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On May 28, 1969, four American musicians -- reed/wind players Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman, bassist Malachi Favors, and (accompanied by his wife, singer Fontella Bass) trumpeter Lester Bowie -- boarded the ocean liner S.S. United States, bound for Le Havre, France. After landing five days later, they moved on to Paris, where they got to work. On August 22, 1970, in the waning days of their stay overseas, the group, with Bass on vocals, would record their second release for EMI's Pathe Marconi: the movie soundtrack Les Stances a Sophie. The record, an exciting, eminently listenable combination of soul, classical, and jazz strains that survives as the Art Ensemble of Chicago's most stylistically diverse album, has long been admired by a devoted cult.
This new limited-edition LP reissue from play loud! productions is supplemented with new notes by U.S. music journalist Chris Morris.
Tracklist
1 Thème De Yoyo
2 Thème De Céline
3 Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (I)
4 Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (II)
5 Proverbes (I)
6 Thème Amour Universal
7 Thème Libre
8 Proverbes (II)