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Multi-instrumentalist Joseph Jarman hasn't been as prolific as fellow Art Ensemble of Chicago member Lester Bowie outside the band, but has his own impressive list of recording and performing credits as a leader. A founding member of the group and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Jarman's equally as eclectic as Bowie. His style includes several vocal effects in his sax solos such as screams, squeals, squawks, slurs, smears and twisting, anguished phrases. He plays various saxophones and flutes, and has created many wind instruments, doubling on them and playing percussion items from around the world. Jarman's a published poet and writer who's included poems and readings on his albums and during Art Ensemble concerts. He also utilizes dance and vocals, and is perhaps The Art Ensemble's most theatrical member. Jarman's had several theatrical pieces performed independently of the group or any musical situation. He's supplied many compositions to Art Ensemble albums, among them "Fanfare For The Warriors" and "Ohnedaruth." Jarman studied drums under Walter Dyett, and played in his high school band during the '50s. He later played clarinet and saxophone in army bands. Jarman was in Muhal Richard Abrams Experimental band in the early '60s, and played in Roscoe Mitchell's hard bop group. Besides helping start the AACM, Jarman gave solo concerts and led a free jazz band during the late '70s. But after both his pianist Christopher Gaddy and bassist Charles Clark died, Jarman joined The Art Ensemble in Paris. He'd already recorded with Bowie in 1967. Jarman's done solo dates, worked in a trio with Don Moye and Don Pullen, and played with Anthony Braxton and Oliver Lake. He's recorded in the '60s,'70s and '80s for Delmark, Nessa, India Navigation, Black Saint, Baybridge (Japan) and The Art Ensemble's own AECO label. There are only a few Jarman dates currently available on CD.