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Music Gallery / Rough Idea & CKLN 88.1
p r e s e n t
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A FESTIVAL OF JAZZ
AND MUSIQUE ACTUELLE
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M U S I C  G A L L E R Y
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FRIDAY, MARCH 21 1997
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8:00 PM
179 RICHMOND STREET WEST, TORONTO
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ROSCOE MITCHELL SOLO.

Through his articipation in the establishment of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and as a founding member of the world renowned Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roscoe Mitchell, composer, educator and multi-instrumentalist, was a major contributor to the creation of the body of musical literature that ushered in the post-Coltrane period. He founded the Creative Arts Collective(CAC) of East Lansing, Michigan and is the founder /leader of the Sound Ensemble, Note Factory, The Roscoe Mitchell New Chamber Ensemble and a co-founder of the Trio Space.

Roscoe Mitchell's innovations as a solo performer, his role in the resurrection of long-neglected woodwind instruments of extreme register, and his re-assertion of the composer into what has traditionally been an improvisational form, have placed him at the forefront of contemporary music for over twenty-five years.

In August 1966, the 26 year old Chicago multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell recorded the ground breaking album 'Sound' for the Delmark label. In his sextet at the time were trumpeter Lester Bowie, also 26, and 39 year old Chicago bassist Malachi Favors. Bowie, Favors and Mitchell joined forces in the Lester Bowie Quartet for a date in August 1967, producing Number 1/Number 2. Completing the quartet on that occasion was 29 year old multi-instrumentalist Joseph Jarman. These four men were the founding fathers of the Art Ensemble of Chicago- a group title foreshadowed by the name of the 'Congliptious' unit: The Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble.

Roscoe Mitchell is a pioneer who blurs the edges of jazz and chamber music. He is considered one of the foremost American composers of any music, not just jazz. He is always at the edge, exploring new territories of sound and music composition. His solo performance will surely be the most significant concert of 1997!

Advance tickets are $20, available by calling the Music Gallery (416) 204-1080, or at Rotate This, 620 Queen Street West. Advance ticket buyers through the Music Gallery will receive tickets ($15) for Jane Bunnett & Don Thompson @ AGO Wednesday, March 19.

Tickets available at the door.

To arrange interviews or obtain recordings, please contact:

Ron Gaskin

tel: (416) 203 9600     email: 699996@ican.net Jim Montgomery

tel: (416) 204 1080     email: musigal@interlog.com

Listen to Radio Music Gallery 11:00 pm Wednesdays on CKLN 88.1 FM for concert previews and recordings of recent gallery performances.

CKLN Radio

studio: (416) 595 1655     office: (416) 595 1477

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