art ensemble of chicago: we are on the edge-a 50th anniversary celebration

ltd restock. A 50th anniversary celebration commemorating a half- century of magical music making. Surviving members Roscoe Mitchell and Don Moye have recruited a diverse group of fifteen highly-individual talents who bring their own approaches to the Art Ensemble aesthetic. Together, these virtuoso musicians honor the group’s history and help advance the legacy of Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, and the recently departed Joseph Jarman. With clear intent towards representation, the group’s engagement of musicians such as Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Moor Mother, Christina Wheeler, Silvia Bolognesi and Jean Cook, women who are without peer as improvisers and performers, help bring a new perspective to the music. The sheer breadth of the ensemble’s collective expression is staggering, and it serves as a clarion declaration that Mitchell and Moye are intent on carrying forth the powerful ethos of the Art Ensemble forcefully into its sixth decade. “