The Third Decade

by Art Ensemble of Chicago

Type: Album
Released: 1985
Label: ECM
Country: United States
Length: 41:51
Community rating: 3.57/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Lester Bowie, Manfred Eicher, Joseph Jarman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Celebrating twenty years of musical exploration, the legendary avant-garde quintet released this eclectic and highly regarded session for ECM Records. 'The Third Decade' seamlessly transitions between sparse, abstract free improvisation and unexpectedly infectious, rhythmic excursions heavily influenced by jazz-funk and reggae. The album beautifully captures the group's foundational ethos of 'Great Black Music, Ancient to the Future'.

Genres

Post-Bop

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, avant-garde, instrumental

Tracklist

Credits

Art Ensemble of Chicago - primary artist, written-by
Roscoe Mitchell - cover [cover art], saxophone [soprano, alto, tenor, bass], wind [piccolo, bike horns], flute [c], clarinet [b flat], bongos, congas, gong, glockenspiel, whistle, bells, percussion [dinner chimes, wood blocks], written-by
Malachi Favors - double bass [string bass], percussion, percussion [bass pan drums, cans], electric bass, cymbal, melodica, balafon [belafon]
Famoudou Don Moye - percussion [sun percussion], drums [trap], horns [bike horns, long horn, elephant horn], whistle, congas, djembe, bongos, timpani, shekere, conch, gong, cymbal, chimes, percussion [wood blocks, bass pan drums, bendir, djun-djun, donno], balafon, written-by
Joseph Jarman - saxophone [sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone], clarinet [bass, b flat], wind [piccolo, bike horns, siren], flute [e flat, c], conch, gong, congas, drums [tom-tom], whistle, bells [rack], percussion [bass pan drum], synthesizer, written-by
Lester Bowie - trumpet, flugelhorn, bass drum, cymbal [rack], written-by
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Primary Artist, Written-By