1969 ORIG "MESSAGE TO OUR FOLKS" ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO Funk Jazz PSYCH Lp
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37
$ 37
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Oct 28, 2018
Sold Date
Oct 25, 2018
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$ 10
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MEGA RARE JAZZ PSYCH FUNK WEIRDNESS
ORIGINAL 1969 FRANCE UNDERGROUND
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THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
"Message To Our Folks"
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France - BYG RECORDS - 529.328 ("mono/stereo")
1969 ORIGINAL (rare) COLLECTIBLE on the famed BYG underground French label... laminated gatefold
including the original plastic inner sleeve ...
The HIGHLY INVENTIVE Chicago Ensemble feature stellar musicians unfolding the uncommon bent edged structures ...often drifting into the splatter jazzed underground freakouts sported on their "Jackson's House" first LP...
Their great '69 LP "Message to Our Folks", opens with an arrangement of "Old Time Religion," replete with an introductory sermon and responses from the "congregation." Ominous bowed bass and cymbal splashes allow the exposition to hover until the proper tune kicks in. The horns hold steady all the way up until the last minute, when they drop a hard, swinging head. But already, this record feels a lot more serious than A Jackson in Your House.
Charlie Parker's "Dexterity" gets the post-modern treatment (quite a feat back in 1969), as Bowie and Mitchell play the tune straight enough, but blow a hole through the speakers during the solo. There are grunts, an accompanying triangle, and even something like be-bop drums. And they pull a similar stylistic leap on "Rock Out" which sounds like an abstract take on James Brown-style soul-funk. The bassline actually feels curiously lifted from "I Got You (I Feel Good)," and whoever's playing drums is doing a mean Jabo Starks impersonation. Things really get interesting when Mitchell comes in with a mean solo, spikier than anything Maceo Parker blew in those days. Since the Chicago Art Ensemble were trying to unite so many forms of "Great Black Music" (a term coined by the AACM to describe its own musical direction, but also applicable to so many other artists), bringing in funk and rock was a natural step.
Again, the band ends with a sidelong piece, "A Brain for the Seine." This is no less challenging than "Song for Charles" was, and is in many ways further adrift of contemporary jazz (even in the avant-garde). Bowie begins with a somber, muted statement, with what sounds like an accordion and jingle bells helping him along. This very clearly breaks into distant percussion, speaking, and something like tools banging against wood. "Please, may I have a drink of water?" says one narrator, and a zither sounds. Bowie removes the mute, Flavors bows ever persistently, and still more exotic percussion and mallets make entrances and exits. Perhaps this is a treatise on economic symphonic arrangements, or maybe they're just that eclectic to include so many timbres in a short time span (and even at 20 minutes, they manage to get in more than most artists do in three albums !!! ).
This record, a logical progression from A Jackson in Your House (as well as major source of sampling for Amon Tobin's masterpiece " Bricolage " ), seems to have more at stake than its predecessor. But both serve as a good indication of the heights the group would scale over the course of the next few decades. Step forward, have patience, and be ready for anything.
Recorded August 12, 1969 in Paris
Side I
"Old Time Religion" - 7:41
"Dexterity" (Parker) - 4:05
"Rock Out" - 8:36 Side II
"A Brain For The Seine" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) 20:17
CONDITION: The cover rated: near M- ...LAMINATED gatefold cover is a final collection copy with all things (rarity) considered ...just like their first "Jackson's Garden" LP we offer this week, the French only issue is elaborate with nice colorful graphics ...no split seams, no writing & NO delete marks... will look *fine* in any collection!
The vinyl rated: M- both sides are filled with bright shine ...having NO marks; no scratches, no scuffs. Expect to play in excellent audio level ... the French BYG labels are both clean, the pressing notorious for sub-par quality, is actually quite clean considering reputation.
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..
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