Angel City Jazz Festival Pays Tribute to Jazz Legend Roscoe Mitchell w. Opening by Alex Cline October 2, 2011

The festival concludes on Sunday, October 2 with a tribute to Roscoe Mitchell at REDCAT. The evening opens with a performance of the Art Ensemble's masterpiece “People In Sorrow,” as re-imagined by composer/percussionist Alex Cline. Included in this all-star band will be famed saxophonist Oliver Lake, woodwind player Vinny Golia, New York harpist Zeena Parkins, vocalist Dwight Trible, bassist Mark Dresser, and others. Then the legendary woodwind master Roscoe Mitchell celebrates his 71st birthday with a performance by his trio which includes percussionist William Winant, and James Fei on woodwinds. A founding member of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musician and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Mitchell is currently a composer and artist in residence at Mills College in Oakland. Get tickets at http://www.redcat.org/event/tribute-roscoe-mitchell