(Avant-Garde / Free Jazz / Free Improvisation) Roscoe Mitchell - Solo [3] (3CDs) {Mutablemusic MUTABLE 17515-2} - 2003, APE (image+.cue) lossless

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 23. September 2011, 16:22
Roscoe Mitchell / Solo 3 Disc 1 - Tech Ritter and the Megabytes
Used drive  : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-S204N   Adapter: 2  ID: 0
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : No
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format      : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  4:24.37 |         0    |    19836
        2  |  4:24.37 | 18:41.02 |     19837    |   103913
        3  | 23:05.39 |  8:24.72 |    103914    |   141785
        4  | 31:30.36 |  2:19.07 |    141786    |   152217
        5  | 33:49.43 | 17:54.26 |    152218    |   232793
        6  | 51:43.69 |  3:34.45 |    232794    |   248888
        7  | 55:18.39 |  2:13.49 |    248889    |   258912
Range status and errors
Selected range
     Filename C:\avaxhome\Roscoe Mitchell - Solo 3 Disc 1.wav
     Peak level 97.7 %
     Extraction speed 6.6 X
     Range quality 99.9 %
     Copy CRC 7885BD5F
     Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track  1  not present in database
Track  2  not present in database
Track  3  not present in database
Track  4  not present in database
Track  5  not present in database
Track  6  not present in database
Track  7  not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
==== Log checksum D85621693ADC1570F7A5368BD53435D0A1616170B1420BDF563D3695DB749215 ====

REM GENRE Jazz
REM DISCID 4E0D7C07
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b2"
PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
TITLE "Solo 3 Disc 1 - Tech Ritter and the Megabytes"
FILE "Roscoe Mitchell - Solo 3 Disc 1.APE" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Little Big Horn 2"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "November 18, 2000"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 04:20:38
    INDEX 01 04:24:37
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "1999 / 2002"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 23:00:61
    INDEX 01 23:05:39
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Tech Ritter and the Megabytes / Improvisation"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 31:26:39
    INDEX 01 31:30:36
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "November 17, 2000"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 33:45:47
    INDEX 01 33:49:43
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "A Dim Distant World"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 51:39:14
    INDEX 01 51:43:69
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Tech Ritter and the Megabytes / Composition"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 55:14:44
    INDEX 01 55:18:39

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 23. September 2011, 16:36
Roscoe Mitchell / Solo 3 Disc 2 - Solar Flares for Alto Saxophone
Used drive  : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-S204N   Adapter: 2  ID: 0
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : No
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format      : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  7:01.53 |         0    |    31627
        2  |  7:01.53 |  5:13.21 |     31628    |    55123
        3  | 12:14.74 |  6:53.38 |     55124    |    86136
        4  | 19:08.37 |  7:02.25 |     86137    |   117811
        5  | 26:10.62 |  5:02.49 |    117812    |   140510
        6  | 31:13.36 |  1:19.20 |    140511    |   146455
        7  | 32:32.56 | 10:26.22 |    146456    |   193427
        8  | 42:59.03 |  4:40.44 |    193428    |   214471
        9  | 47:39.47 |  2:01.37 |    214472    |   223583
       10  | 49:41.09 |  4:48.54 |    223584    |   245237
Range status and errors
Selected range
     Filename C:\avaxhome\Roscoe Mitchell - Solo 3 Disc 2.wav
     Peak level 97.7 %
     Extraction speed 6.9 X
     Range quality 99.9 %
     Copy CRC 903E072D
     Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track  1  not present in database
Track  2  not present in database
Track  3  not present in database
Track  4  not present in database
Track  5  not present in database
Track  6  not present in database
Track  7  not present in database
Track  8  not present in database
Track  9  not present in database
Track 10  not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 9054032AC8AF8982150E9F19317F028468DC004C1C7BB80F1D2FCB8FD4B3A080 ====

