Before EarthSeed, flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell had already composed two large-scale works inspired by the work of sci-fi novelist Octavia Butler. This third one, … Read More “Nicole Mitchell & Lisa E. Harris: EarthSeed (FPE)”
The Polish city of Wrocław—population 640,000—doesn’t have a very robust jazz scene, but for 10 days this past November it was transformed into one of … Read More “Jazztopad Festival: From Poland, with Swing”
To a great degree, Liberation Narratives is a Nicole Mitchell album in the way that Clifford Brown With Strings is a Neal Hefti album. It’s … Read More “Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti: Liberation Narratives (Black Earth)”
Recorded live in Chicago and performed in 2015, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the AACM, Mandorla Awakening II is a resplendent reminder … Read More “Nicole Mitchell: Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)”
Ambitious, dense and daunting, Chicago flutist-composer Nicole Mitchell’s Intergalactic Beings is a suite of darkly cinematic music inspired by the work of African-American science fiction … Read More “Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble: Intergalactic Beings (FPE)”
Flutist Nicole Mitchell’s Indigo Trio has captured the joy and reverence befitting the pursuit of Divine Consciousness as is practiced in the Tantric tradition in … Read More “Indigo Trio: The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest“
Nicole Mitchell’s emergence as the jazz flutist of the moment-and Jeff Parker’s continuing ascension as one of improvisational music’s great young guitarists-is only furthered by … Read More “Nicole Mitchell : Awakening”
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