This Dance Is for Steve McCall

This Dance Is for Steve McCall is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell which was recorded in 1992 and released on the Italian Black Saint label.

This Dance Is for Steve McCall
Studio album by
Roscoe Mitchell
Released1993
RecordedMay 18, 1992
StudioSorcerer Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length51:03
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerFlavio Bonandrini
Roscoe Mitchell chronology
Duets & Solos
(1993)		 This Dance Is for Steve McCall
(1993)		 Hey Donald
(1994)

Background

The record marks the debut of the Note Factory, an outgrowth of the Sound Ensemble, bassist Jaribu Shahid and drummer Tani Tabbal come from that group, while another drummer, Vincent Davis, performed on Mitchell's Songs in the Wind. This was the first Mitchell's recording with pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker.[1]

The album is a tribute to drummer Steve McCall, who died in 1989 and whose last recording with Mitchell was The Flow of Things, and contains dedications to close collaborators who died in 1992, Phillip Wilson, the drummer of the pre-Art Ensemble Roscoe Mitchell Quartet, and Gerald Oshita, a composer proponent of unusual ultra-low registered wind instruments, and partner with Mitchell in his Space Ensemble.[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Al Campbell states "The music ranges from dense contemporary classical to violence incarnate on 'The Rodney King Affair', in which Mitchell's circular-breathing technique pushes the tempo to a dizzy, frightening place."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "several of the nine pieces sound half-realized or foreshortened, with the bass and percussion textures unclear."[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated
  1. "Ericka" (Joseph Jarman)– 11:32
  2. "Uptown Strut" – 2:19
  3. "The Rodney King Affair" – 5:24
  4. "Ah" – 3:21
  5. "Song for Gerald Oshita" – 3:03
  6. "Paintings for Phillip Wilson" – 2:58
  7. "The Far East Blues" – 5:34
  8. "Variations for String Bass and Piano" – 6:56
  9. "This Dance Is for Steve McCall" – 9:56

Personnel
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References
  1. Original Liner Notes by Bill Shoemaker
  2. Campbell, Al. Roscoe Mitchell – This Dance Is for Steve McCall: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1041. ISBN 0140515216.
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