Art Ensemble of Chicago
January 29 1977
Empty Foxhole
Philadelphia, PA
master audience cassette > cdr (recorded and transferred transferred by orchiddoctor)
cdr > eac(secure mode) > peak pro 5.2(adjust volume, trim wave files) > flac(level 6) (tracked/edited by carville, no noise reduction)

total time 123:56

1st set 62:41
1 Ja, Mr. Scagg and Brother Weed Cross the River (Jarman), Swanee, Chicago

2nd set 61:15
1 Tutankhamen, Odwalla

Lester Bowie
Malachi Favors Maghostut
Joseph Jarman
Famoudou Don Moye

notes from orchiddoctor:
Next up are two shows from The Empty Foxhole in Philly. One note for today: Roscoe Mitchell was absent at both of these performances due to a huge snowstorm (which is why there was only 1 set the first night), and there was NO replacement. Thus the reed chores are all handled--nicely-- by Jarman. No Fred Anderson--that came 20 years later. I have not compared this tape with the one making the rounds as Foxhole '77 w/ Anderson, but when you read the setlist to the second night, you will see it is clearly Jarman. It's that obvious.
The Foxhole was in the basement of Saint Mary's Church on the University of Pennsylvania campus. It was funded by the University. The Foxhole was a theater with a stage--it used to be used for plays, etc. They served natural foods between sets. Very good acoustics. It hosted mostly avant-garde music on the weekends, especially Philly players and New York groups. Locals included Sunny Murray with Khan Jamal and Byard Lancaster (and the other two fronting bands), Sun Ra and a few lesser knowns; and the likes of the AEC, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, and, this was at my first show, a young and recently arrived David Murray.

note from carville:
Swanee (Gershwin, made famous by Al Jolson) and Chicago (Fisher, made famous by Frank Sinatra) are more teases than actual songs.