Sound American celebrates the life and work of Art Ensemble of Chicago founder and American iconoclast, Roscoe Mitchell.
One of our highly-regarded “artist portraits” that Sound American has produced over its ten-year history, this issue recognizes the life and work of a musician’s musician, an artist’s artist, a thinker’s thinker, and a true cultural treasure.
The issue includes an overview of Mitchell's career by Brooklyn-based saxophonist, Sam Weinberg . An ensemble of iconoclasts–including Dr. Tyshawn Sorey , Darius Jones , Ken Vandermark , and James Fei –offer their own insights into Mitchell’s work and methodology. Composer and improvising harpist Zeena Parkins explores Mitchell’s work as an educator through a series of interviews with former Mills College students, all of whom were collaborators in orchestrating and arranging Mitchell’s recent works for lar
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