1969 original BYG Records album now available in a Deluxe Edition, featuring a definitive remastered edition restored and mastered from the original master tapes. Housed in a deluxe gatefold digi-sleeve with a matte laminate finish and printed wallet, it also includes a 16-page booklet with sleeve notes by John Masouri. The first of The Art Ensemble of Chicago's renowned trio of albums for BYG's Actuel series now returns in a deluxe, audiophile edition This album is the Art Ensemble's most celebrated release, capturing the American avant-garde jazz collective at their most sensational, provocative, and startlingly original in a historic June 1969 session at Studio Saravah in Paris. Recorded in the aftermath of widespread anti-government protests and student riots, this album showcases what happens when four highly intuitive and accomplished musicians-driven by Black Nationalism and dreams of liberation, and armed with an array of diverse instruments-let their inspiration run free.