Urban Bushmen

Urban Bushmen is a 1980 live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Munich and released on the ECM label. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook states "Urban Bushmen not only provides an excellent summation of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's work since 1966, but also substantiates the group's reputation for putting on intense and inspired shows".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Promenade: Cote Bamako I" (Moye) - 4:11
2. "Bush Magic" (Favors, Moye) - 5:05
3. "Urban Magic" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 15:45
4. "Sun Precondition Two/Theme for Sco" (Moye/Jarman) - 21:53
5. "New York Is Full of Lonely People" (Bowie) - 7:37
6. "Ancestral Meditation" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 6:56
7. "Uncle" (Mitchell) - 17:29
8. "Peter and Judith" (Mitchell) - 2:39
9. "Promenade: Cote Bamako II" (Moye) - 5:57
10. "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 5:14

• Recorded May 5 & 6 at America Haus, Munich

Personnel

• Lester Bowie: trumpet, bass drum, long horn, vocals
• Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion, melodica, vocals
• Joseph Jarman: saxophones, vocals, clarinets, bassoon, flutes, percussion
• Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, flute, percussion, clarinet, vocals
• Don Moye: sun percussion, vocals

References