# Avant Pop

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{{For|the style of popular music|Avant-pop}}
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{{Infobox album|
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| name       = Avant Pop
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Lester Bowie](/source/Lester_Bowie)'s Brass Fantasy
| cover      = Avant Pop (album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1986
| recorded   = March 1986
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 47:10
| label      = [ECM](/source/ECM_(record_label))
| producer   = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| chronology = [Lester Bowie](/source/Lester_Bowie)
| prev_title = [Duet](/source/Duet_(Lester_Bowie_and_Nobuyoshi_Ino_album))
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [Twilight Dreams](/source/Twilight_Dreams)
| next_year  = 1988
}}
'''''Avant Pop''''' is the fourth album by [Lester Bowie](/source/Lester_Bowie), recorded for [ECM](/source/ECM_(record_label)) and the second album by his "Brass Fantasy" group. It was released in 1986 and features performances by Bowie, [Vincent Chancey](/source/Vincent_Chancey), [Frank Lacy](/source/Frank_Lacy), [Rasul Siddik](/source/Rasul_Siddik), [Steve Turre](/source/Steve_Turre), [Malachi Thompson](/source/Malachi_Thompson), [Stanton Davis](/source/Stanton_Davis), [Bob Stewart](/source/Bob_Stewart_(musician)) and [Phillip Wilson](/source/Phillip_Wilson_(drummer)).

==Reception==
The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by Michael G. Nastos stated, "B+ Lester, highlight 'The Emperor'."<ref name="Allmusic">Nastos, M. G. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/avant-pop-r135677 AllMusic Review] accessed August 12, 2011</ref>  
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
|rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = [The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 152}}</ref>
}}

==Track listing==
# "The Emperor" (Turre) - 10:34  
# "[Saving All My Love for You](/source/Saving_All_My_Love_for_You)" ([Gerry Goffin](/source/Gerry_Goffin), [Michael Masser](/source/Michael_Masser)) - 5:08  
# "B Funk" - 3:50  
# "[Blueberry Hill](/source/Blueberry_Hill_(song))" ([Al Lewis](/source/Al_Lewis_(lyricist)), [Vincent Rose](/source/Vincent_Rose), [Larry Stock](/source/Larry_Stock)) - 5:26  
# "[Crazy](/source/Crazy_(Willie_Nelson_song))" ([Willie Nelson](/source/Willie_Nelson)) - 5:28  
# "Macho" (Turre) - 6:20  
# "No Shit" - 5:14  
# "Oh, What a Night" (Johnny Funches, [Marvin Junior](/source/Marvin_Junior)) - 5:33  
:''All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated'' 
**Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, March 1986

==Personnel==
*[Lester Bowie](/source/Lester_Bowie): trumpet
*[Vincent Chancey](/source/Vincent_Chancey): French horn
*[Frank Lacy](/source/Frank_Lacy): trombone
*[Rasul Siddik](/source/Rasul_Siddik): trumpet
*[Steve Turre](/source/Steve_Turre): trombone 
*[Malachi Thompson](/source/Malachi_Thompson): trumpet 
*[Stanton Davis](/source/Stanton_Davis): trumpet, flugelhorn 
*[Bob Stewart](/source/Bob_Stewart_(musician)): tuba
*[Phillip Wilson](/source/Phillip_Wilson_(drummer)): drums

==References==
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{{Lester Bowie}}
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Category:1986 albums
Category:Lester Bowie albums
Category:ECM Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher

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