Art Ensemble of Chicago - People In SorrowOriginally released by EMIs Path Marconi imprint in 1969, People in Sorrow a 40 minute work by the four piece lineup of Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, and Malachi Favors has long been unavailable on vinyl and CD, and then only in hard to find European and Japanese issues. It is arguably the finest and most ambitious of the 14 studio albums recorded by the Art Ensemble during their 23 month sojourn in France, which launched the American

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the music of this evolving era

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Rother creates transcendent and trance-inducing ambient rock of the highest level

” says Jo

soaked with joy and offering

then suddenly become tall tales

This time there are only the five core members of the band on stage throughout the concert

The result is African Dances

complete with bulb-lit illumination

yet no other record captures‰ÛÓso completely and instantly‰ÛÓthe

“Whirlpool Red” coloured vinyl*