Ancient to the Future: Dreaming of the Masters Series, Vol. 1

Ancient to the Future: Dreaming of the Masters Series, Vol. 1 is an album by Art Ensemble of Chicago, released in 1987. The music mixes free jazz and avant-garde approaches with arrangements of earlier popular material, features collective improvisation and varied percussion and wind textures, and was made at a time when the ensemble revisited outside repertoire to place its experimental practice in wider musical contexts.