Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist".|title=Roscoe Mitchell at Allmusic|author=Chris Kelsey|access-date=2006-12-29}} The Penguin Guide to Jazz described him as "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz;The Penguin Guide to Jazz by Richard Cook, Brian Morton, et al. p. 916, eighth edition All About Jazz stated in 2004 that he had been "at the forefront of modern... meer