Urban Bushmen is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Munich in 1980 and released on the ECM label.[1][2][3][4]

Urban Bushmen
Live album by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Released	March 1, 1982
Recorded	May 5 & 6, 1980
Venue	Amerika Haus, Munich, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	92:46
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Full Force (1980) Urban Bushmen (1982) Among the People (1981)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[7]

In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Cook stated Urban Bushmen not only provides an excellent summation of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's work since 1966, but also substantiates the group's reputation for putting on intense and inspired shows".[5]

Track listing

1. "Promenade: Cote Bamako I" (Don Moye) - 4:11
2. "Bush Magic" (Malachi Favors, Moye) - 5:05
3. "Urban Magic" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 15:45
4. "Sun Precondition Two/Theme for Sco" (Moye/Joseph Jarman) - 21:53
5. "New York Is Full of Lonely People" (Lester Bowie) - 7:37
6. "Ancestral Meditation" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 6:56
7. "Uncle" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 17:29
8. "Peter and Judith" (Mitchell) - 2:39
9. "Promenade: Cote Bamako II" (Moye) - 5:57
10. "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 5:14

Personnel

• Lester Bowie: trumpet, bass drum, long horn, vocals
• Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion, melodica, vocals
• Joseph Jarman: saxophones, vocals, clarinets, bassoon, flutes, percussion
• Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, flute, percussion, clarinet, vocals
• Don Moye: sun percussion, vocals

References