Nine to Get Ready explained

Nine to Get Ready
Type:Album
Artist:Roscoe Mitchell
Cover:Nine to Get Ready.jpg
Released:1999
Recorded:May 1997
Studio:Avatar, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:65:22
Label:ECM
ECM 1651
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Chronology:Roscoe Mitchell
Prev Title:The Day and the Night
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:In Walked Buckner
Next Year:1998

Nine to Get Ready is an album by American jazz saxophonist and composer Roscoe Mitchell recorded in May 1997 and released on ECM in 1999. The nonet features brass section Hugh Ragin and George Lewis, and double-rhythm section Matthew Shipp and Craig Taborn, Jaribu Shahid and William Parker, and Tani Tabbal and Gerald Cleaver.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The performances are mostly concise, emphasize ensembles (it is difficult to believe that the two rhythm sections are playing simultaneously) and are sometimes surprisingly mellow although there are intense moments. None of the original pieces are that memorable but the overall mood is haunting and at times jubilant. An intriguing addition to Roscoe Mitchell's discography."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell

  1. "Leola" – 9:35
  2. "Dream and Response" – 5:04
  3. "For Lester B" – 6:08
  4. "Jamaican Farewell" – 5:43
  5. "Hop Hip Bip Bir Rip" – 6:02
  6. "Nine to Get Ready" – 3:53
  7. "Bessie Harris" – 6:44
  8. "Fallen Heroes" – 6:37
  9. "Move Toward the Light" – 3:21
  10. "Big Red Peaches" – 2:05

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1651.php ECM discography
  2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 1, 2011