{"history":[],"article":{"id":"a7e611b2-0183-4a60-9e41-6b4434bacede","title":"Human Arts Ensemble","slug":"human-arts-ensemble","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Human Art Ensemble \n**Background:** classical_ensemble \n**Genre:** [Free jazz](https://bliptext.com/articles/free-jazz), [jazz fusion](https://bliptext.com/articles/jazz-fusion) \n**Past Members:** [Joseph Bowie](https://bliptext.com/articles/joseph-bowie)
[Lester Bowie](https://bliptext.com/articles/lester-bowie)
[Marty Ehrlich](https://bliptext.com/articles/marty-ehrlich)
[Oliver Lake](https://bliptext.com/articles/oliver-lake)
[John Lindberg](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-lindberg-jazz-musician)
[Luther Thomas](https://bliptext.com/articles/luther-thomas)
[John Zorn](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-zorn)
[Charles \"Bobo\" Shaw](https://bliptext.com/articles/charles-bobo-shaw)
[Abdallah Yakub](https://bliptext.com/articles/abdallah-yakub)
[Abdul Wadud](https://bliptext.com/articles/abdul-wadud-musician)
[Alan Suits](https://bliptext.com/articles/alan-suits)
[Butch Smith](https://bliptext.com/articles/butch-smith)
[Carol Marshall](https://bliptext.com/articles/carol-marshall)
[Dominique Gaumont](https://bliptext.com/articles/dominique-gaumont)
[Hamiet Bluiett](https://bliptext.com/articles/hamiet-bluiett)
[J. D. Parran](https://bliptext.com/articles/j-d-parran)
[James Marshall](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-marshall-musician)
[Julius Hemphill](https://bliptext.com/articles/julius-hemphill)
[Victor Reef](https://bliptext.com/articles/victor-reef)
[Vincent Terrell](https://bliptext.com/articles/vincent-terrell) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **Human Arts Ensemble** was a 1970s musical collective operating in [St. Louis, Missouri](https://bliptext.com/articles/st-louis-missouri).\nMembers explored [free jazz](https://bliptext.com/articles/free-jazz) and loosely associated themselves with the [Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians](https://bliptext.com/articles/association-for-the-advancement-of-creative-musicians) (AACM) and the [Black Artists' Group](https://bliptext.com/articles/black-artists-group) (BAG) collective.\nIt was formed in 1971 with the idea that performers could perform in the ensemble, without restrictions as to the performer's race.\nAdditionally, public funding had ended for musical associations that were suspected of having connections with radical organizations.\nIt disbanded in 1977.\nHuman Arts Ensemble co-founder, [saxophonist](https://bliptext.com/articles/saxophone) James Marshall, continues to pursue the vision of HAE to this day in [Tucson, Arizona](https://bliptext.com/articles/tucson-arizona).\nOriginally, after its activity in [St. Louis](https://bliptext.com/articles/st-louis), Jim and his then wife (and HAE co-founder) Carol, moved to [Oregon](https://bliptext.com/articles/oregon) to continue the project there in the context of a musician's commune.\nUnfortunately, neither the marriage (they're still friends) nor the commune lasted.\nHowever, when Jim moved to Tucson, Arizona, he continued to pursue his vision of free form and soulful [jazz improvisation](https://bliptext.com/articles/jazz-improvisation).\nJim worked closely with another partner from the St. Louis days—Ajule Eneke Rutlin, who died suddenly in 2006.\nAjule had been associated with the [Black Artists Group](https://bliptext.com/articles/black-artists-group), which inspired the foundation of HAE, and was also a founding member of HAE.\nThe Human Arts Ensemble was not only committed to the beauty that can emerge from humans interacting freely and without restriction, but it also consciously, from the beginning, saw its music as a direct, soulful contradiction to a world of hate produced by racism, consumerism, greed, and war.\nTo this day, the new incarnation of HAE that exists in Tucson still maintains that vision.\nDuring the 90's Human Arts Ensemble played benefits to raise money for [Iraqi](https://bliptext.com/articles/iraq) civilians suffering under the effect of [US](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states)/[UN](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-nations) sanctions, and HAE members have regularly performed at anti-war protests.