Message to Our Folks explained

Message to Our Folks
Type:Album
Artist:Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:Message to Our Folks.jpg
Released:1969
Recorded:August 12, 1969
Studio:Studio Saravah, Paris
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:45
Label:BYG Actuel
Producer:Jean Georgakarakos, Jean-Luc Young
Prev Title:People in Sorrow
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Reese and the Smooth Ones
Next Year:1969

Message to Our Folks is a 1969 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris for the French BYG Actuel label.[1] [2] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

Track listing

  1. "Old-Time Religion" - 7:41
  2. "Dexterity" (Parker) - 4:05
  3. "Rock Out" - 8:36
  4. "A Brain For The Seine" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) 20:17

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated

Personnel

trumpet, percussion instruments

bass, percussion instruments, vocals

saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments

saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments

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