Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections | Vision Festival 19 (3 of 3)

Nicole Mitchell - flute / David Boykin - tenor sax / Craig Taborn - piano / Chad Taylor - drums

“Fred Anderson left an indelible mark on Chicago’s jazz. As owner of the Velvet for over twenty years, he provided a stellar environment for the development of creative music inspiring countless generations of musicians while garnering an international audience. He was a quite man who rarely shared his ongoing struggles with city and local gangsters to keep things running. ‘The Secret Escapes of Fred Anderson’ likens Fred to a super hero, whose humble exterior masked his real-life heroic trials and tribulations. I wanted to make Fred smile, and that in this animation he can be a secret agent working against forces of musical demise” - Nicole Mitchell

Filmed and recorded on June 14, 2014 for AFA Vision Festival 19 at Roulette, Brooklyn

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Nicole M. Mitchell is an award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator. She is perhaps best known for her work as a flutist, having developed a unique improvisational language and having been repeatedly awarded “Top Flutist of the Year” by Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association (2010-2017). Mitchell initially emerged from Chicago’s innovative music scene in the late 90s, and her music celebrates contemporary African American culture.

David Boykin began studying music on the clarinet at the age of 21 in 1991 and first performed professionally in 1997.  Since 1997 he has released over 20 recordings as a leader; appeared as a features guest on other prominent musician’s recordings; performed at major international jazz festivals and smaller jazz venues locally and globally; and founded Sonic Healing Ministries, which is an organization dedicated to the spiritual evolution of humanity through music. 

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Craig Taborn has been performing piano and electronic music in the jazz, improvisational, and creative music scene for over twenty five years. He has experience composing for and performing in a wide variety of situations including jazz, new music, electronic, rock, noise and avant-garde contexts.

Chad Taylor is a composer, educator, percussionist and scholar who is a co-founder of the Chicago Underground ensembles. Originally from Tempe, AZ, Chad grew up in Chicago where he started performing professionally at the age of 15. Chad has performed with Fred Anderson, Derek Bailey, Cooper-Moore, Pharoah Sanders, Marc Ribot, Peter Brotzmann, Malachi Favors and many others.

Audio by Stephen Schmidt.

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