''Reese and the Smooth Ones'' is a 1969 album by the

Art Ensemble of Chicago The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM) in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jaz ...

recorded in Paris for the French

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label. It features performances by

Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in th ...

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Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figure ...

and

Malachi Favors Maghostut Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography "Favors's tendency to dissemble about his age was a well-known source of mirth to fellow musicians of his g ...

Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 3 stars noting that "The episodic music continually holds one's interest, and overall, it makes a unified (if unpredictable) statement".Yanow, S
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Track listing

# "Reese Part 1 / The Smooth Ones Part 1" - 20:02 # "Reese Part 2 / The Smooth Ones Part 2" - 20:57 :''"Reese" composed by Roscoe Mitchell'' :''"The Smooth Ones" composed by Lester Bowie'' :*Recorded August 12, 1969 in Paris

Personnel

: trumpet, percussion instruments *

: bass, percussion instruments, vocals *

: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments *

: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments

References

{{Authority control 1969 albums BYG Actuel albums Art Ensemble of Chicago albums