1224 Williamson St.
Madison
WI
Roscoe Mitchell is considered one of the key figures in avant-garde jazz, integrating influences from everywhere—world music, funk, rock, classical—to create music that is at once beautiful and complex. Mitchell is a co-founder of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a Chicago-based nonprofit organization established in the mid-1960s to advance new creative music. Mitchell has performed on more than 85 recordings and written in excess of 250 compositions in the jazz and classical realms. He continues to pass down his musical knowledge of composition and improvisation, both in educational and performance settings.
The stellar ensemble includes: Roscoe Mitchell, woodwinds and small percussion; Douglas Ewart: Ewart bamboo flutes, Ewartophone, Ewart George Floyd bunt staff, Ewart slide didgeridoo, sopranino, English horn, percussion, bass clarinet and bells; Vincent Davis: Percussion; Junius Paul, double bass & electric bass and small percussion instruments. Presented by Blue Stem Jazz. Café CODA, 1224 Williamson St. 7pm. Tickets: $40.
