Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration [2CD]

Personnel:

Roscoe Mitchell- sopranino, soprano and alto saxophones
Famoudou Don Moye - drums, congas, djembe, dundun, gongs, Congo bells, bendir, triangles, Thai bells, shakers
Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) - voice, poetry (Disc One #3, 4, 10)
Rodolfo Cordova-Lebron - voice (Disc One #1, 6, 9)
Hugh Ragin - trumpets, flugelhorn, Thai bells
Fred Berry - trumpet, flugelhorn
Nicole Mitchell - piccolo, flute, bass flute
Christina Wheeler - voice, Array mbira, autoharp, Q-Chord, Moog Theremini, sampler, electronics
Jean Cook - violin
Edward Yoon Kwon - viola
Tomeka Reid - cello
Silvia Bolognesi - bass
Jaribu Shahid - bass, tuned brass bowls
Junius Paul - bass
Dudù Kouaté - djembe, tama/talking drum, calabashes, kanjira, whistles, chimes, bells and small percussions (Disc One only)
Enoch Williamson - bongos, congas, djembe, kenkeni, okonkolo, Congo bells, chekeré, shakers, tama/talking drum
Titos Sompa - vocals, congas, mbira, Congo bells, cuica, shakers
Stephen Rush - conductor

Tracks:
CD 1
1. Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace  (7:49)
2. Bell Song  (6:38)
3. We are on the Edge  (8:21)
4. I Greet You with Open Arms  (6:18)
5. Chi-Congo 50  (9:42)
6. Jamaican Farewell Part I  (1:26)
7. Villa Tiamo  (1:24)
8. Saturday Morning  (4:34)
9. Jamaican Farewell Part II  (1:40)
10. Mama Koko  (7:40)
11. Fanfare and Bell  (6:48)
12. Oasis at Dusk  (8:13)

CD 2 (Live)
1. We are on the Edge/Cards  (15:30)
2. Oasis at Dusk  (8:58)
3. Chi-Congo 50  (2:38)
4. Tutankhamun  (19:29)
5. Mama Koko  (11:06)
6. Saturday Morning  (5:16)
7. Odwalla/The Theme  (8:02)

Pi Recordings 2019