Roscoe Mitchell (b. August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American composer and jazz instrumentalist, mostly known for being "a technically superb ? if idiosyncratic ? saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past thirty years.The Penguin Guide to Jazz by Richard Cook, Brian Morton, et al. pg 916 eigthth edition He continues "to be a major figure." He has even been called a "super musician" and the New York Times has mentioned that he "qualifies as an iconoclast."Jazz: Roscoe Mitchell by Jon Pareles, New York Times, August 25, 1983 History Early life Mitchell grew up in the Chicago, Illinois area where he played saxophone and clarinet at around age twelve. His f

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