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From Amazon.co.uk Leading the charge of radical black music in the 1960s was the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Drawing from older jazz traditions， trumpeter Lester Bowie， saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman and bassist Malachi Favors added heady doses of satire along with a collectivist sense of sonic mischief. Employing a multitude of ?little instruments?--whistles， sirens， hand drums， gongs， bells--and various costumes， the group’s early performances were as much theatre as music. On this CD， a collection of their two earliest studio recordings made in Paris in 1969， many of theatrical elements are included， though without the visuals supporting them they tend to make these recordings more cultural artefacts than consistent musical experiences. Which is not to say there isn’t much great music here--Mitchell’s R&B flavoured ?Rock Out?， the free-form horn blowout of ?Get in Line? and the eclectic ?A Brain For the Seine? stand out--but there are also stretches of satirical vocalising and percussive meandering (this was prior to drummer Don Moye’s arrival) that perhaps worked better in performance. Nonetheless， as the first documents of this important group， these tracks are a must for devoted Art Ensemble followers. --Wally Shoup