Urban Bushmen

Urban Bushmen
Live album by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Released	1980
Recorded	May 5 & 6, 1980
Genre	Jazz
Length	92:46
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Full Force (1980) Urban Bushmen (1980) Among the People (1981)

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

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

1. ECM Catalogue
2. Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 28, 2011
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 14. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.