Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Nice Guys was the first Art Ensemble of Chicago album released after a five-year recording hiatus and the group's first for the ECM label. During those five years, the Art Ensemble toured Europe and continued to expand its compositional, improvisational, and theatrical jazz fundamentals, captured abundantly on Nice Guys. Broken up into six pieces, two each from Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman and one each from Lester Bowie and Don Moye, the album reveals how the AEC managed to turn individual compositions into a fully realized, surprisingly accessible, avant garde group collective. Nice Guys maintains its edge while incorporating reggae, New Orleans marches, and a wide use of space complemented by "little instruments" (car horn, whistles, etc.). The strongest portion of the disc is the finale "Dreaming of the Master," dedicated to Miles Davis and sounding not unlike Davis' mid-'60s quintet -- while maintaining the AEC edge.
© Al Campbell /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 13,50€/month
Art Ensemble of Chicago, MainArtist - Joseph Jarman, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Whistle, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Bowie, Composer, Trumpet, Unknown, Celesta, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Malachi Favors, Percussion, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Roscoe Mitchell, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Famoudou Donald Moye, Unknown, Other - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Nice Guys (Roscoe Mitchell)
Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ensemble, MainArtist - Joseph Jarman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Bowie, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer - Malachi Favors, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer - Roscoe Mitchell, Composer, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Famoudou Donald Moye, Unknown, Other - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Folkus (Famoudou Donald Moye)
Art Ensemble of Chicago, MainArtist - Joseph Jarman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Bowie, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer - Malachi Favors, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer - Roscoe Mitchell, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Famoudou Donald Moye, Composer, Unknown, Other - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Art Ensemble of Chicago, MainArtist - Joseph Jarman, Composer, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Whistle, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Bowie, Trumpet, Unknown, Celesta, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Malachi Favors, Percussion, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Roscoe Mitchell, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Famoudou Donald Moye, Unknown, Other - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Art Ensemble of Chicago, MainArtist - Joseph Jarman, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Whistle, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Bowie, Trumpet, Unknown, Celesta, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Malachi Favors, Percussion, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Roscoe Mitchell, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Roscoe E Mitchell, Composer - Famoudou Donald Moye, Unknown, Other - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Art Ensemble of Chicago, MainArtist - Joseph Jarman, Composer, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Whistle, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Bowie, Trumpet, Unknown, Celesta, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Malachi Favors, Percussion, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Roscoe Mitchell, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Famoudou Donald Moye, Unknown, Other - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Albumbeschreibung
Nice Guys was the first Art Ensemble of Chicago album released after a five-year recording hiatus and the group's first for the ECM label. During those five years, the Art Ensemble toured Europe and continued to expand its compositional, improvisational, and theatrical jazz fundamentals, captured abundantly on Nice Guys. Broken up into six pieces, two each from Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman and one each from Lester Bowie and Don Moye, the album reveals how the AEC managed to turn individual compositions into a fully realized, surprisingly accessible, avant garde group collective. Nice Guys maintains its edge while incorporating reggae, New Orleans marches, and a wide use of space complemented by "little instruments" (car horn, whistles, etc.). The strongest portion of the disc is the finale "Dreaming of the Master," dedicated to Miles Davis and sounding not unlike Davis' mid-'60s quintet -- while maintaining the AEC edge.
© Al Campbell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:30
- Main artists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1979 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 1979 ECM Records GmbH
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.