Nonaah

by Roscoe Mitchell

Nonaah cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Nessa
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:27:14
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A cornerstone of the Chicago avant-garde movement, 'Nonaah' features saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell navigating intensely cryptic and challenging improvisations. The title track, performed unaccompanied in front of an initially hostile festival audience, is legendary for its aggressive, dissonant persistence. The album encapsulates the rigorous, intellectual density of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, unaccompanied-solo, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Nonaah (21:52)
  2. Ericka (7:57)
  3. Nonaah (1:15)
  4. Off Five Dark Six (6:26)
  5. A1 Tal 2La (8:44)
  6. Tahquemnon (5:47)
  7. Improvisation 1 (12:53)
  8. Ballad (4:46)
  9. Nonaah (17:34)

Credits

  • Niklaus Troxler - mc [uncredited]
  • Anthony Braxton - sopranino saxophone
  • Malachi Favors - bass
  • Muhal Richard Abrams - piano
  • George Lewis - trombone
  • Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone
  • Joseph Jarman - alto saxophone
  • Wallace McMillan - alto saxophone

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