Bells for the South Side
By: Roscoe Mitchell
Contributors: Fei, James, 1974-; Winant, William; Ragin, Hugh; Sorey, Tyshawn, 1980-; Taborn, Craig; Baku, Kikanju; Shahid, Jaribu; Tabbal, Tani
Publisher: ECM
Published: 2017
Place of publication: München
Format: [sound recording] /
Subjects: Jazz
Description: Four trios, contrasted and combined at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Notes: Jazz.

Title from sell sheet.

Compact discs.

Includes insert with notes by Roscoe Mitchell.

All music by Roscoe Mitchell, except Dancing in the canyon by Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku.

Performed by Roscoe Mitchell, sopranino, soprano, alto and bass saxophones, flute, piccolo, bass recorder, percussion ; with accompaniment: James Fei, sopranino and alto saxophones, contra-alto clarinet, electronics ; William Winant, percussion, tubular bells, glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, roto toms, cymbals, bass drum, woodblocks, timpani ; Hugh Ragin, trumpet, piccolo trumpet ; Tyshawn Sorey, trombone, piano, drums, percussion ; Craig Taborn, piano, organ, electronics ; Kikanju Baku, drums, percussion ; Jaribu Shahid, double bass, bass guitar, percussion ; Tani Tabbal, drums, percussion.

Recorded September 2015 at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Table of contents: title: disc 1. Spatial aspects of the sound (12:14); title: Panoply (7:36); title: Prelude to a rose (12:44); title: Dancing in the canyon (10:23); title: EP 7849 (8:13); title: Bells for the South Side (12:35); title: disc 2. Prelude to the card game, cards for drums, and the final hand (16:03); title: The last chord (12:26); title: Six gongs and two woodblocks (7:50); title: R509A Twenty B (1:34); title: Red moon in the sky ; Odwalla (25:49).