Liberation Narratives, by Nicole Mitchell & Haki R. Madhubuti

Liberation Narratives

by Nicole Mitchell & Haki R. Madhubuti

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1.	Often Hard to Believe 04:49	buy track
2.	Move Into Our Own 08:19	buy track
3.	Gwendolyn Brooks 06:53	buy track
4.	Too Many Of Our Young 09:39	buy track
5.	Blackman Unfinished 06:29	buy track
6.	Rise Vision 10:54	buy track
7.	Peace Starts Inside of You 05:50	buy track
8.	We Walk In The Way of The New World 04:40	buy track
9.	Woman Black 06:14	buy track
10.	Poetry 02:56	buy track

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In 2014, Mitchell was commissioned by the Jazz Institute of Chicago to write music inspired by the poetry of Haki Madhbuti. Liberation Narratives, the latest release by composer, flautist and conceptualist Nicole Mitchell, will be released by the notable African-American publisher, Third World Press. The founder and director of Third World Press is named Haiki R. Madhubuti. The album features Madhubuti reading his own poetry spanning his entire career from the 1960s to the present. Known formerly as Don L. Lee, he was a protege of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African-American poet to receive the Pulitzer Prize.

Mitchell and Madhubuti have a deep connection which spans a number of years, starting when Mitchell first moved to Chicago, and sought employment at Madhubuti's Third World Press. She explains: "When moved to Chicago in 1990, I looked up Third World Press in the phone book and went down to this little storefront off of 75th and Cottage Grove. Here it was — a bookstore, a publishing company and a school all squeezed up in the same building. The vibe was exciting and I immediately asked to meet the owner, Haki Madhubuti. I told him I wanted to work there because I believed in what he was doing — he was making a real difference in the community. He looked at me — I was totally unprofessional and had no degree and no real skills, but he said “OK.” First I started typing manuscripts and eventually I did the graphic design and book layouts. I stayed TWP for thirteen years, at the center of one of Chicago’s cultural institutions, and with great mentorship from Haki. This time was core to my development."

In 2014, Mitchell was commissioned by the Jazz Institute of Chicago to write music inspired by her relationship with Madhubuti which would ultimately form the basis of this album. "Liberation Narratives" was first performed by Mitchell and her Black Earth Ensemble, alongside Madhubuti at La Follette Park in Chicago in April 2014.

Mitchell reconfigured the music at the end of 2016 for this album, which was recorded live at the University of Chicago's Logan Center, two days after the election of Donald Trump. Much of the energy of that moment is captured in the music captured on this album.

This release will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Third World Press. The most famous of his works is Black Men: Single, Obsolete, Dangerous? which sold over 2 million copies. Liberation Narratives is also the name of a book of Madubhuti's collected poetry from the beginning of his career until 2012.

In sum, Mitchell says: "I feel there is an immediate connection between Madhubuti's words and what we are going through today, so I thought it was important to make them assessable to people that my not find his books."

Release Date - September 29, 2017
Third World Records

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released September 29, 2017

Liberation Narrative features Mitchell on flutes, vocalist Ugochi, trumpeter Pharez Whitted, cellist Tomeka Reid, violinist Rene Baker, pianist Miguel de la Cerna, bassist Harrison Bankhead, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara.

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fullyaltered@gmail.com

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Nicole Mitchell is a creative flutist, composer and educator. Having emerged from the Chicago avant-garde scene in the early 90’s, Mitchell formerly served as the first woman president of Chicago’s AACM. Her mission is to “celebrate the power of endless possibility by creating visionary worlds through music.” ... more

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