From the Vaults of Atlantic Records (series)

Restoration Ruin / Bap-Tizum

by Keith Jarrett / Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Description by OLDIES.com:

Jazz pioneer and piano great Keith Jarrett's career has gone through several phases: remarkable soloist, dynamic improviser, trio/quartet/quintet leader, classical music artist. All of which combine to make him an must-listen-to-artist. With him you'll hear a selection from the Art Ensemble of Chicago, one of the most significant avant-garde jazz groups of all time, recorded in performance at the 1972 Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival.

Product Description:

2 LPs on 1 CD: Keith Jarrett: RESTORATION RUIN (1968)/Art Ensemble Of Chicago: BAP-TIZUM (1972).

Includes liner notes by Michael Cuscuna and John Sinclair.

RESTORATION RUIN:

Personnel includes: Keith Jarrett (vocals, various instruments).

Originally released on Vortex (2008).

BAP-TIZUM:

Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Joseph Jarman (vocals, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, alto flute, vibraphone, congas, percussion); Roscoe Mitchell (vocals, soprano, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, clarinet, drums, percussion); Lester Bowie (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, kelphorn, bass drum, percussion); Don Moye (vocals, whistle, bass marimba, drums, congas, log drum, gong, percussion); Malachi Favors (vocals, whistle, acoustic & electric basses, log drum, gong).

Producers: Michael Cuscuna, Jimmy Douglas, Tunc Erim.

Recorded live at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 9, 1972. Originally released on Atlantic (1639).