Nicole Mithcell's Black Earth Strings

Nicole Mitchell is an award-winning flutist, composer, bandleader, recording artist, and educator. She has been an integral part of the avant-jazz and experimental music scenes since the early '90s. She is also a former president of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). On her first three albums with her Black Earth Ensemble (Vision Quest, 2001; Afrika Rising, 2002; Hope, Future and Destiny, 2004) on the Dreamtime label, she established with saxophonist David Boykin, she garnered the attention of avant-jazz aficionados, but also the mainstream...