MITCHELL, ROSCOE

MITCHELL, ROSCOE. Jazz saxophonist (3 August 1940 in Chicago, Illinois). He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois. He played clarinet and baritone saxophone in his high-school band, and during his service in the United States Armed Forces (1958-61), he played alto saxophone in an army band. In 1962 he began an association with Muhal Richard Abrams's Experimental Band, which later developed into the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians...