After Fallen Leaves Explained

After Fallen Leaves
Type:	studio
Artist:	Roscoe Mitchell
Cover:	After_fallen_leaves_cover.jpeg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	October 30 & 31, 1989
Studio:	Studio 9, Swedish Radio, Stockholm
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	67:33
Label:	Silkheart
Chronology:	Roscoe Mitchell
Prev Title:	Songs in the Wind
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Duets & Solos
Next Year:	1993

After Fallen Leaves is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. Mitchell joined the Brus Trio for a tour of Sweden which culminated in this studio recording.^[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "After Fallen Leaves isn't a bad album and it's always worth hearing Mitchell, but he has more than a dozen recordings under his name that should be heard first.."

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "There are many good moments without the session really making a coherent impact, since the trio seem eager but too unfamiliar with Mitchell's methods."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell

1. "Sing" – 15:22
2. "A Lovely Day at the Point" – 4:40
3. "The Reverend Frank Wright" – 7:04
4. "And Then There Was Peace" – 4:50
5. "The Two Faces of Everett Sloane" – 3:29
6. "After Fallen Leaves" – 7:59
7. "Mr. Freddie" – 4:33
8. "Come Gathers Some Things" – 11:58
9. "Play with the Whistler" – 7:26

Personnel

• Roscoe Mitchell - flute, alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax
  • Arne Forsén – piano Ulf Åkerhielm – bass
• Gilbert Matthews – drums, gongs, chimes, percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.silkheart.se/release.php?catno=126 After Fallen Leaves
2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2002. Penguin. London. 0140515216. 1041.