{"id":962,"date":"2013-04-25T00:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T04:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/?p=962"},"modified":"2013-04-25T10:54:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T14:54:22","slug":"roscoe-mitchells-nonaah-live-in-seattle-06-07-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/roscoe-mitchells-nonaah-live-in-seattle-06-07-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Roscoe Mitchell’s “Nonaah” Live in Seattle 06.07.13"},"content":{"rendered":"

For readers old and new, I’d like to plug what promises to be an iconic concert<\/a> of avant-garde music coming up in Seattle, WA. Table & Chairs<\/a>, an experimental music label based in Seattle, will be presenting a concert dedicated to free saxophonist and experimental icon Roscoe Mitchell<\/a>. Specifically, the concert will feature various incarnations and interpretations of Roscoe Mitchell’s “Nonaah”<\/a>: for solo saxophone (by Mitchell himself!), a new arrangement performed by Lawson<\/a>, and a new piece based on “Nonaah” by Bad Luck<\/a>, among others. Mitchell will also present a pre-concert talk and Q&A.<\/p>\n

(The folks over at Table & Chairs reached out and asked if I’d help them promote the concert, and I’m happy to do so. It promises to be a memorable evening of sound.)<\/p>\n

Roscoe<\/span>:<\/strong>
\nIf Roscoe Mitchell is new to you, he’s been mentioned on the blog in relation to Evan Parker here<\/a> and here<\/a>. In brief, he’s been at the vanguard of improvised saxophone music since the 1960s. I hesitate to simply say “jazz,” as that can be a loaded term – his music often transcends traditional notions of jazz improvisation, even free jazz. (Similar to my thinking of Evan Parker as a “free saxophonist” instead of a “free jazz saxophonist.”) He was an integral figure of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)<\/a>, the Art Ensemble of Chicago<\/a>, and the Creative Arts Collective (CAC)<\/a>. (Interestingly enough, the CAC was founded in East Lansing, MI, the home of yours truly<\/a>. What’s more is, jazz-wise, the city is now under the near monopoly<\/a> of Wynton Marsalis sidemen and disciples… That never fails to fascinate me.)<\/p>\n

Mitchell is better experienced than read about. Here are a couple of live clips:
\nw. the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 1991 — “Onhedaruth” (he’s the first to solo right out of the gate, and his soprano textures at 9:00 are something to behold)
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