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Avant psychedelia: The Art Ensemble of Chicago show up in French hippie movie ‘Les Stances A Sophie’
06.04.2013
10:26 am
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In 1970, Egyptian-born Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi directed Les Stances A Sophie, a groovy, post May ‘68 film which featured not only the music of The Art Ensemble of Chicago, but the band itself in several scenes. The film had apparently gone almost unseen since its original release and, until its DVD-itization by Soul Jazz in 2008, had never been released outside of France.

The Art Ensemble soundtrack album of Les Stances A Sophie has never been all that easy to get either, but it’s worth the import price.
 

 
Above, the big Art Ensemble of Chicago scene with them playing “Theme de Celine”
 

 
“Theme de Yoyo” (the soundtrack heard the clip above), isn’t just a raging avant-monster, it features the powerful vocals of Fontella Bass, who was not only Art Ensemble trumpeteer Lester Bowie’s wife, but the writer and singer of the soul classic “Rescue Me.”

Posted by Em
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06.04.2013
10:26 am
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