The Leaders
The Leaders is an American jazz band of the Modern Creative Jazz.
History
" The Leaders " is an all-star lineup from the vicinity of the AACM, which was established in 1984. The members at that time were Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman, Cecil McBee and Don Moye Famoudou. Initially her also belonged to Don Cherry Don Pullen and, einwechselten for 1986 Kirk Lightsey and Lester Bowie.
Moye, Freeman and their European agent Philippe Devisscher conceived the formation initially as a pure touring project; to 1986, two European tours took place. It became a regular band The continuing success; In 1986, she embarked on a lengthy tour of the U.S. by the New York club " Sweet Basil ". In the summer of 1986, their first album was Mudfoot. Was innovative in the concept of Leaders ( in contrast to the conventional " All Star" tours ) that all members equally brought in their compositions and merged their different experiences to a group sound.
It succeeded the leader between the poles of the parodic anarchy of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Moye and Bowie who were members of the develop more on arrangements foot ends music of the Brass Fantasy Bowie, Chico Freeman freer style and the Soul Funk its formation Brainstorm own aesthetic. Against the background of freer forms of jazz performed the Leaders under the influence of Bowie's a devotion to the jazz traditions of Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke to Miles Davis. Due to this relationship to jazz tradition in conjunction with freer forms of play, rooted in the AACM movement and music of the Art Ensemble of Chicago holds Geoff Dyer in his essay tradition, influence, and innovation the music of the Leaders for the " best Jazz of the late 80s ".
After the death of Lester Bowie's 1999 and the disease of Arthur Blythe Chico Freeman and Cecil McBee continued the Leaders Project. Your CD Spirits Alike recorded with Bobby Watson, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart and the relatively unknown pianist Fred Harris.