Urban Bushmen


Urban Bushmen is a live double album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded at the Amerika Haus in Munich over two days in May 1980 and released on ECM in March 1982. The quintet comprises trumpeter Lester Bowie, saxophonists Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell and rhythm section Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Cook stated, "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."

Track listing

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

Personnel

The Art Ensemble of Chicago