Four original improvisations, taken from legendary AACM composer, improviser and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell's "Conversations" album transcribed and performed by a twenty piece Bay Area orchestra, along with two orchestral improvisations and two duets with Roscoe Mitchell and flutist Wilfredo Terrazas.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel Recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkley, California, on November 7th and 8th, 2016m by Alberto Hernandez.
"Roscoe Mitchell Discussions is an orchestral masterpiece. Four original improvisations, taken from Conversations, his second release on Wide Hive Records, have been transcribed and performed by a twenty piece orchestra. Completing the album are two orchestral improvisations and two duets with Roscoe Mitchell and mesmerizing flutist Wilfredo Terrazas. Discussions is an achievement in both sound and concept by a leading jazz composer of the modern era."
"Called part of the 'American Iconoclast' by the New York Times Roscoe Mitchell has forged a lifetime of truly free music and has lead an inspirational life as composer, musician, and teacher. Currently a department chair of composition at Mills Collage, a position once held by esteemed composer Darius Milihaud, Rosoce's past is abundant with art and musical achievement and awards. His work with the A.E.C. the A.A.C.M are the majority of his recorded music, but he has also toured and performed with many of the greatest names of Jazz."-Wide Hive