Archive for the ‘Indigo Trio (Updates)’ Category

Happy friday, everyone. If you read our site regularly, you probably received an email blast this morning. If not, we announced our Holiday Bundles earlier today. There are some pretty sweet deals on every album in our catalog over at the store. Also, a pretty killer Subscriber package for new people wanting to overload their hard drive with tunage and support what we do.

More specials coming next week. Happy post-Turkey day.

This just in, and on newstands everywhere:

That’s 10 years in a row for DD, so doesn’t that make him the Trumpeter of the Decade? Kidding. Glad for the continued recognition. Also, it’s 2 years in a row for Donny in the Rising Star category, and 3 years in a row for Nicole — we hope they both keep rising.

Congrats to all the winners and honorably mentioned.

Tomorrow night, the 11th of March, Greenleaf artist the Indigo Trio (Nicole Mitchell, Harrison Bankhead, & Hamid Drake) kicks off a short tour of Europe in Katowice, Poland. This is the same band that played for the Live in Montreal show recorded for Greenleaf’s Paperback Series (Volume 3).

Each of the three members of this group play Europe a fair amount with different bands, but as a trio, this is a rare Euro-tour so don’t miss out on seeing these incredible Chicago improvisers in the flesh.

Mar 11 2008 8:00P Jazz Club Hipnoza Katowice, Poland
Mar 12 2008 10:00P Centro Cultural del Matadero Huesca, Spain
Mar 13 2008 8:00P Antico Teatro Sociale San Vito en Tagliamento, Italy
Mar 14 2008 8:00P Cinema-Teatro Torresino Padova, Italy
Mar 15 2008 8:00P Theatro Circo Braga Braga, Portugal
Mar 16 2008 8:00P Centro Congressi Artemide Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy

Come out and support great music!

A few upcoming concerts to post in this frenzied week of a release…

First, Nicole Mitchell is playing a free concert at Gallery 37 as part of the Umbrella Festival. It is a large ensemble playing music dedicated to Nicole’s father Michael. With a lineup like this, it is sure to be an incredible performance.

“QUALITIES OF MY FATHER:A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL E. MITCHELL”
Monday, November 19th
7 pm @ Gallery 37’s Storefront Theater
66 E. Randolph St. – 312-742-8497

Nicole Mitchell – flutes, composition / Kegdrick Pollum – flutes / Jennifer Swansen – flute / Renee Baker viola – viola / Todd Mathews – violin / James Sanders – violin / David Boykin – bass clarinet / Jeb Bishop – trombone / Jason Adasiewicz – vibes / Tyler Nelson – vibes / Anton Hatwich – bass

Also coming to Gallery 37 as part of the Downtown Sound Gallery series later next month is Jaimie Branch’s Panomic Syndicate. Jaimie recently played the FONT Festival with her group Princess, Princess. Catch her in her home town on December 3rd.

Jaimie Branch – trumpet
Matt Bauder – reeds
Jason Roebke – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums

Another Greenleaf friend playing this venue this month is the Gerald Cleaver Group. Great band. Surely won’t disappoint.

DECEMBER 17TH: GERALD CLEAVER GROUP

Pharez Witted – trumpet
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Andrew Bishop – tenor saxophone
Josh Abrams – bass
Gerald Cleaver – drums

There’s always good music going on. Go out and support it! See you there!

Nicole Mitchell will be playing tomorrow night (November 1st) as part of the Umbrella Festival. The collective group, Frequency, features Nicole Mitchell, Ed Wilkerson, Harrison Bankhead, and Avreeayl Ra, and will be performing at the Elastic Arts Center. Don’t miss out!

Umbrella Music is a group of Chicago-based musicians and presenters working together to provide concert opportunities for creative and improvising musicians. Their goal is to pool resources in order to reach a larger audience for the music, and to provide better performance situations for artists.

This years Umbrella Festival features 5 days jam-packed with local Chicago artists as well as European imports. Check out their website for more information.

Thursday November 1st

Elastic Arts Center
2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl
9:00 | Frequency feat. Nicole Mitchell
Peter Evans, and the Cor Fuhler/Jim Baker Duo Open
$10 Requested donation

And as an added bonus, Nicole will be performing solo at Gallery 37 on November 19th. Contact Gallery 37 for more details.

Monday, November 19th
Gallery 37
7:00PM | Nicole Mitchell Solo
FREE (tickets required)

It was a beautiful night last night here in Chicago–not only the weather, but the music coming out of Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. For those who missed this incredible performance, I offer some pictures I snapped as well as a video. More video to come.

Great show Nicole!

Tomorrow night, August 9th, Nicole Mitchell will unveil her Tribute to Alice Coltrane called “Many Paths To The Sea,” in Chicago at Millennium Park.

Nicole has put together a large ensemble made up of the Black Earth Orchestra including David Boykin on tenor sax, Renee Baker and James Sanders on violin/viola, Tomeka Reid on cello, David Young on trumpet, Ahn Fung, Kengdrick Pollum and Nicole on flutes, Marcus Evans and Avreeayl Ra percussion, Josh Abrams bass. Black Earth will also welcome special guests Myra Melford, piano, Matana Roberts, alto sax and Maia harp.

For those who read the Chicago Reader article, you may know that this concert is a Critics Choice for this week, so don’t miss out!

Relevant info:

Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Orchestra
6:30pm Pritzker pavilion,
Millennium Park, 100 N. Michigan
312-742-1168

This week’s Chicago Reader hit Thursday, and anyone who picked one up can see the Indigo Trio’s Nicole Mitchell on the front page. Peter Margasak delivers an in depth, comprehensive article on Nicole–her life, her music, her many projects. If I could quote him for a second: “…Nicole Mitchell is on her way to becoming the greatest living flutist in jazz.” Strong, but true words in our opinion. Check out Dave’s contribution to the accolades on page 16 if you have a hard-copy. If not CLICK HERE for the Reader’s website.

You can pick up Mitchell/Bankhead/Drake, Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal, the 3rd volume of our Paperback Series HERE.

It’s that time of year again when Downbeat releases its Critics Poll awards, and we here at Greenleaf relay those statistics to you. Mr. Douglas was certainly not overlooked, getting top honors for his Trumpet playing (that’s the 7th year in a row!), honorably mentioned in the Jazz Artist and Composer categories, as well as having Meaning & Mystery cited as one of the top Albums of the Year.

And while we are on the subject, he also received trumpet player of the year by the Jazz Journalists Association last week. While we celebrate here, Dave continues his tour with the SF Jazz Collective.

Lastly, who is more deserving of the Rising Star Flutist award then our own Nicole Mitchell? Our hats are off to her as well!