Art Ensemble of Chicago
Full Force
ECM Records (Germany) 1980
ECM 1167 (LP) Original pressing.
sleeve : NM-(SOC, very slightly wear on corner)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise)
Released on ECM in 1980, this masterpiece is by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Chicago-based group whose free and experimental jazz is deeply rooted in traditional African music.
Highlights include A1, an epic cosmic-jazz piece lasting more than nineteen minutes. Beginning with chimes, gongs, bells, the calls of chickens, and various other organic sound effects resonating throughout the space, it gradually erupts into an overwhelming world of chaos. The entire album presents powerful, Africa-oriented experimental jazz, freely expressing different scenes from nature and the full spectrum of human emotion. Yet what makes the Art Ensemble of Chicago truly remarkable is the profoundly organic sensibility that lies beneath even their most avant-garde impulses. Original German pressing.
A1: Magg Zelma
B3: Full Force