Jazz Articles about Roscoe Mitchell

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Edgefest 2026

by Frank Rubolino
October 31, 2026

Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan hosted its 30th annual Edgefest of creative improvised music early in October 2026. Twenty performances were presented over a four-day period, with the spotlight heavily focused on legendary innovator Roscoe Mitchell. He appeared in three of the sets--one with his trio of bassist Damon Smith and pianist Ursel Schlicht, another with the University of Michigan's Creative Music Orchestra, and the third with a collection of Detroit-area artists. Here are photos of most of ...

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Vision Festival 2025

by Luciano Rossetti
July 10, 2025

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Oversáez, Roscoe Mitchell, Marco Eneidi & Gulliver

by Maurice Hogue
July 7, 2025

Featured music in this episode begins with German pianist Sandro Sáez and his trio Oversáez. What an exciting and original trio! Their ablum Abstract Emotions is filled with mystery, unexpected twists and turns, power and subtlety. Definitely worth checking out. Then you might want to listen to One Head Four People, featuring the enduring master,Roscoe Mitchell, playing bass saxophone, or Wheat Fields Of Kleylehof by the Marco Eneidi Quintet. This late saxophonist is an often overlooked major influence on the ...

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Roscoe Mitchell: One Head Four People

by Fran Kursztejn
February 7, 2025

"I'm always trying to take what's there and, in the end, make it sound like nothing's missing from it," Roscoe Mitchell relates in a 2016 interview, in relation to his string of European solo concerts, yet the statement is just as relevant to the jazz giant's newest studio release, One Head Four People, as any other. The recording comes just as Mitchell's 2014 performance (released on ugEXPLODE, 2021) A Railroad Spike Forms the Voice celebrates its ten year anniversary, and ...

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Roscoe Mitchell & Michele Rabbia ad AngelicA

by Libero Farnè
May 8, 2024

Roscoe Mtchell, Michele Rabbia Centro di Ricerca Musicale--Teatro San Leonardo Bologna 3.5.2024 AngelicA 34, festival musicale consolidato nella sua unicità trasversale e possibilista da oltre tre decenni di esperienza, ha aperto i battenti il 2 maggio con una serata dedicata a Stefano Scodanibbio, che collaborò più volte con la manifestazione felsinea come uno degli interpreti supremi di quell'unicità estetica. Nella seconda parte del concerto ha preso rilievo la performance del Quatuor Bozzini, quartetto d'archi canadese ...

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Sound Experiments: The Music of the AACM by Paul Steinbeck

by Tom Spargo
November 6, 2023

Sound Experiments: The Music of the AACM Paul Steinbeck 272 Pages ISBN-13: 978-0-226-82953-1University of Chicago PressHardback 2022/ Paperback 2023 Paul Steinbeck's Sound Experiments is a historical narrative and technical analysis of the music of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Steinbeck traces the chronology of this wildly creative organization from its origins in the mid-1960s to the present day through the course ten chapters, each dedicated to a particularly influential album, composition, or live ...

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Ostrava Days 2023

by Martin Longley
October 13, 2023

Klub Parník, Plato, Triple Hall Karolina, etc. Ostrava, Czech Republic August 28-September 2, 2023 Ostrava Days happens once every two years, mostly dedicated to the well-being of new music, composed for varying sizes of ensembles, right up to a fully-bloated orchestra. Sometimes, though, works will be penned for mere solo performers. It has always had extended ears for jazz, improvisation and electronic musics, as well as rock'n'roll being an increasingly strong influence on moderne ...