The Complete Live in Japan is a live album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Tokyo, Japan in 1984 and released in 1988 on the Japanese DIW label. The original (much shorter) single LP titled Live in Japan was originally issued in 1985.

Track listing

"Spanish Song" (Roscoe Mitchell) - 25:05

"Ancestral Voices/Old" (Joseph Jarman/Mitchell) - 11:14

"Ornedaruth" (Jarman) - 22:43

"The Beginning" (Lester Bowie) - 3:27

"Waltz" (Mitchell) - 2:39

"Building the Mid" (Don Moye) - 6:09

"Old Time Southside Street Dance" (Jarman) - 10:02

"Zero" (Bowie) - 6:45

"Funky Aeco" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 5:18

"Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 3:29

Personnel

Lester Bowie: trumpet, bass drum

Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments

Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments

Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments

Don Moye: drums, percussion

References

Art Ensemble of Chicago live albums

1988 live albums

DIW Records live albums

The Complete Live in Japan