Art Ensemble of Chicago (USA)

member of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians)

Top rating in Down Beat's 53rd Annual Critics Poll (issued in August 2005):

• Rank 12 in the 'Acoustic Group' category: Art Ensemble of Chicago

Ensemble

• Lester Bowie † trumpet
• Malachi Favors † bass
• Joseph Jarman - reeds
• Roscoe Mitchell - reeds
• Famoudou Don Moye - drums, percussion

Guests

• Jaribu Shahid - bass
• Corey Wilkes - trumpet