Art Ensemble of Chicago

band (saxophones, trumpet, double bass, percussion) · Chicago

Coming out of the AACM, the group first recorded under the names Roscoe Mitchell Sextet (1966) then Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble (1967). Settled in Paris in the fall of 1968, at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, it received the addition "of Chicago" from a French promoter and recorded for BYG and Freedom.

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Styles

• AACM
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• People in Sorrow Part 1 (1969)
• Theme de Yoyo (1970)

Sources

• Source

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