Art Ensemble of Chicago

Berlin Jazzfest 1991

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago’s AACM in the late 1960s. The group continues to tour and record through 2006, despite the deaths of two of the founding members.

The Art Ensemble is notable for its integration of musical styles spanning jazz’s entire history, their multi-instrumentalism their use of costumes and face paint in performance.