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Les Stances a Sophie | 
| Artist: Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Label: Soul Jazz
Category: Music
List Price: £13.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 6987
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5026328001913
ASIN: B001EI5OGM
Release Date: October 27, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Theme De Yoyo | | • | Theme De Celine | | • | Variations Sur Un Theme De Verdi | | • | Proverbs 1 | | • | Theme Amour Universal | | • | Theme Libre | | • | Proverbs |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
In 1969 the newly formed Art Ensemble left their home city and headed for France, there acquiring drummer Don Moye and a more precise title. Their two-year stay yielded some 15 albums, including this glorious oddity, a soundtrack to an obscure French New Wave film recorded before an inch of footage was shot. The film is now forgotten, but the music is superb. Many will know "Theme De Yoyo"--a glorious R&B romp with off-the-wall vocals from Fontella Bass, she of "Rescue Me" but also wife of AEC trumpeter Lester Bowie--from its inclusion on the The Universal Sounds of America compilation some five years ago. That track, however, is untypical of the ebullient, riotously inventive mix of abstract soundscapes, anthemic statements and idiosyncratic solos that make up the rest of this set. "Theme Armour Universal" shows a strong Joujouka influence, while a more formal side to the Ensemble is revealed in two variations on a Monteverdi theme. Elsewhere, walls of percussion--all AEC members were drummers as well as hornmen--give way to steely sax or trumpet solos that scorch a passage before them. This set might be 30 years old, but age has not lessened its impact. --Simon Adams
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| Customer Reviews:
'THEME DE YOYO" LYRICS October 4, 2007
Just to correct Mr. H.C. Orr's review of the above song, the lyrics
of THEME DE YOYO were not written by Fontella Bass,
but by filmmaker and artist Noreen Beasley in Paris 1971.
An Extraordinary Treasure November 26, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a set for inner exploration. Be very quiet, be very still, and let this phenomenal recording by extraordinary musicians take you on an intellectually satisfying emotional journey. I had the original vinyl years ago, lost it in several moves about the country, and am overjoyed to discover it again. You will fall in love.
Music to have dreams by.... June 30, 2001
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Theme de Yoyo....what more is there to say! Fontella Bass drives along the tumbling percussion and bass line with her fantastic vocals, whilst husband Lester Bowie wiggles on the sax. One of the most brilliant pieces of music ever written.
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