Tribute to Lester

{{Infobox album

| name = Tribute to Lester

| type = Album

| artist = Art Ensemble of Chicago

| cover = Tribute to Lester.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = August 26, 2003

| recorded = September 2001

| venue =

| studio = Chicago

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = ECM
ECM 1808

| producer = Manfred Eicher

| prev_title = Urban Magic

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Reunion

| next_year = 2003

}}

Tribute to Lester is an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in September 2001 and released on ECM in August 2003—their first release on the label since The Third Decade (1984). The ensemble, now a trio, features reed player Roscoe Mitchell and rhythm section Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1800/1808.php?lvredir=712&catid=0&doctype=Catalogue&order=releasedate&we_search=%2Btribute+%2Bto+%2Blester&rubchooser=301&mainrubchooser=3 ECM Catalogue] The album was recorded following Joseph Jarman's temporary retirement from the group and the death of founding member Lester Bowie, to whom it is dedicated.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, noting that, "the group receives probably the most stunning, precisely etched recorded sound of its existence. Yet despite the retrospective nature of some of the selections, there is no overt nostalgia or compromise in the AEC's aesthetic stance, probably figuring that Bowie would have wanted it that way."Ginell, R. S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/tribute-to-lester-r654010/review Allmusic Review] accessed July 28, 2011.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|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 = 47}}

}}