| Tribute to Lester | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 26, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | September 2001 | |||
| Studio | Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1808 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology | ||||
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Tribute to Lester is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in September 2001 and released on ECM in August 2003—their first release on the label since The Third Decade (1984). The ensemble, now a trio, features reed player Roscoe Mitchell and rhythm section Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.[1] The album was recorded following Joseph Jarman's temporary retirement from the group and the death of founding member Lester Bowie, to whom it is dedicated.
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, noting that, "the group receives probably the most stunning, precisely etched recorded sound of its existence. Yet despite the retrospective nature of some of the selections, there is no overt nostalgia or compromise in the AEC's aesthetic stance, probably figuring that Bowie would have wanted it that way."[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sangaredi" | Moye | |
| 2. | Untitled | 7:42 | |
| 3. | "Suite for Lester" | 5:24 | |
| 4. | "Zero/Alternate Line" |
| 9:16 |
| 5. | "Tutankhamun" | Favors | 8:10 |
| 6. | "As Clear as the Sun" |
| 12:41 |
| 7. | "He Speaks to Me Often in Dreams" |
| 13:52 |
