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Nicole Mitchell

Born: February 17, 1967

"One of Chicago's more inspiring jazz visionaries, " (Chicago Tribune), Nicole Mitchell is a creative instrumentalist, composer, bandleader and an educator. With her ensembles, and as a featured flutist, she has been a highlight at art venues and festivals throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. A recent recipient of the 2011 Alpert Award and a former president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Nicole Mitchell explores new sounds and creative techniques as a flutist and as a composer. She has performed with creative luminaries including George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Myra Melford, Orbert Davis, Lori Freedman and Muhal Richard Abrams

Chicago Tapes

By Angelika Niescier

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Rejoice, Disrupt, Resist; Poranek; SAMO (bsqt); Ext. 17; Great Horned Owl; Fluxed; Bouncin' the Ledge; Perigeo; E Randolph Street.

No Nation but Imagination

By Alexander Hawkins

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Solo Way Far Gone; Resolution Each and Every; Mirror No Border; Circles in the Celestial Garden: Lullaby Much Further; Hocket Fierce Peaceful; Joy Beyond Blazing; Open Sea, Boat's Land; Coda Over the Fence.

Nite Bjuti: Minwi

by Kevin Poindexter
October 3, 2026

When Nite Bjuti  (pronounced Night Beauty), Candice Hoyes, Mimi Jones, and Val Jeanty  take to the stage, the surrounding air is charged with energy and anticipation. The trio conjures voices that invoke their ancestral past, and those voices guide them and help to shape and change the future. On Minwi, (Haitian Creole for midnight), Nite Bjuti channels that ...

New York City Jazz Performance Preview: Fall 2026

by Paul Reynolds
September 16, 2026

New York season includes the first fall programs from two recently opened midtown clubs--The Pocket and Jazzcultural and higher-profile shows for fine emerging performers such as singer Ekep Nkwelle and pianist/arranger Joe Block. The preeminent departure is that of Wynton Marsalis who, after 30 years in the job, will lead his last season as ...

Vision Festival 2026, Part 1

by Luciano Rossetti
July 26, 2026

Joe Morris at Vision Fest 30

by Fran Kursztejn
June 28, 2026

Joe MorrisAbrons Arts CenterVision Festival New York, NYJune 23, 2026 “Joe Morris is the real deal," said Matthew Shipp, relating the first time he met the multi-hyphenate musician and educator, who was presented with the Arts for Art's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Vision Festival. Morris introduced himself ...

Alexander Hawkins: No Nation but Imagination

by Kevin Poindexter
June 12, 2026

Pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins has spent years at the forefront of the European jazz avant- garde scene, leading various mutations of the standard group format, from solo piano to large ensembles and everything in between. Experimenting with different dynamics, instruments, and musicians, and adapting them to fulfill the needs of the music has been his ...

Ralph Alessi Quartet al Torrione di Ferrara

by Libero Farnè
April 21, 2026

Ralph Alessi Quartet Torrione Jazz Club Ferrara 18 aprile 2026 Il Torrione, riconosciuto ormai a livello internazionale come un jazz club di prim'ordine con la sua programmazione costantemente rivolta all'attualità, è sempre frequentato da uno zoccolo duro di adepti, da una “confraternita del jazz" avrebbe detto John Fante. Tra gli ...

Stop, Reset and Consider: Listening to Women Jazz Artists

by Jon Greenbaum
March 15, 2026

It's Women's History Month and we are focusing on women jazz artists. We're playing albums where women are leading the date or are featured prominently.Playlist Emily Rach Beisel “Her Still Singing Limbs" from Sumptuous Branching (Amalgam) 00:00 Satoko Fujii Quartet “Mountain Gnome" from Burning Wick (Libra Records) 07:05 Susie Ibarra “Human Beginnings" from Flower ...