Art Ensemble of Chicago : Ancient to the Future -1987

The first track, Ancient to the Future, is an excellent example of one of the AEC's extended pieces. It starts with an energetic percussion + weird sound effects jam (it sounds like Lester Bowie is playing just the mouthpiece of his trumpet), which yields to a mid-tempo groove not unlike Coltrane's Spiritual or the AEC's own Dreaming of the Master, and finishes with some free jazz squonking accompanied by slightly cheesy "futuristic" keyboard that makes it sound a lot like something by Sun Ra.

[@numbernine2207]

Art Ensemble of Chicago Are Brilliant.

[@stanmenshic8993]

i was thinking the same & for me the two top exponents of free jazz although there are so many brilliant free jazzers ;-D

[@jazzdawg54]

thanks for the upload - one of American Music's great treasures, musn't be lost or set aside! I MISS hem madly!

[@divilla10]

fantastic. I'm in love with AEOC!

[@fabtrain]

grandioso. disco imprescindibile. many thanks...

[@Zerg121]

Great!

[@bladome]

yeah!!