NICOLE MITCHELL’S DUSTY WINGS
Agility was everywhere in the music that flutist Mitchell presented at the cozy Harbor Stage on Sunday. Her group included vocalist Fay Victor, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, drummer Shirazette Tinnin, and bassist Rashaan Carter, and their ever-morphing forward motion repeatedly bet the farm on poise. It was an ensemble approach that made all their gambits—and some were quite tricky—seem blithe. Tinnin’s brush work was key to establishing a pivot point during one piece, and Victor’s extended techniques created a flurry of nuanced lingo that was wonderfully aligned with the leader’s airy flourishes and Bynum’s muted murmurs.
