Creative flutist, composer, bandleader.
Nicole Mitchell has performed with great musicians and composers including Ed Wilkerson, Leroy Jenkins, James Newton, Harrison Bankhead, Vincent Davis, Roscoe Mitchell, David Boykin, Ernest Dawkins, Malachi Favors, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Fred Longberg-Holm, Josh Abrams, Douglas Ewart, Ari Brown, Joseph Jarman, Maggie Brown, Chad Taylor, Phil Nibloc, Michael Zerang and others. Nicole Mitchell has three recordings in which she is a featured solist.
Mitchell leads her own group, "Black Earth Ensemble," a forum for Mitchell compositions and creative vision. Black Earth recently released her debut album as composer and bandleader on the CD "Vision Quest." (Dreamtime Records). She also performs with the David Boykin Expanse on flute and piccolo and co-leads PTSH!, an ensemble including Edward Wilkerson (tenor sax), Vincent Davis (percussion), and Harrision Bankhead (bass). As a composer, her newest work, "Africa Rising: A Trilogy," was featured recently by Ernest Dawkins’ Live the Spirit Jazz Band and the Muntu Theater Drummers at Hamilton Park, Chicago.
For more information, visit their website: http://www.NicoleMitchell.com
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