Artist: The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Title: We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2019

Label: Pi Recordings

UPC: 808713008029

Genre: Jazz

Album Tracks

1. Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace
2. Bell Song
3. We Are on the Edge
4. I Greet You with Open Arms
5. Chi-Congo 50
6. Jamaican Farewell Part I
7. Villa Tiamo
8. Saturday Morning
9. Jamaican Farewell Part II
10. Mama Koko
11. Fanfare and Bell
12. Oasis at Dusk
13. CD Two: We Are on the Edge/Cards
14. Oasis at Dusk
15. Chi-Congo 50
16. Tutankhamun
17. Mama Koko
18. Saturday Morning
19. Odwalla/The Theme

2019 two CD set. Comprised of two discs: a meticulous studio session and the capture of a rousing live set at Edgefest in Ann Arbor, MI, We are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration is exactly that, a commemoration of a half-century of magical music making. The greatness of The Art Ensemble of Chicago has always been the shared commitment of it's original members - Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, and Famoudou Don Moye - to the total realm of African diasporic music: what they have long-termed Great Black Music - Ancient to the Future. Also important are the group's disparate musical and artistic personalities, comprised of jazz, advanced compositional techniques, theatrical performance, poetry, Pan-African percussion, all tied together with improvisational flair and the exploration of pure sound.