ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
1980-10-29 Early Show
Madison, WI at Merlyn’s

Lester Bowie
Malachi Favors Maghostut
Joseph Jarman
Roscoe Mitchell
Famoudou Don Moye

Tracklist:
01 First Section (40:20)
02 Second Section (15:18)
03 Third Section (17:39)
04 [fades in] Fourth Section [encore?] (4:40)

Total time = 77:57

Lineage: master audience cassette -> dub to Maxell XL-I circa 1982 -> refurbished Nakamichi Dragon -> MixPre 6 at 24/96 -> Audacity, Fission, xAct

This is the second of three tapes which my friend KB acquired in the early 1980s when he was studying at University of Wisconsin in Madison. He noticed a taper at local jazz shows and asked for a few copies. These were well-preserved. Relefunt transferred, mastered, and distributed this on Dimeadozen in December 2022.

Unfortunately, KB did not keep in touch with the taper and has been unable to remember much of any details about him.

The “KB Collection” of tapes are all of shows at Merlyn’s:

Air 1981-02-10
Art Ensemble of Chicago 1980-10-29
Ronald Shannon Jackson 1982-11-27

I wish there were more. My request to you is to share your recordings while you still can.