Arc of O

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Arc of O
Arc of O cover.jpeg
Live album by
Released2012
RecordedDecember 2, 2010
Venue Poznań
Genre Jazz
Length58:28
Label RogueArt
Producer Michel Dorbon
Nicole Mitchell chronology
Awakening
(2011)
Arc of O
(2012)
Aquarius
(2013)

Arc of O (subtitled For Improvisers, Chamber Orchestra and Electronics) is an album by American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell & an_Arche New Music Ensemble, a Polish chamber group co-founded and directed by Rafal Zapala and Filip Walcerz. [1] It was recorded live as part of the Made in Chicago Festival of Poznań in 2010 and released on the French RogueArt label. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Down Beat review by Michael Jackson says "One of Mitchell's assets, one might clain the mark of genius, is her ability to command and maintain, through composition, conduction and her own liquid flutework, fresh grooves one minute, complete abstraction the next." [3]

The All About Jazz review by John Sharpe notes that "In the liners, the flutist explains that Arc of O has been a turning point, leading to further commissions bridging the jazz and contemporary worlds. If they are all as stimulating as this outing then perhaps they will generate their own terminology." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Nicole Mitchell
  1. "Arc of O" – 43:14
  2. "Afrika Rising" – 15:11

Personnel

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References

  1. Original Liner Notes by John Corbett
  2. Arc of O at RogueArt
  3. 1 2 Jackson, Michael. Arc of O review. Down Beat November 12: page 50. Print.
  4. Sharpe, John. Arc of O review at All About Jazz