I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

The band continued on despite the loss. After having been back in Chicago for three years Mitchell then establiRoscoe Mitchelld the Creative Arts Collective (CAC) in 1974 that had a similar musical aesthetic to the AACM. The album was "a departure from the more extroverted work of the New York-based free jazz players" due in part to the band recording with "unorthodox devices" such as toys and bicycle horns.

He continues "to be a major figure. Roscoe Mitchell (b. " He has even been called a "super musician" and the New York Times has mentioned that he "qualifies as an iconoclast.