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Black Unstoppable

Read "Black Unstoppable" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Nicole Mitchell Black Unstoppable Delmark 2008 The release of flutist Nicole Mitchell's Black Unstoppable as a DVD as well as a CD presents the listener with a difficult choice beyond the usual dichotomy of sound or (added) vision. Although the program is the same (though with two tracks ...

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News: Performance / Tour

This July 4th Weekend, Celebrate Your Right to Free Jazz

This July 4th Weekend, Celebrate Your Right to Free Jazz

The Independence Day weekend may be synonymous with American music, but in Chicago that doesn't necessarily mean marches by John Philip Sousa (glorious though they are). Free jazz, hard-core bebop, American popular song--that's how Chicago marks the 4th of July holiday weekend. Among the highlights: What's billed as an Independence Day Celebration will feature Chicago flutist ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Black Earth Ensemble New Sci-Fi Inspired CD

Black Earth Ensemble New Sci-Fi Inspired CD

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble celebrates Sci-fi Inspired CD New CD release, Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler is followed with a Multi-Arts Performance and Exhibition. Featuring Margaret Morris (solo dance), Krista Franklin (visual art) and Floyd Webb (experimental video). On Thursday, June 19 at 7:30pm at Columbia College's Music Hall (1014 S. Michigan), Nicole ...

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Article: Film Review

Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable

Read "Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble Black Unstoppable Delmark 2007 This DVD is representative of lighter, airier aspects of flautist Nicole Mitchell's music, and the seven- piece Black Earth Ensemble puts a whole new spin on the notion through skillful deployment. The music is never forced and always the product of ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler

Read "Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Expectations must have been confounded in the premiere of flutist Nicole Mitchell's Xenogenesis Suite at the 2007 Vision Festival. Presented here in a crisply recorded version from the Firehouse 12 studio the previous day, the suite is a far cry from her previous Festival appearance with a freewheeling trio in 2005, and very different again from ...

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News: Recording

Nicole Mitchell's Xenogenesis Suite Released Today on Firehouse 12 Records

Nicole Mitchell's Xenogenesis Suite Released Today on Firehouse 12 Records

NEW HAVEN, CT -- Firehouse 12 Records is proud to announce the April 29th release of Chicago-based flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell's Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler (FH12-04-01-006), the new studio recording of her extended composition of the same name. The piece, realized by her longstanding group, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, was commissioned by Chamber ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute To Octavia Butler

Read "Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute To Octavia Butler" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

There's both a buzz and an independence about flautist Nicole Mitchell. Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute To Octavia Butler is her second disc for a label other than her own and it marks the arrival of a singular talent for whom the future holds much promise. That said there's a pervasive anxiety in this music that can ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler

Read "Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

The most important jazz flutist of her generation, Nicole Mitchell reveals another facet of her diverse musical persona on Xenogenesis Suite. Inspired by the work of Hugo award winning Afro-Futurist science fiction author Octavia Butler (1947-2006), Mitchell transposes Butler's words into an abstract sonic travelogue. Breathlessly vivacious and boldly creative, it is Mitchell's most experimental and ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble: Black Unstoppable

Read "Black Unstoppable" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Ce l'ha fatta a farsi faticosamente largo tra le definizioni di comodo/curiosità che hanno accompagnato i primi anni della sua carriera, Nicole Mitchell. Flautista, prima donna a presiedere l'AACM, la musicista di Chicago vede ora sempre più riconosciute le sue qualità di artista totale, e consapevole, impegnata a costruire delle narrazioni il cui significato va ben ...

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Article: Film Review

Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable

Read "Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble Black Unstoppable Delmark 2008 Nicole Mitchell is probably best known for her work in jazz, but she recently has explored classical and African music as well as rhythm & blues and soul. She puts it all together impressively, letting the music speak loud ...


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