{{For|the style of popular music|Avant-pop}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | | | name = Avant Pop | type = Album | artist = Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy | cover = Avant Pop (album).jpg | alt = | released = 1986 | recorded = March 1986 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 47:10 | label = ECM | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Lester Bowie | prev_title = Duet | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Twilight Dreams | next_year = 1988 }} '''''Avant Pop''''' is the fourth album by Lester Bowie, recorded for ECM and the second album by his "Brass Fantasy" group. It was released in 1986 and features performances by Bowie, Vincent Chancey, Frank Lacy, Rasul Siddik, Steve Turre, Malachi Thompson, Stanton Davis, Bob Stewart and Phillip Wilson.
==Reception== The 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 | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''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|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" (Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser) - 5:08 # "B Funk" - 3:50 # "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 5:26 # "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) - 5:28 # "Macho" (Turre) - 6:20 # "No Shit" - 5:14 # "Oh, What a Night" (Johnny Funches, Marvin Junior) - 5:33 :''All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated'' **Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, March 1986
==Personnel== *Lester Bowie: trumpet *Vincent Chancey: French horn *Frank Lacy: trombone *Rasul Siddik: trumpet *Steve Turre: trombone *Malachi Thompson: trumpet *Stanton Davis: trumpet, flugelhorn *Bob Stewart: tuba *Phillip Wilson: drums
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Category:1986 albums Category:Lester Bowie albums Category:ECM Records albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher