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Why Roscoe Mitchell is Important: CHUCK NESSA
It was Chuck Nessa who, after moving to Chicago in 1966 to manage the Jazz Record Mart, was responsible for bringing the AACM into recorded history. As a member of a group of jazz fans and JRM regulars including Terry Martin, John Litweiler and Jerry Figi, Chuck Nessa convinced Jazz Record Mart and Delmark Records owner Koester to record members of the AACM, then still a fledgling free jazz organization. Nessa Records was started in 1967 at the urging of Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie.
My relationship with Roscoe began in the Summer of 1966 and continues to this day. It is so personal to me, I have trouble putting it in words.
His music grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go. I didn’t understand it at first and had a crash course at rehearsals. Within a month we were in a studio recording Sound for Delmark.
About a year later Roscoe and Lester Bowie convinced me to start a record company to record their music.
These events have set the course of my professional life.
Table & Chairs Presents: Roscoe Mitchell Performs Nonaah on June 7th, 2013 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle.
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