Live in Paris (Art Ensemble of Chicago album) explained

Live in Paris
Type:Live
Artist:Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:Live in Paris (AECO album).jpg
Released:1974
Recorded:13 August 1970
Venue:Paris, France
Genre:Jazz
Length:96:03
Label:BYG Actuel Japan
Producer:Jean Luc Young
Prev Title:Les Stances a Sophie
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass
Next Year:1970

Live in Paris is a double live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris and first released on the BYG Actuel label in Japan as two separate volumes ('Live Part 1' and 'Live Part 2') in 1974.[1] [2] It was issued on CD by Charly Records under the title 'Live In Paris' presumably to avoid confusion with the Delmark 'Live At Delmark Hall' album (issued on CD under the title 'Live'), and then later issued in the US, with the same artwork and design, by Fuel 2000 Records in the US. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Fontella Bass and Don Moye. Despite reissues identifying it as "Live In Paris" and claiming a date of 5 October 1969, it was actually a radio broadcast from performances in Chateauvailon on 13 August 1970.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is the finest live recording by the Art Ensemble, and documents the first tour of a legendary band that created new standards not only for improvisation but for performance as well".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Oh, Strange" (Bowie, Jarman) – 49:24
  2. "Bon Voyage" (Bowie) – 46:39

Personnel

trumpet, percussion instruments

bass, percussion instruments, vocals

saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments

saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments

vocals (on #2 only)

drums, percussion (on #2 only)

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19990203134133/http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/8835/art.html Art Ensemble of Chicago discography
  2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_AEC.htm Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography
  3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed 27 July 2011