I helped "sponsor "them.for a gig at CalArts in 1979..it was just after the ECM release "Nice Guys ". They were almost always totally "On "at every concert i saw them at accept one gig at Symphony Space in NYC. I asked Lester and Roscoe what was up w that ? They replied they were jet lagged and had to go from airport to the concert .. Such was the life .
Highlights from the glass match, a few shows after this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XkCDyXpAbYw.htmlsi=guhaAenEcEFfoi0G I have a lot of Underground Wrestling Alliance matches from the rebooted version of 2001-2002 on my page.
Saw them play in the early 80's in Reykjavik - I knew nothing about them then but found them absolutely Fantastic and it's one of the most memorable concert I've been to. After the concert I started to buy their albums and to this day "Full Force" on ECM is one of my all time favourite Jazz album.
With "The Art Ensemble of Chicago" every performance was a big event. I was good friends with some of the members. Lester was the most lovable person and Joseph and Famadou came to visit me at my home one time or another.
My best guess: it was put out without their permission right around the time of the official release of the first JB album, and has some calls that they didn't want associated with them (later released as John Musacha) as well as uncut versions of other calls. Plus, they weren't getting paid.
10:25 Lester! "it's not a doctor's coat, first of all, it's a lab coat..." "it stands for research, and I stand for research, so I wear the coat. I'm kind of a research trumpeter!"
Okay, this is what I was trying to tell this guy. The New Thing, probably more than any Jazz movement except Swing, needs to be seen LIVE. Notice that I use the present tense, because it's still alive!
I often heard Joseph Jarmen and his ensemble at the Hyde Park Art Center in the late 60's. I was fascinated by their music; this was at the time I was just learning to play alto sax.
