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The Complete Live in Japan
Live album by Art Ensemble of Chicago
Released	1988
Recorded	April 22, 1984
Venue	Kan-i Hoken Hall, Gotanda, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Jazz
Length	96:52
Label	DIW DIW-8021/8022
Producer	Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago chronology
Among the People (1980) The Complete Live in Japan (1988) The Third Decade (1984)
Live in Japan Cover

The Complete Live in Japan is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Tokyo, Japan in 1984 and released in 1988 on the Japanese DIW label. The original (much shorter) single LP titled Live in Japan was originally issued in 1985.

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Track listing

1. "Spanish Song" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 25:05
2. "Ancestral Voices/Old" (Joseph Jarman/Mitchell) - 11:14
3. "Ornedaruth" (Jarman) - 22:43
4. "The Beginning" (Lester Bowie) - 3:27
5. "Waltz" (Mitchell) - 2:39
6. "Building the Mid" (Don Moye) - 6:09
7. "Old Time Southside Street Dance" (Jarman) - 10:02
8. "Zero" (Bowie) - 6:45
9. "Funky Aeco" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 5:18
10. "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 3:29

Personnel

• Lester Bowie: trumpet, bass drum
• Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments
• Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments
• Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
• Don Moye: drums, percussion

References

1. Art Ensemble of Chicago discography accessed 22, July, 2009
2. Jazzlists: Art Ensemble of Chicago discography, accessed November 26, 2017
3. Jazzlists: DIW Records catalog, accessed November 26, 2017
4. Allmusic Review

• Art Ensemble of Chicago live albums
• 1988 live albums
• DIW Records live albums