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American jazz musician (born 1940)

Person · Open Library

Born
1940
Works
3

Top works

  • Duets with Anthony Braxton
  • Discussions
  • Bells for the South Side

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Canada
Active from
1943-11-07
2008 universal fire victimcomposercontemporary folkfamousfemale vocalsfolk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16,439
Total plays
124,155

Tags

free jazzjazzAvant-Garde JazzAvant-GardeAACM

Roscoe Mitchell (b. August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American composer, jazz multi-instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb — if idiosyncratic — saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past thirty years. He continues "to be a major figure." He has even been called a "super musician" and the New York Times has mentioned that he "qualifies as an iconocla

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date of birth
1940-08-03
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