Les Stances à Sophie

Les Stances a Sophie is a 1970 soundtrack album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris for a French film directed by Moshe Mizrahi and first released on the Pathé Marconi label in France and on Nessa Records in the U.S.. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Fontella Bass and Don Moye. Moshe Mizrahi commissioned the original music for the film with the band only having two weeks left on their French visas. Allmusic reviewer Brian Olewnick calls the album "one of the landmark records of the burgeoning avant-garde of the time and, simply put, one of the greatest jazz albums ever". Lyrics of "Theme de Yoyo" by Noreen Beasley