Kabalaba Explained

Kabalaba
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:	Kabalaba.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	July 4, 1974
Venue:	Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:00
Label:	AECO
Producer:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Prev Title:	Fanfare for the Warriors
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Nice Guys
Next Year:	1978

Kabalaba is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival^[1] in 1974 and released on their AECO label in 1978.^[2] ^[3] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, and Don Moye along with Muhal Richard Abrams.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick states "This recording contains several fine episodes, but the interested listener would do better to hear [''[[Fanfare for the Warriors]]] for a full picture of this particular Art Ensemble incarnation's great powers".

Track listing

"Kabalaba-Bees" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 3:10
"Interlude" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 2:00
"Kaba Song" (Don Moye) - 4:32
"Interlude" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 1:15
"Theme for Sco/Kabalaba" (Joseph Jarman) - 14:48
"Duo" (Muhal Richard Abrams) - 2:10
"Sun Precondition One" (Moye) - 5:30
"Interlude" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 1:48
"Improvization A2" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 6:00
"Mal's Delight" (Lester Bowie) - 3:50
"Kabalaba Speaks" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 4:57

Personnel

Lester Bowie

trumpet, percussion instruments

Malachi Favors Maghostut

bass, percussion instruments, vocals

Joseph Jarman

saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments

Roscoe Mitchell

saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments

Don Moye

drums, percussion

Muhal Richard Abrams

piano

Notes and References

Web site: "Kabalaba: Live At Montreux Jazz Festival" on Discogs.
https://web.archive.org/web/19990203134133/http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/8835/art.html Art Ensemble of Chicago discography
http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_AEC.htm Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography