L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples

by Roscoe Mitchell

L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Chief
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:24
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A staggering showcase of extended woodwind techniques from the AACM founding member. The album consists of three stark, highly experimental compositions, most notably featuring Mitchell performing complex, minimalist solos on a massive array of saxophones and percussion instruments.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, minimalistic, avant-garde, instrumental, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. L-R-G-(Part One) (18:49)
  2. L-R-G-(Part Two) (17:40)
  3. The Maze (21:40)
  4. S II Examples (17:15)

Credits

  • Roscoe Mitchell - primary artist, composed by, piccolo flute, flute, oboe, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, glockenspiel [buggle], horns [bicycle], balafon, cowbell [cowbells, swiss cowbells, swinging swiss cowbells], cymbal [cymbal, finger cymbal, tuned cymbals, zizzle cymbals], congas [drum], percussion [cycle sprocket, dinner chimes, frying pans, thunder sheet, temple blocks, wood blocks, wood desk], gong, bells [dome bell, hanging bell, large swinging bell, swinging bells], horns [press horn], triangle
  • Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, trumpet [pocket trumpet], flugelhorn
  • George Lewis - wagner tuba, sousaphone, alto trombone, tenor trombone
  • Joseph Jarman - bells, balafon, horns [bike horns], conch [conch shell], cymbal [cymbal, chinese, cymbal rack], congas [drums], bells [hand bells], drums, gong, marimba, tom tom, vibraphone, gong [temple gong]
  • Malachi Favors - drums [log drum], gong, balafon, percussion [cans], bells [hand bells], shaker, horns [seal horn], tambourine, gong [temple gong], zither
  • Famoudou Don Moye - drums, balafon, cowbell, congas [drums], cymbal [cymbal rack], gong [gong, temple gong], bells [hand bells], horns [little horns], marimba, triangle, wood block [wood blocks]
  • Thurman Barker - drums, cowbell, congas [conga drum], gong, glockenspiel, bells [hand bells], marimba, slapstick, triangle, whistle
  • Henry Threadgill - gong [gong, cymbal gongs], cymbal [finger cymbal], percussion [garbage can bottoms, hubkaphone, rhythm sticks], bells [hand bells], brass [plumbing brass], dulcimer

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