Les Stances a Sophie

On May 28, 1969, four American musicians - reed/wind players Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman, bassist MalachiFavors, and (accompanied by his wife, singer Fontella Bass) trumpeter Roscoe Mitchell - boarded the ocean liners, bound for Le Havre, France. After landing five days later, they moved on to Paris, where they got towork. On August 22, 1970, in the waning days of their stay overseas, the group, with Bass on vocals, would recordtheir second release for EMIs Path Marconi: the movie soundtrack . The record, an exciting,eminently listenable combination of soul, classical, and jazz strains that survives as the Art Ensemble of Chicagosmost stylistically diverse album, has long been admired by a devoted cult. Its durability is largely due to thepopularity of its "hit": Over the years, "Theme de Yoyo" has been covered repeatedly, essayed by acts as varied asGerman funk band the Boogoos (and the offshoot Deep Jazz, both featuring singer Julia Fehenbeger), British nu-jazzcombo the Cinematic Orchestra, Polish jazz man Wojtek Mazolewski, Norwegian rockers Motorpsycho, French dancemusic artist tienne Jaumet, and London-based remixer TShall I Bruk It. More than half a century later, "Theme deYoyo" and still bring it. This new limited-edition LP reissue from play loud! productions issupplemented with new notes by U.S. music journalist Chris Morris.

1: Thème De Yoyo
2: Thème De Céline
3: Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (I)
4: Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (II)
5: Proverbes (I)
6: Thème Amour Universal
7: Thème Libre
8: Proverbes (II)

Number of Discs: 2

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