Art Ensemble of Chicago

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    • Genre: Jazz
    • Origin: Chicago, Illinois
    • Formed: 1960s
    • Albums: 26
    • Labels: Pi Recordings, Atlantic Records
    • Released first album under the name the Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
    • All of the members of the group are multi-instrumentalist
    • 1999: Lester Bowie died of liver cancer
    • 2004: Malachi Favors Maghostut died
    • Group motto: "Great Black Music: Ancient To the Future"
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago is a Chicago, Illinois based avant-garde jazz group founded in the 1960s. The group is known for their mix of jazz music and performance art, incorporating the use of cultural face paint and costumes.
  • Band Members

  • Notable Recordings

    • 1969: Numbers 1 & 2
    • 1969: People In Sorrow
    • 1969: Reese and the Smooth Ones
    • 1969: Eda Wobu
    • 1970: Les Stances A Sophie
    • 1972: Bap-Tizum
    • 1989: The Art Ensemble Of Soweto

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