The Bad Guys (album) explained

The Bad Guys
Type:	live
Artist:	Roscoe Mitchell
Cover:	The_bad_guys_cover.jpeg
Released:	2003
Recorded:	July 8, 2000
Venue:	Fano
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	62:09
Label:	Around Jazz / Il Manifesto
Chronology:	Roscoe Mitchell
Prev Title:	Song for My Sister
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Solo [3]
Next Year:	2004

The Bad Guys is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and The Note Factory, which was recorded live in 2000 at the Jazz by the Sea Festival in Fano.^[1] It was released by the Around Jazz label in 2003.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated

1. "Choro Por Merilina" (Stephen Rush) – 7:36
2. "Down in the Basement" – 13:35
3. "Oh, See How They Run to L.A." – 9:17
4. "Do That Dance Called the Tangler" – 15:36
5. "The Bad Guys" (Stephen Rush) – 11:10
6. "That Would Be Fine" – 4:55

Personnel

• Roscoe Mitchell - saxophones
• Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
• Matthew Shipp, Craig Taborn - piano
• Spencer Barefield - guitar
• Jaribu Shahid, Harrison Bankhead - bass
• Tani Tabbal, Gerald Cleaver - drums

Notes and References

1. Original Liner Notes by Isio Saba
2. Web site: Kelman . John . November 9, 2010 . Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: Far Side . . June 16, 2022.