Updoc 183: Les Stances à Roscoe: 5/11/12
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble: Old; Old/Quartet Sessions (Nessa)
2. Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah/Ericka/Nonaah: Nonaah (Nessa)
3. Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble: Quartet; Old/Quartet Sessions (Nessa)
4. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tnoona; Fanfare for the Warriors (Atlantic)
5. Roscoe Mitchell: Chant; Wildflowers –Loft Jazz New York 1976 (Douglas)
Out theme: George Gershwin/Cleveland Orchestra/Ricardo Chailly: Lullaby for String Orchestra; Rhapsody in Blue, etc. (Decca)
Great stuff. I love Roscoe’s comment about that performance of “Nonaah”. He called it a four way contest, him vs. the composition vs. the audience vs. the saxophone.
Did he say who won?