Friday, May 22, 2015

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO – People In Sorrow (LP-1969)




Label: Nessa Records – N-3
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: US / Released: 1969
Style: Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Recorded at Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 7th of July, 1969.
Photos By – Terry Martin
Design By – Schoengrund
Pathe Marconi Recording
Distributed by – Flaying Fish Records

A - People In Sorrow Part 1 .................................. 17:05
B - People In Sorrow Part 2 .................................. 23:05

Roscoe Mitchell – soprano, alto, bass saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
Joseph Jarman – alto saxophone, bassoon, oboe, flute, percussion
Lester Bowie – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
Malachi Favors – bass, zither, percussion instruments

In 1969, the Art Ensemble of Chicago (which had recorded just one official record, Congliptious, as a group at that point in time), moved to Paris for two years and recorded eight albums during their first year overseas alone.


This is one of those albums that completely shifts thinking about music. The unity of vision on this album is uncanny, offering two sides of a slow, almost a-rhythmic flow of immensely sad sounds, coming from a variety of instruments played by Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman and Malachi Favors (this is still the period before Famadou Don Moye joined on drums). There is no real soloing, just sounds and phrases interwoven in a stream of music that is both welcoming and strange, with a beautiful theme that once every so often becomes explicit when it emerges out of the background on the first side, and becoming more dominant on the second side, guided by Lester Bowie's beautiful trumpet playing, over a background of increasing mayhem and ritual shouts and incantations and little percussive sounds and other tribal goodies. Even after all these years, modern listeners will be surprised at the audacity of the music, as much as for its listening relevance today, and hopefully as emotionally impacted as your servant when listening to this album, again and again.

This is an absolute must-have for any fan of free music. Please also note that the early albums of the Art Ensemble of Chicago explicitly mentioned AACM and/or "Great Black Music".

_ By Stef
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/05/50-years-of-aacm-1975-1984.html


50 Years of AACM - Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians



If you find it, buy this album!

18 comments:

  1. ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO – People In Sorrow (LP-1969)
    Vinyl Rip/FLAC+Artwork

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  2. This has to be one of my personal favorite AEC albums!!!!

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  3. Chiquilicuatre y ZappaMay 23, 2015 at 10:03 AM

    Many thanks for the album in FLAC

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  4. Thanks You verry much

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  5. HEY AMIGO, TU BLOG ES SIMPLEMENTE ¡MARAVILLOSO!
    MUCHAS GRACIAS!

    CRISTÓBAL GARCÍA.

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  6. Thanks so much for this in FLAC!

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  7. ..... bit late getting to this classic, but thank you.

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  8. Thank you for this and all of the shares!!

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  9. Dear Vitko,
    I don't know why I missed this six years ago. But better late than never. Thanks for keeping these files alive.
    I hope you are well and that is everythings okay with you. Last time, you mentioned some healthy troubles. I'm a little worried because I haven't heard from you for quite a while. If you read this, please post a word or two, if you want to do so.

    Uwe from Germany

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    1. Dear Uwe,
      Yes, there were health problems in the previous period, but now things are improving and I can say that I am relatively well. Due to the long break and my recovery, I accumulated a lot of professional obligations that I had to do, so I neglected to some extent the blog, but I hope to do something there soon.
      Until then, best regards.
      Vitko

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    2. Thank you for your quick answer.
      These are good news. I really hope that you will recover in such a way that you will be able to live your life satiesfied again. I wish you all the best.

      Uwe

      PS: The Blog is nice, but more important is to stay healthy in these days. All other things can wait.

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