Roscoe Mitchell
USA
Born: 03 August 1940
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, Avant-Garde
Styles: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Improvised Music, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing
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Roscoe Mitchell is the rare jazz musician who also moves comfortably within the realm of contemporary classical music. It might even be said that Mitchell is a more convincing artist when working in European-influenced forms. When relying on structural and formal jazz conventions, Mitchell can often come off as stilted and unswinging. On the other hand, his forays into free-time, nontonal improvisation (both structured and unstructured) are as spontaneous and as emotionally satisfying as the best jazz. Mitchell's improvisations exercise extraor...
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- Art Ensemble Of Chicago (82)
- Lester Bowie (1)
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- Anthony Braxton (39)
- Ray Brown (16)
- Pharoah Sanders (14)
- John Tchicai (10)
- Muhal Richard Abrams (7)
Influenced by
- Miles Davis (281)
- Duke Ellington (169)
- John Coltrane (110)
- Billie Holiday (109)
- Louis Armstrong (74)
- Cecil Taylor (65)
- Sonny Rollins (51)
- Ornette Coleman (47)
- Wayne Shorter (23)
- Albert Ayler (10)
- Billy Eckstine (2)
Followers
- John Zorn (141)
- Matthew Shipp (19)
- George Lewis (11)
- the Pharaohs (2)
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