In Paris, Aries 1973

In Paris, Aries 1973
Live album by
Black Artists Group
Released1973
Recorded1973
VenueParis
GenreFree jazz
LabelAguirre Records

In Paris, Aries 1973 is a live album by the Black Artists Group, featuring saxophonist Oliver Lake, trumpeters Baikida Carroll and Floyd LeFlore, trombonist Joseph Bowie, and drummer Charles "Bobo" Shaw.[1] The album was recorded in 1973 in Paris, and was initially self-released in very limited quantities.[2] It was reissued in 2011 in a limited edition of 500 LPs by Rank and File Records,[3] and was remastered and reissued on LP by Aguirre Records in 2018, with extensive liner notes by Julian Cowley, again in a limited edition of 500 copies.[1]

In Paris, Aries 1973 is the only album ever issued under the BAG name.[4] The group had traveled to Paris at the recommendation of Lester Bowie, and used the Art Ensemble of Chicago's agent upon arrival.[5] The zodiac reference in the album title is a tribute to bassist and group member Kada Kayan, to whom the album is dedicated, and who fell ill and died before the group left for Paris.[1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Black Artists Group – In Paris, Aries 1973 LP". Aguirre Records. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Owsley, Dennis (2006). City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973. Reedy Press. p. 184.
  3. ^ "Black Artists Group: In Paris, Aries 1973". HHV. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Looker, Benjamin (2004). Point From Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. Missouri Historical Society Press. p. 201.
  5. ^ a b Bruyninckx, Joeri (November 19, 2018). "Black Artists Group". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  6. ^ Tate, Greg (2016). Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader. Duke University Press. p. 54.