\n\n# Discography","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T21:16:53.860Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T21:16:53.860Z","search_vector":"'art':2 'ensembl':3 'human':1","search_content":" \n**Name:** Human Art Ensemble \n**Background:** classical_ensemble \n**Genre:** [Free jazz](https://bliptext.com/articles/free-jazz), [jazz fusion](https://bliptext.com/articles/jazz-fusion) \n**Past Members:** [Joseph Bowie](https://bliptext.com/articles/joseph-bowie) [Lester Bowie](https://bliptext.com/articles/lester-bowie) [Marty Ehrlich](https://bliptext.com/articles/marty-ehrlich) [Oliver Lake](https://bliptext.com/articles/oliver-lake) [John Lindberg](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-lindberg-jazz-musician) [Luther Thomas](https://bliptext.com/articles/luther-thomas) [John Zorn](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-zorn) [Charles \"Bobo\" Shaw](https://bliptext.com/articles/charles-bobo-shaw) [Abdallah Yakub](https://bliptext.com/articles/abdallah-yakub) [Abdul Wadud](https://bliptext.com/articles/abdul-wadud-musician) [Alan Suits](https://bliptext.com/articles/alan-suits) [Butch Smith](https://bliptext.com/articles/butch-smith) [Carol Marshall](https://bliptext.com/articles/carol-marshall) [Dominique Gaumont](https://bliptext.com/articles/dominique-gaumont) [Hamiet Bluiett](https://bliptext.com/articles/hamiet-bluiett) [J. D. Parran](https://bliptext.com/articles/j-d-parran) [James Marshall](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-marshall-musician) [Julius Hemphill](https://bliptext.com/articles/julius-hemphill) [Victor Reef](https://bliptext.com/articles/victor-reef) [Vincent Terrell](https://bliptext.com/articles/vincent-terrell) \n \n\n# \nThe **Human Arts Ensemble** was a 1970s musical collective operating in [St. Louis, Missouri](https://bliptext.com/articles/st-louis-missouri).\nMembers explored [free jazz](https://bliptext.com/articles/free-jazz) and loosely associated themselves with the [Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians](https://bliptext.com/articles/association-for-the-advancement-of-creative-musicians) (AACM) and the [Black Artists' Group](https://bliptext.com/articles/black-artists-group) (BAG) collective.\nIt was formed in 1971 with the idea that performers could perform in the ensemble, without restrictions as to the performer's race.\nAdditionally, public funding had ended for musical associations that were suspected of having connections with radical organizations.\nIt disbanded in 1977.\nHuman Arts Ensemble co-founder, [saxophonist](https://bliptext.com/articles/saxophone) James Marshall, continues to pursue the vision of HAE to this day in [Tucson, Arizona](https://bliptext.com/articles/tucson-arizona).\nOriginally, after its activity in [St. Louis](https://bliptext.com/articles/st-louis), Jim and his then wife (and HAE co-founder) Carol, moved to [Oregon](https://bliptext.com/articles/oregon) to continue the project there in the context of a musician's commune.\nUnfortunately, neither the marriage (they're still friends) nor the commune lasted.\nHowever, when Jim moved to Tucson, Arizona, he continued to pursue his vision of free form and soulful [jazz improvisation](https://bliptext.com/articles/jazz-improvisation).\nJim worked closely with another partner from the St. Louis days—Ajule Eneke Rutlin, who died suddenly in 2006.\nAjule had been associated with the [Black Artists Group](https://bliptext.com/articles/black-artists-group), which inspired the foundation of HAE, and was also a founding member of HAE.\nThe Human Arts Ensemble was not only committed to the beauty that can emerge from humans interacting freely and without restriction, but it also consciously, from the beginning, saw its music as a direct, soulful contradiction to a world of hate produced by racism, consumerism, greed, and war.\nTo this day, the new incarnation of HAE that exists in Tucson still maintains that vision.\nDuring the 90's Human Arts Ensemble played benefits to raise money for [Iraqi](https://bliptext.com/articles/iraq) civilians suffering under the effect of [US](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states)/[UN](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-nations) sanctions, and HAE members have regularly performed at anti-war protests.\n\n# Discography","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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