Coming Home Jamaica is a 1998 album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago

Art Ensemble of Chicago

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago's AACM in the late 1960s. The group continues to tour and record through 2006, despite the deaths of two of the founding members....

 originally released on the Atlantic

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 label and reissued in 2002 on the Dreyfus label. It features performances by Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...

, Roscoe Mitchell

Roscoe Mitchell

Roscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...

, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye

Don Moye

Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques.- Early life and Detroit Free Jazz :Moye was born in...

 with Bahnamous Lee Bowie guesting on one track. The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell states that "the whole album seems to have a relaxed, carefree, even at times lackadaisical feeling... this AEC working holiday is not going to push many envelopes".

Track listing

1. "Grape Escape" (Bowie) - 3:55
2. "Odwalla/Theme" (Mitchell) - 5:06
3. "Jamaica Farewell" (Mitchell) - 1:57
4. "Mama Wants You" (Bowie, Favors) - 12:34
5. "Strawberry Mango" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 3:46
6. "Villa Tiamo" (Bowie) - 1:47
7. "Malachi" (Mitchell) - 9:33
8. "Lotta Colada" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) - 3:05

The 2002 reissue changes the track order and features three additional tracks:

• "Villa Tiamo" [alternate take] (Bowie) - 1:41
• "C Monster" (Mitchell) - 6:49
• "Blue Hole/Mr. Freddy" (Mitchell) - 11:54
• Recorded December 27, 1995 & January 16, 1996 in Bonham Springs, Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Personnel

• Lester Bowie
  Lester Bowie
  Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...
  
  : trumpet, fluegelhorn
• Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments
• Roscoe Mitchell
  Roscoe Mitchell
  Roscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...
  
  : saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
• Don Moye
  Don Moye
  Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques.- Early life and Detroit Free Jazz :Moye was born in...
  
  : drums, percussion
• Bahnamous Lee Bowie: keyboards (track 5)