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Originally released on the French BYG label, this classic album was recorded in Paris in August 1969 while the Art Ensemble was on its initial stay there with just a quartet featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors and Joseph Jarman. Reese and the Smooth Ones is a continuous piece featuring all of the members playing lots of little instruments (horns, gongs, logs, bells, sirens, whistles, steel drums, marimba, banjo and more) in addition to their mainstays. Also available on CD (SPOT 510).