''Among the People'' is a live album by the

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originally released in 1981 as an LP on the Greek Praxis label, and reissued on CD as ''Live in Milano'' on the Golden Years of New Jazz label in 2001.

Reception

In his review for

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, François Couture stated "This short (37 minutes) live set of the Art Ensemble of Chicago was recorded in August 1980, while the group was enjoying a gust of popularity, and released by the label Praxis under the title ''Among the People''. Kostas Yiannoulopoulos was not authorized to publish it, so it came out in bootleg form with track titles and credits all messed up ... As unessential ''Live in Milano'' is, it still presents one hell of a performance. Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors are in particularly good shape, everyone is good-humored and playful". In

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, John Litweiler said "This concert was good, though not one of their best. It was poorly recorded, and the horn solos were badly miked, so turn up the volume when you listen". On

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, Glenn Astarita commented "this newly reissued recording should please the artists' longtime admirers. Recommended"Astarita, G
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Track listing

# "Tutankhamun" (Malachi Favors) - 18:32 (mistitled "Among the People" on original LP) # "Illinstrun" (Don Moye, Malachi Favors) - 7:51 (mistitled "Shango King" on original LP) # "A Jackson in Your House" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 10:24 (mistitled "Choosing a Cracker" on original LP)

Personnel

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 ...

: trumpet, bass drum *

Malachi Favors Maghostut Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography "Favors's tendency to dissemble about his age was a well-known source of mirth to fellow musicians of his g ...

: bass, percussion instruments *

Joseph Jarman Joseph Jarman (September 14, 1937 – January 9, 2019) was an American jazz musician, composer, poet, and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He was one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and a member of the ...

: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments *

Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figures ...

: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments *

Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

: drums, percussion

References

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