Art Ensemble of Chicago

CTL-E-0349 · Person · group · 1969–2026

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Experimental jazz collective associated with Chicago's AACM; relocated to Paris in 1969 and recorded for the French BYG-Actuel label.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001, MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-159, CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-group-002; source research type(s): Group, group.

Sources

BYG Records, 'Message to Our Folks' release page (bygrecords.bandcamp.com) (primary source)
Organissimo forum, 'Art Ensemble Live in Paris – is it actually Paris?' (organissimo.org)
AllMusic — Muhal Richard Abrams (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/muhal-richard-abrams-mn0000605840/biography)
Not verified in this pass

Record CTL-E-0349 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: GLOBAL-001, MUSIC-001.
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