Release type
ALBUM
Release options
© 2004 Decca Records France
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Ohnedaruth
21:22
Popularity 0/10 -
Lebert Aaly
21:00
Popularity 0/10
By 1971, the Art Ensemble of Chicago had become true denizens of the city of Paris and its environ. Regularly playing and recording, they were able to delve deeply into their Great Black Music aesthetic and explore not only the boundaries of free jazz, but also the intricate demands of African folk forms in improvisation. Dynamic, long a part of the AEC's M.O., had become a dominant methodology for the group, as had textural interplay, and nowhere are these more evident than on Phase One. Issued in 1971 on the French America Records imprint, this set has been reissued over a dozen times on LP and CD. Texture and dynamic are elegantly employed as a way of bringing the music from the quintet gradually, allowing it to unfold itself inside the framework of a composition as it does on the uncharacteristically hard swinging "Ohnedaruth." A long, slow spacious saxophone intro winds in the melodic themes before the three horns jump out and start the true head before it gives way to soloing and free improvisation. On "Lebert Aaly," (dedicated to the late Albert Ayler) a sparse, utterly gentle introduction gives way to utterly beguiling harmonic interplay between Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman. Malachi Favors' bowed bass offers the root to which all the players return and embark from as the band moves off into very free directions, all the while retaining an elemental sense of melodic engagement. Don Moye enters in earnest at about nine-minutes in and the entire proceeding takes on an even slower, random feel before the percussion disappears and the tonal inquiry reappears. It's gorgeous. This is one of the least well-known recordings by the AEC, but it is also one of their most enduring and a true high mark from their Paris period. ~ Thom Jurek
1. Ohnedaruth
- Primary Artist
- Art Ensemble Of Chicago
- Performer
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Don Moye Famoudou
Lester Bowie
Roscoe Mitchell
Joseph Jarman
Malachi Favors - Composer
- Joseph Jarman
- Lyricist
- Joseph Jarman
- Composer Lyricist
- Joseph Jarman
2. Lebert Aaly
- Primary Artist
- Art Ensemble Of Chicago
- Performer
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Don Moye Famoudou
Lester Bowie
Roscoe Mitchell
Joseph Jarman
Malachi Favors - Composer
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Malachi Favors
Lester Bowie
Roscoe Mitchell
Joseph Jarman - Lyricist
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Lester Bowie
Roscoe Mitchell
Joseph Jarman
Malachi Favors - Composer Lyricist
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Joseph Jarman
Lester Bowie
Malachi Favors
Roscoe Mitchell
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 2 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 42 minutes and 17 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 1583x1583 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- No lyrics found
- Synchronized Lyrics
- No synced lyrics found
- Genres
- Jazz, Classical, Avant-Garde, Avant-Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz
- Label
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France
- Music Distribution Service
- UMG Global
- Country
France
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Popularity
- Popularity 0/10
- Release Date
- Jan 31, 1971
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 44006786629
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