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Congliptious

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Released
  
1968

Producer
  
Chuck Nessa

Release date
  
1968

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
50:16

Artist
  
Roscoe Mitchell

Label
  
Nessa Records

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Recorded
  
February 4 & March 11, 1968

Congliptious (1968)
  
Solo Saxophone Concerts (1974)

Similar
  
Roscoe Mitchell albums, Jazz albums

Congliptious is a 1968 album by Roscoe Mitchell's Art Ensemble which later became the Art Ensemble of Chicago. It was released on the Nessa label and features performances by Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, and Robert Crowder. "Tutankhamen" is a bass solo by Malahi Favors, "Tkhke" is an alto saxophone solo by Roscoe Mitchell and "Jazz Death?" is a trumpet solo by Lester Bowie with the full ensemble performing "Congliptious/Old".

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Tutankhamen" (Favors) – 6:38
  2. "Tkhke" - 6:58
  3. "Jazz Death?" (Bowie) - 7:19

Side Two

  1. "Congliptious/Old" - 19:28
All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated
  • Side One recorded 4 March 1968, Side Two recorded 11 March 1968.

    • Personnel

  • Roscoe Mitchell – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass saxophone, flute, recorder, percussion (on "Tkhke" & "Congliptious/Old")
  • Lester Bowie – trumpet, flugelhorn, steer horn, bass drum, percussion (on "Jazz Death?" & "Congliptious/Old")
  • Malachi Favors – bass, electric bass, percussion (on "Tutankhamen" & "Congliptious/Old")
  • Robert Crowder – drums (on "Congliptious/Old")

    • References

    Congliptious Wikipedia
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