The Complete Live in Japan explained

The Complete Live in Japan
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:	The Complete Live in Japan.jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	April 22, 1984
Venue:	Kan-i Hoken Hall, Gotanda, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	96:52
Label:	DIW DIW-8021/8022
Producer:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Prev Title:	Among the People
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	The Third Decade
Next Year:	1984

The Complete Live in Japan is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Tokyo, Japan in 1984 and released in 1988 on the Japanese DIW label.^{[1] [2] [3]} The original (much shorter) single LP titled Live in Japan was originally issued in 1985.

Track listing

1. "Spanish Song" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 25:05
2. "Ancestral Voices/Old" (Joseph Jarman/Mitchell) - 11:14
3. "Ornedaruth" (Jarman) - 22:43
4. "The Beginning" (Lester Bowie) - 3:27
5. "Waltz" (Mitchell) - 2:39
6. "Building the Mid" (Don Moye) - 6:09
7. "Old Time Southside Street Dance" (Jarman) - 10:02
8. "Zero" (Bowie) - 6:45
9. "Funky Aeco" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 5:18
10. "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 3:29

Personnel

• Lester Bowie: trumpet, bass drum
• Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments
• Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments
• Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
• Don Moye: drums, 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
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_AEC.htm Jazzlists: Art Ensemble of Chicago discography
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_DIW_8000.htm Jazzlists: DIW Records catalog