REM GENRE Other
REM DISCID 900CC50A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b2"
PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
TITLE "Solo 3 Disc 2 - Solar Flares for Alto Saxophone"
FILE "Roscoe Mitchell - Solo 3 Disc 2.APE" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Nemus"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Beyond Neptune"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 06:57:49
    INDEX 01 07:01:53
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Kyper Belt"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 12:10:74
    INDEX 01 12:14:74
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Miranda"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 19:04:36
    INDEX 01 19:08:37
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "As the Sun went Down He would Look Up"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 26:07:05
    INDEX 01 26:10:62
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Icy Pearls"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 31:09:44
    INDEX 01 31:13:36
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Great Red Spot"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 32:29:05
    INDEX 01 32:32:56
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Forgotten Players of the Solar System"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 42:55:07
    INDEX 01 42:59:03
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Methane Snow"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 47:35:45
    INDEX 01 47:39:47
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Frozen in Time"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 49:37:36
    INDEX 01 49:41:09

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 23. September 2011, 16:50
Roscoe Mitchell / Solo 3 Disc 3 - The Percussion Cage and Music on the Go
Used drive  : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-S204N   Adapter: 2  ID: 0
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : No
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format      : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  1:45.44 |         0    |     7918
        2  |  1:45.44 |  2:49.28 |      7919    |    20621
        3  |  4:34.72 |  4:07.14 |     20622    |    39160
        4  |  8:42.11 |  2:31.04 |     39161    |    50489
        5  | 11:13.15 |  2:49.59 |     50490    |    63223
        6  | 14:02.74 |  4:16.04 |     63224    |    82427
        7  | 18:19.03 |  2:58.43 |     82428    |    95820
        8  | 21:17.46 |  1:56.62 |     95821    |   104582
        9  | 23:14.33 |  2:10.55 |    104583    |   114387
       10  | 25:25.13 |  2:24.24 |    114388    |   125211
       11  | 27:49.37 |  2:52.01 |    125212    |   138112
       12  | 30:41.38 |  4:44.21 |    138113    |   159433
       13  | 35:25.59 |  1:34.04 |    159434    |   166487
       14  | 36:59.63 |  0:47.27 |    166488    |   170039
       15  | 37:47.15 |  1:26.51 |    170040    |   176540
       16  | 39:13.66 |  3:22.48 |    176541    |   191738
       17  | 42:36.39 |  5:30.09 |    191739    |   216497
       18  | 48:06.48 |  2:22.03 |    216498    |   227150
       19  | 50:28.51 |  2:19.43 |    227151    |   237618
       20  | 52:48.19 |  3:44.52 |    237619    |   254470
       21  | 56:32.71 |  2:52.56 |    254471    |   267426
Range status and errors
Selected range
     Filename C:\avaxhome\Roscoe Mitchell - Solo 3 Disc 3.wav
     Peak level 97.7 %
     Extraction speed 7.0 X
     Range quality 99.9 %
     Copy CRC 1F41F16A
     Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track  1  not present in database
Track  2  not present in database
Track  3  not present in database
Track  4  not present in database
Track  5  not present in database
Track  6  not present in database
Track  7  not present in database
Track  8  not present in database
Track  9  not present in database
Track 10  not present in database
Track 11  not present in database
Track 12  not present in database
Track 13  not present in database
Track 14  not present in database
Track 15  not present in database
Track 16  not present in database
Track 17  not present in database
Track 18  not present in database
Track 19  not present in database
Track 20  not present in database
Track 21  not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 072AA0603C43962E5460FB63A921154EA6B0EAB38FA43AA79C5A7C799FBA6629 ====

