Reunion (Art Ensemble of Chicago album) explained

Reunion
Type:	live
Artist:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:	Reunion (AECO album).jpg
Released:	2003
Recorded:	January 22, 2003
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Around jazz / Il Manifesto
Prev Title:	Tribute to Lester
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	The Meeting
Next Year:	2003

Reunion is a live album recorded at Centro Rai di Produzione Radiofonica in Rome in January 2003 by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and released on the Italian Around Jazz label. It marked the return of Joseph Jarman to the group and features performances by Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye with Baba Sissoko.^[1] It is the first live Art Ensemble album to be released following the death of founding member Lester Bowie.

Track listing

1. "Illinstrum" (Don Moye/Malachi Favors) - 10:09
2. "T Two Twin" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 5:57
3. "Wolonà" (Baba Sissoko) - 4:41
4. "Ce Soir A Bankoni" (Sissoko/Moye) - 4:33
5. "Hail We Now Sing Joy" (Joseph Jarman) - 5:59
6. "Medley: All In Together/Zero/Alternate Line/Odwalla" (Mitchell/Lester Bowie/Mitchell/Mitchell) - 23:11
7. "Urban Bushmen (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 6:28

• Recorded at Centro Rai di Produzione Radiofonica in Rome on January 22, 2003

Personnel

• Joseph Jarman

sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone tenor saxophone, flute, percussion, voice

• Roscoe Mitchell

soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, percussion

• Malachi Favors Maghostut

bass, percussion

• Don Moye

drums, congas, percussion

• Baba Sissoko

percussion

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/19990203134133/http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/8835/art.html Art Ensemble of Chicago discography