Nicole Mitchell

Chicago Afrocentric singer/flutist/piccolo player Nicole Mitchell continues to be area of the area’s jazz/experimental music scene because the early ’90s. Initial lending her skills to additional artist’s tasks (David Boykin, Ed Wilkerson), Mitchell released her single debut in 2001, entitled Vision Quest, acknowledged to Nicole Mitchell and Dark Earth Ensemble. Joined up with for the recording by way of a sponsor of other music artists (violinists Savoir Faire and Edith Yokley, bassist Darius Savage, plus percussionists Hamid Drake and Avreeayl Ra), Eyesight Quest received beneficial reviews within the Chicago music press, as avant-jazz veteran (and fellow flutist) Wayne Newton offered compliment, stating that Newton “offers produced new methods that have not really yet been noticed from some other flutist.” A yr later, Afrika Increasing came on Dreamtime Information. It had been also credited towards the Mitchell/Dark Earth Ensemble mixture, carrying on her collaborations using the huge Chicago-area ensemble.