Lester Bowie - Live In Gdynia '2022

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Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member
of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the
Art Ensemble of Chicago.


In 1984, he formed Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, a brass nonet in which Bowie
demonstrated jazz's links to other forms of popular music, a decidedly more
populist approach than that of the Art Ensemble. With this group he recorded
songs previously associated with Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Marilyn
Manson, along with other material. His New York Organ Ensemble featured James
Carter and Amina Claudine Myers. In the mid-1980s, he was also part of the jazz
supergroup The Leaders. Featuring tenor saxophonist Chico Freeman, alto
saxophonist Arthur Blythe, drummer Famoudou Don Moye, pianist Kirk Lightsey, and
bassist Cecil McBee. At this time, he was also playing the opening theme music
for The Cosby Show.

Although seen as part of the avant-garde, Bowie embraced techniques from the
whole history of jazz trumpet, filling his music with humorous smears, blats,
growls, half-valve effects, and so on. His affinity for reggae and ska is
exemplified by his composition "Ska Reggae Hi-Bop", which he performed with the
Skatalites on their 1994 Hi-Bop Ska, and also with James Carter on Conversin'
with the Elders. He also appeared on the 1994 Red Hot Organization's compilation
album, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. The album, which was produced to raise
awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the
African-American community, was heralded as "Album of the Year" by Time.

In 1993, he played on the David Bowie album Black Tie White Noise, including the
song "Looking for Lester", which was named after him.


Tracks:

01. Etno
02. Let's Get Sorious
03. Fukan Zazen-Gi
04. Nobody's White
05. Impressions

Personnel:

Alto Saxophone – Mikołaj Trzaska
Bass – Tymon Tymański
Drums – Jacek Olter
Piano – Leszek Możdżer
Tenor Saxophone – Maciej Sikała
Trumpet – Lester Bowie

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