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Roscoe Mitchell
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Duets with Anthony Braxton
- Discussions
- Bells for the South Side
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1943-11-07
Discography
- Song to a Seagull1968
- Clouds1969
- Ladies of the Canyon1970
- Blue1971
- For the Roses1972
- Court and Spark1974
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns1975
- Hejira1976
- Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter1977
- Mingus1979
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,439
- Total plays
- 124,155
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Roscoe Mitchell (b. August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American composer, jazz multi-instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb — if idiosyncratic — saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past thirty years. He continues "to be a major figure." He has even been called a "super musician" and the New York Times has mentioned that he "qualifies as an iconocla
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Instrument
- percussion instrument
- Image
- Deutsches Jazzfestival 2015 - DeJonette Mitchell Garrison - Roscoe Mitchell - 02.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-08-03
- Commons category
- Roscoe Mitchell
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Article · Deutsch
Roscoe Mitchell (* 3. August 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Musiker (Alt-, Tenor-, Sopran-, Bariton- und Basssaxophon, Klarinette, Flöte, Oboe, Perkussion, Gesang), Musikpädagoge und Komponist. Er steht mit seinem früher rauen und ironischen, später immer lyrischeren Ton und seinem Ideenreichtum für den Neuen Jazz.
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