Roscoe Mitchell

American Saxophonist and Composer

(August 3, 1940 - )

Track listing

1. title: Nonaah personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (alto saxophone) album title (format): The Roscoe Mitchell Solo Saxophone Concerts (lp) label (country) (catalog number): Sackville Recordings (Canada) (SR 2006) recording date: 1974 duration: 1:24

1 2. title: Tnoona ensemble: Roscoe Mitchell Quartet personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (soprano saxophone [B flat], alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), Muhal Richard Abrams (piano), George Lewis (trombone), Spencer Barefield (guitar) album title (format): The Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (lp) label (country) (catalog number): Sackville Recordings (Canada) (SR 2009) recording date: 1975 duration: 6:46

3. title: The Flow of Things, No. 1 ensemble: Roscoe Mitchell Quartet personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone), Malachi Favors (bass), Steve McCall (drums), Jodie Christian (piano) album title (format): The Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (lp) label (country) (catalog number): Black Saint Records (Italy) (SR 2009) recording date: 1987 duration: 10:29

4. title: No Side Effects (03:11) 5. title: When the Wind Blows (06:05) ensemble: The Roscoe Mitchell Trio personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (soprano, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, flute, piccolo, percussion), Harrison Bankhead (bass, cello), Vincent Davis (drums, percussion) album title (format): No Side Effects (cdx2) label (country) (catalog number): Rogue Art (France) (ROG-0006) release date: 2006

6. title: Bells for New Orleans (prelude) personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (composition), William Winant (tubular bells) album title (format): Numbers (cd) label (country) (catalog number): Rogue Art (France) (ROG-0036) release date: 2011 duration: 1:32

7. title: 8/8/88 1st Movement personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (composition), Stephen Rush (piano) album title (format): Numbers (cd) label (country) (catalog number): Rogue Art (France) (ROG-0036) release date: 2011 duration: 4:23

2 8. title: Cards for Orchestra ensemble: Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (composition, conduction), Nicole Mitchell (flute, piccolo), David Boykin (tenor saxophone), Greg Ward (alto saxophone), Robert Griffin (trumpet), Mankwe Ndosi (vocal), Renée Baker (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Myra Melford (piano), Maia (harp), Joshua Abrams (double bass), Marcus Evans (drums) album title (format): Three Compositions (cd) label (country) (catalog number): Rogue Art (France) (ROG-0043) release date: 2012 duration: 14:13

9. title: SVSA, Scene 1 personnel: Roscoe Mitchell (composition, conduction), Thomas Buckner (voice), Gerald Oshita (percussion) album title (format): Space (cdx2) label (country) (catalog number): Mutable Music (US) (17501-2) release date: 2000 original release date: 1984 (Arch Records) duration: 7:25

Links:

Musician’s Website at the AACM: http://aacmchicago.org/roscoe-mitchell

Musician’s Website at the Art Ensemble of Chicago: http://www.artensembleofchicago.com/roscoe.html

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Mitchell

Discogs.com website: http://www.discogs.com/artist/255026-Roscoe-Mitchell

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