All the Magic is the second album by Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...

 recorded for ECM

ECM (record label)

ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...

. It was released in 1982 as a double LP with the first disc consisting of band performances and a second disc of solo trumpet improvisations by Bowie.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "All in all, this two-fer shows off both Lester Bowie's playing abilities and his sense of humor.".

Track listing

Disc One

1. "For Louie" (Wilson) - 12:14
2. "Spacehead" - 6:47
3. "Ghosts" (Ayler
   Albert Ayler
   Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.Ayler was among the most primal of the free jazz musicians of the 1960s; critic John Litweiler wrote that "never before or since has there been such naked aggression in jazz" He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved...
   
   ) - 3:09
4. "Trans Traditional Suite" - 15:51
5. "Let The Good Times Roll" (Goodman
   Shirley Goodman
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   , Lee
   Leonard Lee
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   ) - 6:47

Disc Two

1. "Organic Echo" - 3:17
2. "Dunce Dance" - 2:05
3. "Charlie M. (Part II)" - 2:49
4. "Thirsty?" - 3:34
5. "Almost Christmas" - 3:52
6. "Down Home" - 2:40
7. "Okra Influence" - 4:38
8. "Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck" - 1:49
9. "Deb Deb's Face" - 2:03
10. "Monkey Waltz" - 1:47
11. "Fradulent Fanfare" - 1:01
12. "Organic Echo (Part II)" - 5:27

All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated

Personnel

• Lester Bowie
  Lester Bowie
  Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...
  
   - trumpet
• Ari Brown
  Ari Brown
  Ari Brown is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and pianist.Brown grew up in Chicago and attended Wilson College, where he met musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, and Joseph Jarman. He played piano in R&B and soul outfits int the 1960s, then switched to saxophone...
  
   - tenor and soprano saxophones
• Art Matthews - piano
• Fred Williams
  Fred Williams
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   - bass
• Phillip Wilson - drums
• Fontella Bass
  Fontella Bass
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   - vocals
• David Peaston
  David Peaston
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  - vocals