Human Arts Ensemble
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The Human Arts Ensemble was a 1970s musical collective operating in St. Louis, Missouri. Members explored free jazz and loosely associated themselves with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the Black Artists' Group (BAG) collective.
It was formed in 1971 with the idea that performers could perform in the ensemble, without restrictions as to the performer's race. Additionally, public funding had ended for musical associations that were suspected of having connections with radical organizations. It disbanded in 1977.[1]
Jazz performers who spent time improvising with the ensemble include:
- Joseph Bowie
- Lester Bowie
- Marty Ehrlich
- Oliver Lake
- John Lindberg
- Luther Thomas
- John Zorn
