Message to Our Folks

{{Infobox album

| name = Message to Our Folks

| type = Album

| artist = Art Ensemble of Chicago

| cover = Message to Our Folks.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1969

| recorded = August 12, 1969

| venue =

| studio = Studio Saravah, Paris

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:45

| label = BYG Actuel

| producer = Jean Georgakarakos, Jean-Luc Young

| prev_title = People in Sorrow

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Reese and the Smooth Ones

| next_year = 1969

}}

Message to Our Folks is a 1969 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris for the French BYG Actuel label.[https://web.archive.org/web/19990203134133/http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/8835/art.html Art Ensemble of Chicago discography] accessed 22, July, 2009[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_AEC.htm Jazzlists: Art Ensemble Of Chicago discography], accessed November 26, 2017 It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell and Malachi Favors Maghostut.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score ={{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151382}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{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 = 46}}

}}