The Bad Guys (album)

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The Bad Guys
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Live album by
Released2003
RecordedJuly 8, 2000
Venue Fano
Genre Jazz
Length62:09
Label Around Jazz / Il Manifesto
Roscoe Mitchell chronology
Song for My Sister
(2002)
The Bad Guys
(2003)
Solo [3]
(2004)

The Bad Guys is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and The Note Factory, which was recorded live in 2000 at the Jazz by the Sea Festival in Fano. [1] It was released by the Around Jazz label in 2003. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated
  1. "Choro Por Merilina" (Stephen Rush) – 7:36
  2. "Down in the Basement" – 13:35
  3. "Oh, See How They Run to L.A." – 9:17
  4. "Do That Dance Called the Tangler" – 15:36
  5. "The Bad Guys" (Stephen Rush) – 11:10
  6. "That Would Be Fine" – 4:55

Personnel

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References

  1. Original Liner Notes by Isio Saba
  2. Kelman, John (November 9, 2010). "Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: Far Side". AllAboutJazz . Retrieved June 16, 2022.