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Radio Eclectus honors Roscoe Mitchell at 80, starting with the 50th anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Live in Paris album (which was not recorded in Paris!) and ending with an excerpt from his newest release, Come and See What There Is to See. Along the way we explore his recent orchestral compositions, and hear him perform alongside Fontella Bass, Muhal Richard Abrams, Francesco Filidei (on pipe organ), Craig Taborn, James Fei, Thomas Buckner, Chris Nappi, Ambrose Akinmusire, Junius Paul and many others in addition to his Art Ensemble colleagues.
We also sample some new percussion music from Bonnie Whiting’s Perishable Structures album and a new CD dedicated to Tim Ferchen. Our 50 Years Ago In The Avant-Garde recalls Berio's eponymous Opera and Zimmermann’s self-lament written just before his suicide. New tracks by Steve Layton, Lea Bertucci/Amirtha Kidambi, Mirela Ivičević, Panayiotis Kokoras, Edward Smaldone and Alexander Garsden/David Stackenäs round out the playlist.
