Ride the Wind
Roscoe Mitchell / Montréal-Toronto Art Orchestra
Acclaimed musician/composer Roscoe Mitchell continues his textural elaborations of the Conversations recordings with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku. Ride the Wind is a collaboration with the Montréal-Toronto Art Orchestra, an extraordinary group of improvising musicians. The ensemble consists of 6 woodwind, piano, vibraphone, tuba, 2 each of trumpet, trombone, viola, string bass and drums. Mitchell joins the orchestra on sopranino saxophone for They Rode For Them — part 2. The ensemble had 4 days of rehearsal and concerts in Montreal and Toronto before venturing into the recording studio.
- Composer(s): Roscoe Mitchell
- Performer(s): Roscoe Mitchell, Montréal-Toronto Art Orchestra, Lori Freedman, Jean Derome, Yves Charuest, Kyle Brenders, Jason Sharp, Peter Lutek, Nicole Rampersaud, Craig Pedersen, Tom Richards, Scott Thomson, Julie Houle, Nicolas Caloia, Rob Clutton, James Annett, Jean René, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Michael Davidson, Nick Fraser, Marilyn Lerner, Gregory Oh
- Canada Council for the Arts
CD (NCD 40)
- 1They Rode for Them (part 1), 12:49
- 2Splatter, 4:30
- 3Ride the Wind, 7:10
- 4
- 5RUB, 7:06
- 6Shards and Lemons, 12:31
- 7Nonaah, 5:27
- Label: Nessa Records
- NCD 40
- 2018
- UCC 827020004029
- Jewel case
- 125 mm × 142 mm × 10 mm
- 100 g