| Mitchell, Nicole / Awakening |
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| Album: | Awakening | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mitchell, Nicole | Added: | 10/2011 | |
| Label: | Delmark Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-09 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 11 Dec | 4 Dec | 27 Nov | 20 Nov | 13 Nov | 6 Nov | 30 Oct | 23 Oct |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recent Airplay |
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| 1. | Tue, 06 Dec 11: | Be Sharp Rebop | 4. | Fri, 25 Nov 11: | Fo No Cover, No Minimum | |
| 2. | Fri, 02 Dec 11: | Fo No Cover, No Minimum | 5. | Tue, 22 Nov 11: | Be Sharp Rebop | |
| 3. | Tue, 29 Nov 11: | Be Sharp Rebop | 6. | Tue, 15 Nov 11: | Be Sharp Rebop |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-10-09 | ||
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NICOLE MITCHELL: Awakening Delmark, 2011 MODERN JAZZ – AACM flutist Mitchell steps back from her recent large-scale projects for a quartet date featuring Jeff Parker on guitar. The music is friendly but challenging: after a light bop warm-up, the group quickly heads into adventurous new territory with quirky tunes that leave lots of improvising space. The band didn’t exist until a few days before recording, but they’ve all been associates on the Chicago scene for many years and that mutual familiarity shows. Solid stuff. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 6, 7, maybe 8 1. 6:58 – light, boppish stroll: flute runs high and low, relaxed guitar 2. 9:04 – steady linear groove / weightless emptiness / drifting solos / groove 3. 7:04 – circular modal groove has a hypnotic effect: easy to get lost in here 4. 2:24 – gentle tone poem, delicate and mysterious 5. 11:37 – three parts: chugging circles / free flute & drums / gentle daydream 6. 8:55 – low, stormy sound settles down with slow, bluesy guitar & flute solos 7. 6:21 – sneaky, quiet groove w/a funky touch: great twisty flute & bass solos 8. 6:03 – gently meandering: appealing solos over mysterious backing 9. 5:23 – light and slippery with just a hint of darkness under the surface [ Fo ] - October 2011 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Curly Top | 5. | Momentum | |
| 2. | Journey On A Thread | 6. | More Than I Can Say | |
| 3. | Center Of The Earth | 7. | There | |
| 4. | Snowflakes | 8. | F.O.C. | |
| 9. | Awakening | |||