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Les Stances A Sophie
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| "With this release Soul Jazz Records are reissuing a long lost album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, one of the most important and radical jazz groups to come out of the USA. Les Stances A Sophie was recorded in Paris in 1970 and features the regular Art Ensemble members (Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, and Malachi Favors) alongside the newly recruited drummer Don Moye and Fontella Bass on vocals and piano. Fontella Bass (who was married to Lester Bowie) had a successful career as a soul singer ('Rescue Me' was her biggest hit in the 1960s). The addition of these two performers perhaps explains in some way the uniqueness of this recording, especially 'Theme De Yoyo'. Vocals (and lyrics) alongside a constant drum and bass beat were new elements to the recorded music of the Art Ensemble at this time and this recording would appear to contradict the AEC's ambition for their music to be heard and played simply as sound -- with the freedom from accepted forms (blues, jazz, etc.) that were used to describe music. Les Stances A Sophie was originally released on EMI France and later in the US on Nessa records. Both editions have been out of print for many years, and Soul Jazz Records is releasing it for the first time in England." |
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Art Ensemble of Chicago: Fontella Bass (vocals, piano); Malachi Favors (bass, percussion); Don Moye (drums); Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman (sax, percussion); Lester Bowie (trumpet, percussion) |
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