The greatness of the Art Ensemble has always been the shared commitment of its original members – Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, and Famoudou Don Moye – to the total realm of African diasporic music: what they have long-termed “Great Black Music—Ancient to the Future.”
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Dreaming of the Masters Suite (1991)

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Dreaming of the Masters Suite (1991)
Label: DIW | FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | Time: 46:46 | 287 MB(+3%)
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Dreaming of the Masters Suite (1991) is a significant release from one of the most innovative and influential jazz groups in the world. The album is a powerful and expressive collection that blends avant-garde jazz, experimentalism, and tribute. It’s a reflection of the Art Ensemble's ongoing artistic evolution, incorporating elements of African rhythms, free improvisation, and their signature multidisciplinary performances. This album, recorded in 1991, is notable not only for its strong musical quality but also for its tribute to the legacy of jazz masters who came before them. The title, Dreaming of the Masters Suite, suggests both a reverence for jazz history and an exploration of the collective dreams and ideas that the ensemble wanted to express through their sonic journey. It is a tribute to the great jazz musicians who influenced the Art Ensemble, particularly those who emphasized improvisation, creativity, and musical freedom.
Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Avec Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Comme À La Radio (1969) [Japanese Edition 1987]

Brigitte Fontaine - Comme A La Radio (1969) [Japanese Edition 1987]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 169 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 81 MB | Covers - 38 MB
Genre: Free Jazz, Avant-Pop, Chanson | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nippon Columbia (30CY-1557)

Of all the strange records this French vanguard pop chanteuse ever recorded, this 1971 collaboration between the teams of Brigitte Fontaine and her songwriting partner Areski and the Art Ensemble of Chicago - who were beginning to think about returning to the United States after a two-year stay - is the strangest and easily most satisfying. While Fontaine's records could be beguiling with their innovation, they occasionally faltered by erring on the side of gimmickry and cuteness. Here, the Art Ensemble provide the perfect mysterious and ethereal backdrop for her vocal explorations. Featuring the entire Art Ensemble of that time period and including fellow Chicago AACM member Leo Smith on second trumpet, Fontaine and Areski stretched the very notion of what pop had been and could be…
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances A Sophie (1970) [Reissue 2008]

Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances A Sophie (1970) [Reissue 2008]
EAC | FLAC (log,tracks+cue) -> 208 Mb (5% Rec.)
Mp3 CBR320 Kbps -> 93 Mb (5% Rec.) | Scans included
Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Pathé / Soul Jazz Records, SJR CD191 | 0:33:50

In 1969 the newly formed Art Ensemble left their home city and headed for France, there acquiring drummer Don Moye and a more precise title. Their two-year stay yielded some 15 albums, including this glorious oddity, a soundtrack to an obscure French New Wave film recorded before an inch of footage was shot. The film is now forgotten, but the music is superb.
Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Sixth Decade - From Paris to Paris (2023)

Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Sixth Decade - From Paris to Paris (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:40:56 | 521 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: Rogueart – ROG-0123

This album, recorded live at the Sons d’hiver festival, commemorates the Art Ensemble’s triumphant return to Paris, the city where in 1969 Roscoe Mitchell and his bandmates made a sensational debut, introducing their revolutionary music to France—and to the world.
Revolutionary Ensemble - Revolutionary Ensemble (1977) [Reissue 2008]

Revolutionary Ensemble - Revolutionary Ensemble (1977) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 174 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 109 MB | Covers (7 MB) included
Genre: Free Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Enja Records (ENJ-2148 2)

In retrospect, violinist Leroy Jenkins, bassist Sirone, and drummer Jerome Cooper's free-jazz trio, the Revolutionary Ensemble, stands as a gentler cousin to those original free-jazz collectives, Art Ensemble of Chicago and AACM, the latter of which introduced Jenkins's string playing to the scene. On this live 1977 date, each of the members doubles or triples up on other instruments so there is a variety of textures and timbres to be heard here, including kalimba, flute, and piano. Mostly it's Jenkin's fluent, fugal violin improvisations that predominate, however. At their most successful, these jams sound like a loosely strung Bach "Chaconne" accompanied by bass and drums. Originally an Inner City LP with limited distribution, Enja has reissued Revolutionary Ensemble in 2008 with 24-bit remastered sound.

VA - Universal Sounds Of America (1995)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 20, 2024
VA - Universal Sounds Of America (1995)

VA - Universal Sounds Of America (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 403 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 158 MB
1:08:42 | Avant-garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label: Soul Jazz Records

Universal Sounds of America features music from radical Afro-American Jazz musicians in the USA in the 1970's. At a time when commercial jazz music was revolving around whether it would sound good in an Elevator at low volume, a number of Jazz musicians were seeking different musical paths. Self Determination, Creative Development, Community and Education were more important to these musicians than economic wealth, fame and stardom. Artists such as The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Sun Ra developed around communal groups. The Art Ensemble, for instance , came out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) founded in 1965 by Muhal Richard Abrams in Chicago. Many musicians followed the lead of Sun Ra in starting their own labels to release their own material.
Ernest Dawkins & New Horizons Ensemble - Chicago Now: Thirty Years of Great Black Music, Vol. 2 (1994/2018)

Ernest Dawkins & New Horizons Ensemble - Chicago Now: Thirty Years of Great Black Music, Vol. 2 (1994/2018)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 437 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 MB | 01:12:49
Jazz, Modern Creative Jazz | Label: 01:12:49

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the AACM, altoist Ernest Dawkins (who also plays tenor and flute) and his New Horizons Ensemble recorded enough music to fill up two CDs. The episodic performances, which cover a variety of styles, are a little reminiscent of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, if not quite as exploratory. "Monk's Temptation," an exciting free bop piece with a passionate but logical alto solo from the talented leader and hot riffing from the brass (trumpeter Ameen Muhammad and trombonist Steve Berry), is a highlight, but all seven selections (including two numbers heard in "alternate" versions from the ones on Vol. 1) are quite colorful.
Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet - The Chicago Symphonies (2021)

Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet - The Chicago Symphonies (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 935 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 400 Mb | Covers included | 02:44:32
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label: TUM Records

The Chicago Symphonies represents another magnificent four-disc collection of extended compositions by composer, musician, artist and educator Wadada Leo Smith leading his Great Lakes Quartet in a celebration of Chicago and the rich contributions of the Midwestern artistic, musical and political culture to the United States of America. The first three symphonies, “Gold,” “Diamond” and “Pearl” are performed by Smith with three other contemporary masters of creative music, saxophonist/flutist Henry Threadgill, bassist John Lindberg and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The fourth, “Sapphire Symphony – The Presidents and Their Vision for America,” features saxophonist Jonathon Haffner with Smith, Lindberg and DeJohnette.

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - Mean Ameen (2004)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Nov. 1, 2018
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - Mean Ameen (2004)

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - Mean Ameen (2004)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Delmark, DE-559 | ~ 440 or 158 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 83 Mb
Contemporary Jazz

Alto and tenor saxophonist Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble is constantly full of surprises on Mean Ameen, a tribute to the late trumpeter Ameen Muhammad. While "3-D" is a bit reminiscent of the free bop of Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz, Dawkins' tenor sometimes hints at Archie Shepp, "Haiti" sounds like the "small instruments" explorations of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and "The Messenger" is an excellent tribute to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers…