Solo Saxophone Concerts Explained

Solo Saxophone Concerts
Type:live
Artist:Roscoe Mitchell
Cover:Solo_saxophone_concerts_cover.jpeg
Released:1974
Recorded:October 22, 1973; November 2, 1973; July 12, 1974
Venue:Kalamazoo, Michigan
Montreal; Pori International Jazz Festival, Finland
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:23
Label:Sackville
Producer:Roscoe Mitchell, Onari Productions
Chronology:Roscoe Mitchell
Prev Title:Congliptious
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Roscoe Mitchell Quartet
Next Year:1976

Solo Saxophone Concerts is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell composed of solo concert performances from 1973 and 1974 and released on the Canadian Sackville label. It was reissued in 2009 by AECO/Katalyst under the title The Solo Concert.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos states "This is the first, greatest, and premier solo recording by Roscoe Mitchell that has to go down as one of his all-time best, and a prime example of how to stand alone, unafraid of any preconceived notions in how modern jazz should sound or be performed."

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated

  1. "Nonaah" - 1:20
  2. "Tutankamen" (Malachi Favors) - 7:00
  3. "Enlorfe" - 2:54
  4. "Jibbana" - 4:51
  5. "Eeltwo (Part One)" - 2:53
  6. "Eeltwo (Part Two)" - 6:23
  7. "Oobina (Little Big Horn)" - 4:38
  8. "Ttum" - 8:56
  9. "Nonaah" - 1:28

Personnel