Bells for the South Side

by Roscoe Mitchell

Bells for the South Side cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 June 2017
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:07:32
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured during the 50th-anniversary celebration of the AACM at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, this sprawling double album unites four of Mitchell's distinct ensembles. The legendary saxophonist navigates complex intersections of free jazz, spatial composition, and microtonal exploration, firmly cementing his unparalleled legacy in the American avant-garde.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, microtonal

Tracklist

  1. Spatial Aspects Of The Sound (12:14)
  2. Panoply (7:36)
  3. Prelude To A Rose (12:44)
  4. Dancing In The Canyon (10:23)
  5. EP 7849 (8:13)
  6. Bells For The South Side (12:35)
  7. Prelude To The Card Game, Cards For Drums, And The Final Hand (16:03)
  8. The Last Chord (12:26)
  9. Six Gongs And Two Woodblocks (7:50)
  10. R509A Twenty B (1:34)
  11. Red Moon In The Sky / Odwalla (25:49)

Credits

  • Craig Taborn - composed by, piano, organ, electronics
  • Kikanju Baku - composed by, drums, percussion
  • Fotini Potamia - cover
  • Jaribu Shahid - double bass, bass guitar, percussion
  • Tani Tabbal - drums, percussion
  • William Winant - percussion, tubular bells, glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, rototoms, cymbal [cymbals], bass drum, wood block [woodblocks], timpani
  • James Fei - sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet, electronics
  • Tyshawn Sorey - trombone, piano, drums, percussion

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