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Roscoe Mitchell Sextet · 1966 · premier album de Roscoe Mitchell

Context

Opening track of Sound, Roscoe Mitchell's first album, recorded in Chicago in August 1966 for Delmark. The sextet already includes Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors, future mainstays of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The album's work on texture, space, and interaction influenced Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, and the Art Ensemble.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to AACM. Among the origins and influences of AACM: Free jazz.

Sources

• EN: Sound (Roscoe Mitchell album)
• EN: Roscoe Mitchell

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