Urban Magic Explained

Urban Magic
Type:	live
Artist:	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Cover:	Urban Magic.jpg
Released:	2003
Recorded:	June 4, 1997
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Musica Jazz
Prev Title:	Coming Home Jamaica
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Tribute to Lester
Next Year:	2003

Urban Magic is a live album recorded on 4 June 1997 in Laroche-sur-Yon, France by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and originally released with the March 2003 issue of the Italian magazine Musica Jazz.^[1] It features performances by Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye and would be the group's last release featuring Bowie who died in 1999.

Track listing

1. "Urban Magic" (Don Moye) - 13:05
2. "Mama Wants You" (Malachi Favors) - 10:30
3. "Dancer" (Don Moye) - 3:32
4. "Chant" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 12:40
5. "Villa Tiamo" (Lester Bowie) - 3:15
6. "Horn Web" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 6:05
7. "Odwalla" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 3:56
8. "Strawberry Mango" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 5:22

• Recorded at Laroche-sur-Yon, France on June 4, 1997

Personnel

• Lester Bowie

trumpet, flugelhorn

• Roscoe Mitchell

soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bamboo saxophone, flute, bamboo flute, piccolo, percussion

• Malachi Favors Maghostut

bass, percussion

• Don Moye

drums, congas, gong, 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