''Hey Donald'' is an album by the American jazz saxophonist

Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figure ...

, recorded in 1994 and released on Delmark. It was the first recording by a quartet featuring pianist

Jodie Christian Jodie Christian (February 2, 1932 – February 13, 2012)
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, bassist

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and drummer

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. The album is dedicated to

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saxophonist Donald Myrick.Original Liner Notes by Mike Ervin

Reception

In his review for

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, Scott Yanow states: "In general Mitchell saves the more boppish pieces for his tenor while on soprano his intense sound creates a drone effect reminiscent a bit of bagpipes." ''

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'' notes that "when the rhythm section are playing straight time and setting up a groove underneath, Mitchell's honking and mordant saxophone often sounds frankly ludicrous."

Track listing

:''All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated'' # "Walking in the Moonlight" (Roscoe Mitchell Sr.) – 6:55 # "Dragons" – 6:48 # "Jeremy" (Jodie Christian) – 1:54 # "The El" – 2:51 # "Hey Donald" – 7:45 # "Keep On Keeping On" (Malachi Favors) – 2:44 # "The Band Room" – 2:27 # "Englewood High School" – 4:06 # "Zero" (Lester Bowie) – 4:29 # "Song for Rwanda" – 6:23 # "58th Street" – 4:33 # "See You at the Fair" – 5:26

Personnel

alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E, smaller th ...

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

soprano sax The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly smaller ...

sopranino sax The sopranino saxophone is the second-smallest member of the saxophone family. It is tuned in the key of E♭, and sounds an octave higher than the alto saxophone. A sopranino in F was also described in Adolphe Sax's patent, an octave above an F ...

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

Jodie Christian Jodie Christian (February 2, 1932 – February 13, 2012)
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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Roscoe Mitchell albums Albums produced by Bob Koester Delmark Records albums