Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Chicago Jazz Festival 1980 (Live WBEZ Broadcast) (Live) (2021)

This release features a complete recording of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's performance at the Chicago Jazz Festival, which took place on August 29-31, 1980. The concert was broadcast live by WBEZ-FM as part of the "Jazz Alive" program. The setlist includes the group's signature extended improvisations featuring "little instruments" (percussion, gongs, whistles), as well as compositions like "Charlie M". The recording captures the atmosphere of the group's homecoming performance before a Chicago audience and includes commentary by hosts Billy Taylor and Michael Cuscuna, along with short interviews with the musicians (Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, and others).

Tracklist:
1-1 Art Ensemble Of Chicago;Art Ensemble of Chicago - Introduction (Live) [2:39]
1-2 Art Ensemble Of Chicago;Art Ensemble of Chicago - Tuning (Live) [1:27]
1-3 Art Ensemble Of Chicago;Art Ensemble of Chicago - Sing/Improv/Chariem/Theme For Sco/Chant/Song (Live) [36:57]