Flutist Michell Releases New Delmark Album

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Delmark recording will release Nicole Mitchell and Black Earth Ensemble’s BLACK UNSTOPPABLE!! This will be the first Delmark recording in its 54 years to feature a woman instrumentalist as a leader.

There will be a CD/DVD Release party at the Velvet Lounge in Chicago Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 9 p.m.

Black Earth Ensemble’s music embraces the ancient past and paints visions of a positive future; a weaving of swing, blues, avant garde jazz, bebop, African rhythms, Eastern modes, and Western classical sounds. Artists in the group include Justin Dillard (piano), David Boykin (tenor saxophone, percussion), David Young (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals) and Marcus Evans (drums).



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