Art Ensemble of Chicago
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The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including “little instruments”: bells, bicycle horns, birthday party noisemakers, wind chimes, and various forms of percussion. The musicians would wear costumes and face paint while performing. These characteristics combined to make the ensemble’s performances both aural and visual. While playing in Europe in 1969, five hundred instruments were used.
![UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - MAY 01: Tenor Saxophonist Joseph Jarman performs live on stage with The Art Ensemble Of Chicago at Vredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands on May 01 1984 (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Art-Ensemble-of-Chicago-6018-scaled/3317627407.jpg)
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - MAY 01: Tenor Saxophonist Joseph Jarman performs live on stage with The Art Ensemble Of Chicago at Vredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands on May 01 1984 (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)
![Art Ensemble of Chicago at the stage of Energimølla. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 07. July 2017.
Lineup:
Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone)
Hugh Ragin (trumpet)
Jaribu Shahid (double bass)
Don Moye (drums)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Art-Ensemble-of-Chicago-BB4037/1078570352.jpg)
Art Ensemble of Chicago at the stage of Energimølla. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 07. July 2017.
Lineup:
Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone)
Hugh Ragin (trumpet)
Jaribu Shahid (double bass)
Don Moye (drums)
![Art Ensemble of Chicago at the stage of Energimølla. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 07. July 2017.
Lineup:
Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone)
Hugh Ragin (trumpet)
Jaribu Shahid (bass guitar)
Don Moye (drums)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Art-Ensemble-of-Chicago-6025/1454250959.jpg)
Art Ensemble of Chicago at the stage of Energimølla. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 07. July 2017.
Lineup:
Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone)
Hugh Ragin (trumpet)
Jaribu Shahid (bass guitar)
Don Moye (drums)
![Cormons, 27/10/2018 - Jazz&Wine of Peace 2018 - Circolo Controtempo - Teatro Comunale - ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO & GUESTS - Roscoe Mitchell: alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones, flute, percussion
Famoudou Don Moye: drums, congas, bongos, percussion
Guests:
Hugh Ragin: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Tomeka Reid: cello
Silvia Bolognesi: double bass, objects
Jaribu Shahid: double bass
Dudu Kouate: african percussion - Foto Luca A. d'Agostino/Phocus Agency © 2018](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Art-Ensemble-of-Chicago-6006/3500590481.jpg)
Cormons, 27/10/2018 - Jazz&Wine of Peace 2018 - Circolo Controtempo - Teatro Comunale - ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO & GUESTS - Roscoe Mitchell: alto, soprano and sopranino saxophones, flute, percussion
Famoudou Don Moye: drums, congas, bongos, percussion
Guests:
Hugh Ragin: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Tomeka Reid: cello
Silvia Bolognesi: double bass, objects
Jaribu Shahid: double bass
Dudu Kouate: african percussion - Foto Luca A. d'Agostino/Phocus Agency © 2018