L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples
by Roscoe Mitchell
- 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
- L-R-G-(Part One) (18:49)
- L-R-G-(Part Two) (17:40)
- The Maze (21:40)
- 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