REM GENRE Jazz
REM DISCID 250DED15
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b2"
PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
TITLE "Solo 3 Disc 3 - The Percussion Cage and Music on the Go"
FILE "Roscoe Mitchell - Solo 3 Disc 3.APE" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Horn Bell and Drum"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Clear Pictures"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 01:41:62
    INDEX 01 01:45:44
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Park"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 04:30:69
    INDEX 01 04:34:72
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Mercurians"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 08:38:04
    INDEX 01 08:42:11
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Clocks"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 11:09:31
    INDEX 01 11:13:15
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "A Surface Covered With Cracks"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 13:59:01
    INDEX 01 14:02:74
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Meteor"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 18:15:03
    INDEX 01 18:19:03
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Rings"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 21:13:45
    INDEX 01 21:17:46
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Some Flowers Were Seen"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 23:10:40
    INDEX 01 23:14:33
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Rock Nubmer 84001"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 25:21:12
    INDEX 01 25:25:13
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "An Ambiguous Sign of Life"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 27:44:57
    INDEX 01 27:49:37
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
    TITLE "On Rolling Hills"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 30:37:39
    INDEX 01 30:41:38
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
    TITLE "Jump"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 35:22:10
    INDEX 01 35:25:59
  TRACK 14 AUDIO
    TITLE "Green Sky"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 36:56:11
    INDEX 01 36:59:63
  TRACK 15 AUDIO
    TITLE "One Two and Red Blew"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 37:43:41
    INDEX 01 37:47:15
  TRACK 16 AUDIO
    TITLE "Truly"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 39:09:64
    INDEX 01 39:13:66
  TRACK 17 AUDIO
    TITLE "It Was Only a Nebula Away"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 42:31:60
    INDEX 01 42:36:39
  TRACK 18 AUDIO
    TITLE "Next Stop Titan"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 48:02:54
    INDEX 01 48:06:48
  TRACK 19 AUDIO
    TITLE "At Corona's End"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 50:24:55
    INDEX 01 50:28:51
  TRACK 20 AUDIO
    TITLE "Dust"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 52:44:37
    INDEX 01 52:48:19
  TRACK 21 AUDIO
    TITLE "Sailing"
    PERFORMER "Roscoe Mitchell"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 56:29:08
    INDEX 01 56:32:71

A triple-disc set of solo free jazz improvisations might seem like a daunting prospect, even for musically courageous souls, but multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell provides enough variety to keep the material fresh and unpredictable, playing many different horns and a battery of percussion along the way. Mitchell, a pivotal member of both the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, has had a versatile career as both composer and performer. Solo [3] shares his singular amalgamation of disparate styles -- jazz, world music and modern classical; the music may be eclectic, but it has a purposeful and well-crafted sensibility about it.
The first disc is devoted to pieces for sundry wind instruments. Some of these are really modified solo works, and feature Mitchell overdubbing several parts. "Little Big Horn 2" is a duet done in this fashion, for the unlikely combo of bass and sopranino saxophones. The bass plays long held notes while its smaller counterpart darts lithely in and out. "1999/2002" is another duet, this time for flute and percussion cage. Bell-like sonorities are set against the flute's folk-like melodies, creating music of a poignant lyricism. "Tech Ritter and the Megabytes" is an overdubbed quartet improvisation for two altos, tenor and bass saxophones. From both a linear and ensemble standpoint, Mitchell creates engaging material for the four horns. Sometimes they collaborate to create affecting post-tonal harmonies, while at other times all four go their separate ways, creating a digressive but engaging musical conversation.
Disc one's centerpiece is "November 18, 2000", a gargantuan twenty-minute piece for solo soprano saxophone. Mitchell creates soaring, swirling lines that breathlessly turn over and over in a non-stop angular stream of notes. Its loquacity is occasionally given grit and determination by squalls, shrieks and overblowing. While the entirety is an endurance test, the listener's exhaustion will no doubt be tempered with gratitude and wonder at having experienced this resolute work.
Disc two is comprised entirely of works for solo alto saxophone. As such, it serves as an album-length suite of pieces, demonstrating Mitchell's versatility and creativity in the more restrictive concept of solo works for the same instrument, sans overdubs. From "Nemus", with its post-bop phrasing, to the Schoenbergian dissonance of "Mirnada", Mitchell gives a clinic on how to create a polyphony of ideas on an instrument that generates a single melodic line. Even short works like "Icy Pearls" and "Methane Snow" are filled with wonderful moments, despite their pithy economy.
The last disc highlights Mitchell's percussive explorations. Most of his work in this domain has been done in what he calls the "Percussion Cage", a four-sided structure filled with hundreds of instruments. Most of these are small: bells, chimes, toy horns and drums, cymbals and bicycle horns. As such, they create an enigmatic and subtle sound world, which Mitchell explores with dynamic sensitivity and an imaginative ear for color. While few of the works on this disc have as forceful a presence as the saxophone works on the preceding two, their delicate beauty and multi-tiered structures are a lovely listening experience.
Sure, triple CD sets are out of vogue, particularly for creative artists outside the mainstream. This may make Solo [3] seem all the more rarefied, but it is the wide reach of Mitchell's music that causes this kind of anthologization to be efficacious -- indeed, almost necessary. I have seldom heard a set encompass so many facets of music with such economy of means. Highly recommended.
-- Christian Carey