| Conversations II | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Roscoe Mitchell with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku |
| Cover: | Conversations II.jpg |
| Released: | April 15, 2014 |
| Recorded: | September 13 and 14, 2013 |
| Studio: | Wide Hive Records, Berkeley, California |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 63:10 |
| Label: | Wide Hive WH-0319 |
| Producer: | Gregory Howe |
| Chronology: | Roscoe Mitchell |
| Prev Title: | Conversations I |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | In Pursuit of Magic |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Conversations II is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, with pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Kikanju Baku which was recorded in 2013 and released on Wide Hive.[1]
In his review for Sydney Morning Herald, John Shand states, "Here the anguished energy of the '60s continues to burn (as it does in St Louis) in a series improvisations so dense that it is like peering through the layers of paint on a Jackson Pollock painting. Its very relentlessness is thrilling, independently of the high levels of invention, but it is assuredly not for the faint-hearted"[2]
Regarding Conversations I and II, DownBeats Bill Meyer commented: "Both of these CDs are remarkably consistent; the engagement and invention never flags, which makes it hard to favor one over the other... Not only is the sound crisp and immaculate, it imparts a spacial experience that makes it feel like the music is happening all around the listener."
All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku except were noted