Acclaimed musician/composer Roscoe Mitchell continues his textural elaborations of the 'Conversations' recordings with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku. 'Ride the Wind' is a collaboration with the Montreal - Toronto Art Orchestra, an extraordinary group of improvising musicians. The ensemble consists of 6 woodwind, piano, vibraphone, tuba, 2 each of trumpet, trombone, viola, string bass and drums. Mitchell joins the orchestra on sopranino saxophone for 'They Rode For Them - part 2'. The ensemble had 4 days of rehearsal and concerts in Montreal and Toronto before venturing into the recording studio.