Roscoe Mitchell with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku - Conversations II (2014)

Wide Hive Records: WH-0319
http://www.widehiverecords.c...-mitchells-conversations-ii/

Conversations I
https://kat.cr/roscoe-mitche...ations-i-2014-t11537907.html



* Roscoe Mitchell: flutes, saxophones
* Craig Taborn: piano, organ, synthesizers
* Kikanju Baku: drums, percussion

http://www.artensembleofchicago.com/roscoe.html
http://www.craigtaborn.com/
http://www.gakishidosha.net/

Recorded on September 13th and 14th.
Mixed on November 6th and 7th, 2013 at Wide Hive Records Berkeley, California.
Engineered by Gregory Howe and Jimmy Fontana.


Reviews

By Dave Sumner
http://www.wonderingsound.co...s-feigenwinter-ross-hammond/

Part two of this trio collaboration of jazz legend Roscoe Mitchell (on reeds),
modern superstar Craig Taborn (on piano), and newcomer Kikanju Baku (on drums &
percussion). As I stated on the Part 1 release… “It’s a concoction that
threatens to cause tangled wires amongst the senses and create eerily
unfamiliar stimuli, as if sitting alone in a large room, ear pressed to a
late-night radio broadcast of alien transmissions. The trio paint an
avant-garde tapestry overwhelming to take in all at once, challenging from one
moment to the next. And ridiculously thrilling. So over-the-top expressive as
to be accessible to the masses, impenetrable to all. As a creative endeavor,
outstanding. As a musical listening piece, I suggest everyone give it a try.”
Part 2? Sames, though I’m leaning toward the opinion that Part 2 is a little
less maniacal. That, however, could be a case of acclimation to the insanity.

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By Josh Campbell
http://www.freejazzblog.org/...l-conversations-ii-wide.html

By Bill Meyer for Down Beat Magazine
http://www.widehiverecords.c...nd-ii-by-down-beat-magazine/