{"product_id":"cd-art-ensemble-of-chicago-people-in-sorrow","title":"CD - Art Ensemble Of Chicago - People In Sorrow","description":"\u003cp\u003e1CD - German Import\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinally back in print! Originally released by EMI's Pathé Marconi imprint in 1969, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -- a 40-minute work by the four-piece lineup of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoscoe Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Jarman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLester Bowie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalachi Favors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -- has long been unavailable on vinyl and CD, and then only in hard-to-find European and Japanese issues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is arguably the finest and most ambitious of the 14 studio albums recorded by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt Ensemble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e during their 23-month sojourn in France, which launched the American group internationally. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can be viewed as the culminating event in the Art Ensemble's inventive and revolutionary approach to collective improvisation, counterpoising clamorous free-blowing intensity with expanses of hushed conversation on the group's immense arsenal of \"little instruments.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully licensed from Warner Music, and augmented with new liner notes by veteran U.S. music journalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Morris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Corbett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e calls \"one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition faithfully recreates the first French Pathé-Marconi pressing of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1969), which originally featured black graphics on a light (white or off-white) background and red Pathé-Marconi labels, rather than the yellow cover seen on later issues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe CD Digipak comes with a 12-page booklet containing the same material. The album has been newly remastered by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoritz Illner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (duophonic)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encore Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48258522480894,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1546\/6351\/files\/PL195CD_CU.jpg?v=1779731393","url":"https:\/\/encorerecords.ca\/products\/cd-art-ensemble-of-chicago-people-in-sorrow","provider":"Encore Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}