art ensemble of chicago great black music ancient to the futureGREAT BLACK MUSIC ANCIENT TO THE FUTURE, originally published in Rome, 1998. This book contains interviews with Art Ensemble members, essays, poems, and photographs covering 50 years of history, and much more. Compiled, edited, and contributed to by LT 'Chicago Beau' Beauchamp. Other contributors include AEC members and Kalamu Ya Salaam, Mike Hennessy, hartmut geerken, DonAlonzo Beauchamp, and others.