Tribute to Lester

Tribute to Lester is an album recorded in 2001 by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and released on ECM in 2003, their first release on the label since The Third Decade (1984). It features performances by Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.[1] The album was recorded following Joseph Jarman's temporary retirement from the group and the death of founding member Lester Bowie to whom it is dedicated.

Tribute to Lester
Studio album by
Art Ensemble of Chicago
ReleasedAugust 26, 2003
RecordedSeptember 2001
GenreJazz
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Urban Magic
(1997)		 Tribute to Lester
(2003)		 Reunion
(2003)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, noting that, "the group receives probably the most stunning, precisely etched recorded sound of its existence. Yet despite the retrospective nature of some of the selections, there is no overt nostalgia or compromise in the AEC's aesthetic stance, probably figuring that Bowie would have wanted it that way".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing
  1. "Sangaredi" (Moye) - 7:42
  2. "Suite for Lester" (Mitchell) - 5:24
  3. "Zero/Alternate Line" (Bowie, Mitchell) - 9:16
  4. "Tutankhamun" (Favors) - 8:10
  5. "As Clear as the Sun" (Favors, Mitchell, Moye) - 12:41
  6. "He Speaks to Me Often in Dreams" (Favors, Mitchell, Moye) - 13:52
  • Recorded September 2001 in Chicago

Personnel

References
  1. ECM Catalogue
  2. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed July 28, 2011.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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