Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition explained

Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition
Type:	live
Artist:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:	Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	July 7, 1993
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	AECO
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Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition is a live album recorded on 7 July 1993 in Geneva, Switzerland by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and released on their own AECO label.^[1] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors and Don Moye with Chicago Beau, Amina Claudine Myers, Frank Lacy, James Carter and Herb Walker.

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Erika/Carefree" (Joseph Jarman/Roscoe Mitchell) – 22:38
2. "Blues For Zazen" (Joseph Jarman) – 21:22
3. "Tin Pan Alley" (Lincoln T Beauchamp, Jr.) – 12:23

Disc Two

1. "I, The Blues" (Lincoln T Beauchamp, Jr.) – 7:23
2. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 12:17
3. "Night Time Is The Right Time" (Leroy Carr) – 9:31
4. "Odwalla" (Roscoe Mitchell) – 5:55
5. "Got My Mojo Workin'" (Preston Foster, McKinley Morganfield) – 5:49

• Recorded in Geneva, Switzerland on July 7, 1993

Personnel

• Lester Bowie

trumpet

• Roscoe Mitchell

soprano saxophone, alto saxophone tenor saxophone

• Joseph Jarman

soprano saxophone, alto saxophone

• Malachi Favors Maghostut

bass

• Don Moye

drums, percussion

• Herb Walker

guitar

• Chicago Beau

harmonica, vocals

• Amina Claudine Myers

organ, vocals

• James Carter

tenor saxophone

• Frank Lacy

trombone

Notes and References

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