Roscoe Mitchell is among the most influential living musicians in the free-jazz firmament, famed for his work with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, an AACM outgrowth he cofounded.
The day before it opened to the public, Mitchell guided us through the exhibition, which begins with his most recent works and ends with his early canvases, dating from roughly 1963 to 1973. The following conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.
When I first came back from Europe with the Art Ensemble , I had decided that I would step down from painting for a while and concentrate on composition. It wasn’t until Terry Martin, a longtime friend of mine, wanted to buy my painting “Lady Moon” that I got back into it. A: Those were early AACM concerts, yeah. A lot of people in the AACM were painters. We had our own space at Lincoln Center there on Oakwood Boulevard . We also had a place in Hyde Park. Different people, when their concerts were on, they would bring their paintings. As a matter of fact, the AACM is, curated by Jason Moran. I’ve done some paintings for that exhibition, as well.Advertisement
Q: As I understand it, you also returned to a detail in “The Quintet.” What was going on in your life when you painted it?
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