The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 2 March 1990
"OUR MUSIC IS primarily intended to stimulate thought, to get people to make new rationales," said Art Ensemble of Chicago trumpeter Lester Bowie. "We're expanding our production and really trying to reach everyone and give people an understanding of what we're about.
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