''All the Magic'' is the second album by

Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in t ...

recorded for ECM. It was released in 1982 as a

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with the first disc consisting of band performances and a second disc of solo trumpet improvisations by Bowie.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "All in all, this two-fer shows off both Lester Bowie's playing abilities and his sense of humor."Yanow, S.
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Track listing

Disc One # "For Louie" (Wilson) - 12:14 # "Spacehead" - 6:47 # "Ghosts" (

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) - 3:09 # "Trans Traditional Suite" - 15:51 # "Let The Good Times Roll" (

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) - 6:47 Disc Two # "Organic Echo Part I" - 3:17 # "Dunce Dance" - 2:05 # "Charlie M. Part II" - 2:49 # "Thirsty?" - 3:34 # "Almost Christmas" - 3:52 # "Down Home" - 2:40 # "Okra Influence" - 4:38 # "Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck" - 1:49 # "Deb Deb's Face" - 2:03 # "Monkey Waltz" - 1:47 # "Fradulent Fanfare" - 1:01 # "Organic Echo Part II" - 5:27 :''All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated''

Personnel

- trumpet *

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- tenor and soprano saxophones *

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- piano *Fred Williams - bass *Phillip Wilson - drums *

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- vocals *

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- vocals

References

{{Authority control 1982 albums ECM Records albums Lester Bowie albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher