曲目リスト

1. Theme de Yoyo
2. Theme de Celine
3. Variations Sur un Theme de Monteverdi I
4. Variations Sur un Theme de Monteverdi II
5. Proverbes, No. 1
6. Theme Amour Universal
7. Theme Libre
8. Proverbes, No. 2

商品の詳細

• Amazon.co.jp ランキング: #306944 / ミュージック
• 発売日: 2004-01-01
• ディスク枚数: 1

From Amazon.co.uk
In 1969 the newly formed Art Ensemble left their home city and headed for France, there acquiring drummer Don Moye and a more precise title. Their two-year stay yielded some 15 albums, including this glorious oddity, a soundtrack to an obscure French New Wave film recorded before an inch of footage was shot. The film is now forgotten, but the music is superb. Many will know "Theme De Yoyo"--a glorious R&B romp with off-the-wall vocals from Fontella Bass, she of "Rescue Me" but also wife of AEC trumpeter Lester Bowie--from its inclusion on the The Universal Sounds of America compilation some five years ago. That track, however, is untypical of the ebullient, riotously inventive mix of abstract soundscapes, anthemic statements and idiosyncratic solos that make up the rest of this set. "Theme Armour Universal" shows a strong Joujouka influence, while a more formal side to the Ensemble is revealed in two variations on a Monteverdi theme. Elsewhere, walls of percussion--all AEC members were drummers as well as hornmen--give way to steely sax or trumpet solos that scorch a passage before them. This set might be 30 years old, but age has not lessened its impact. --Simon Adams

Album Details
Limited edition double vinyl LP pressing. 2008 reissue of the soundtrack to this long lost cult classic of French New Wave cinema Les Stances a Sophie has been out of print for over 30 years and this is its first release ever outside of France. Filmed in Paris in 1970, this fully-subtitled film features killer music, groovy clothes and post-1968 revolutionary ideals. This super-rare film is now perhaps best known for its soundtrack from the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago (who also feature in the film). The album features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo', the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super=heavy Funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other U.S. Jazz �migr�s such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more. Eight tracks. Soul/Jazz.