| Mitchell, Nicole / Black Earth Strings / Renegades |
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| Album: | Renegades | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mitchell, Nicole / Black Earth Strings | Added: | 07/2009 | |
| Label: | Delmark Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-07-12 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-13 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 30 Aug | 23 Aug | 16 Aug | 9 Aug | 26 Jul | 19 Jul |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 15, 2011: | Music Casserole By My Own Grace | 4. | Aug 23, 2009: | Transmission Overload Renegades | |
| 2. | Aug 28, 2009: | Memory Select - Joe Maneri Edition Renegades | 5. | Aug 22, 2009: | Music Casserole By My Own Grace | |
| 3. | Aug 28, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Crossroads | 6. | Aug 21, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum By My Own Grace |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-07-11 | ||
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NICOLE MITCHELL’S BLACK EARTH STRINGS: Renegade Delmark, 2009 POSTMODERN JAZZ – This chamber quintet (flute, strings and percussion) blends an avant-garde approach and strong world music influences into an approachable but challenging cross-cultural stew. Mitchell’s restlessly inventive flute explorations, matched by the agile band, blaze a unique, compelling path through modern jazz. This music digs down to the roots but also looks boldly toward the horizon. Neat! Nicole Mitchell - flutes, piccolo, vocals Renee Baker - violin, viola Tomeka Reid - cello Josh Abrams - bass, gimbre Sirazette Tinnin - drums, percussion * * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16 1. 5:54 – funky staccato walk: twirling flute, emotive violin, shifting percussion 2. 3:49 – urban stroll, leaps through several short sections, impressive solos 3. 3:53 – upbeat hop/skip/jump melody, sparkling interplay all around 4. 3:50 – gimbre (North African bass) leads a jaunty trip across the sands 5. 3:24 – avant-jazz: quick phrases, linked by tangled solo strands 6. 5:28 – gentle fantasy: lovely cello, low flute moan, empowering vocal at end 7. 4:36 – lopsided yet funky groove: piccolo jabs/thrusts, bass seems amused 8. 1:56 – amorphous slumps and smears, heavy on the bass 9. 6:03 – adventurous reworking of a classic spiritual melody, great arranging 10. 5:19 – a series of abstracted settings, full of ancient mystery 11. 3:32 – free-jazz: scramble, then very slow, abstract interplay, solo violin 12. 4:17 – snappy strut; lively boppish solos all around 13. 4:00 – sneaky midtempo, cinematic & dreamlike with happy floating flute 14. 1:40 – relaxed bass improvisation slinks between slow strings 15. 5:43 – oblique intro, jogs lightly, breaks up into free jazz, settles like dust 16. 3:47 – upbeat: childhood and butterflies, but it turns serious later on… [ Fo ] 07/11/09 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Crossroads | 9. | Wade | |||
| 2. | No Matter What | 10. | Waterdance | |||
| 3. | Ice | 11. | Symbology #1 | |||
| 4. | Windance | 12. | Mama Found Out | |||
| 5. | Renegades | 13. | If I Could Have You The Way I Want You | |||
| 6. | By My Own Grace | 14. | Symbology #2 | |||
| 7. | What If | 15. | Waris Dirie | |||
| 8. | Symbology #2a | 16. | Aaya's Rainbow |