Rope-A-Dope is an album by trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

er 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 the Muse

Muse Records

Muse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s...

 label and released in 1976. It features performances by Bowie, Joseph Bowie

Joseph Bowie

Joseph Bowie is an American bandleader, trombonist, and founder of the seminal jazz fusion band, Defunkt. The group has been blending jazz with funk and punk music for more than three consecutive decades....

, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye

Don Moye

Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques.- Early life and Detroit Free Jazz :Moye was born in...

, Charles Bobo Shaw and Raymund Cheng.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded the album 4 stars stating "Throughout, the highly expressive Lester Bowie is heard in prime form".

Track listing

1. "Tender Openings" - 9:29
2. "St. Louis Blues (Chicago Style)" (Handy
   W. C. Handy
   William Christopher Handy was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues"....
   
   ) - 9:36
3. "Mirage" - 6:40
4. "Rope-A-Dope" - 9:30

All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated

• Recorded at Blue Rock Studios, NYC on 17 June 1975

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
• Joseph Bowie
  Joseph Bowie
  Joseph Bowie is an American bandleader, trombonist, and founder of the seminal jazz fusion band, Defunkt. The group has been blending jazz with funk and punk music for more than three consecutive decades....
  
  : trombone (tracks 2 & 4), percussion (track 1)
• Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass
• Don Moye
  Don Moye
  Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques.- Early life and Detroit Free Jazz :Moye was born in...
  
  : drums (tracks 1, 2, & 3), congas (track 4)
• Charles Bobo Shaw: drums (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
• Raymund Cheng: violin (track 1)