JUN 8–19 | 39th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival
Jun 13, 2022
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, Nubya Garcia will no longer be performing at this concert. In her place on the double bill will be Nicole Mitchell performing her 'Black Earth Sway' project. Brandee Younger will still perform as scheduled.
Two visionary instrumentalists exemplifying jazz’s exploratory spirit share this exclusive double bill.
ABOUT NICOLE MITCHELL
Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell returns to the Miner stage after her show-stealing performance with SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Terri Lyne Carrington’s 2021–22 Season tribute to the influence of Wayne Shorter, Music Emanon. The former chairperson of Chicago’s iconic Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), she brings a special edition of her long-running Black Earth Ensemble called Black Earth Sway, an ensemble devoted to liberation through folk-inspired futurism, in the celebration of open spirits and Black sisterhood. The group features keyboardist Alexis Lombre, drummer JoVia Armstrong, and Coco Elysses on diddley bow, the one-string homemade instrument derived from the West African zither and indigenous to the rural South that influenced the Delta blues sound.
ABOUT BRANDEE YOUNGER
Carrying on and expanding the tradition ofpioneering jazz harpists Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, Brandee Younger made her public debut in 2007 as a grad student at NYU, when saxophonist Ravi Coltrane enlisted the then-23-year-old to participate in the memorial service for his mother Alice. A student of jazz great Jackie McLean, Younger has collaborated with artists from the worlds of jazz and hip hop, including Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Pharoah Sanders, Lauren Hill, and Common. In 2021 she released her Impulse! Records debut, Somewhere Else, which earned Younger a Best Instrumental Composition GRAMMY nomination for the track “Beautiful is Black.” She performs at SFJAZZ in a trio with master musicians Dezron Douglas on bass and Allan Mednard on drums.
The most important jazz flutist of her generation. Mitchell proves herself an innovative composer, magnanimous band leader and compelling soloist
All About Jazz
The most important jazz flutist of her generation. Mitchell proves herself an innovative composer, magnanimous band leader and compelling soloist
All About Jazz
Personnel
BRANDEE YOUNGER
Brandee Younger harp
Dezron Douglas bass
Allan Mednard drums
NICOLE MITCHELL
Nicole Mitchell flute, electronics, vocals
Coco Elysses diddley bow, percussion, vocals
Alexis Lombre keyboards, vocals
JoVia Armstrong percussion, electronics, vocals
Her radiant playing is as cogent on hip-hop and R&B albums as it is set against classical and jazz backdrops
The New Yorker on Brandee Younger
Personnel
BRANDEE YOUNGER
Brandee Younger harp
Dezron Douglas bass
Allan Mednard drums
NICOLE MITCHELL
Nicole Mitchell flute, electronics, vocals
Coco Elysses diddley bow, percussion, vocals
Alexis Lombre keyboards, vocals
JoVia Armstrong percussion, electronics, vocals
Her radiant playing is as cogent on hip-hop and R&B albums as it is set against classical and jazz backdrops
The New Yorker on Brandee Younger
Watch & Listen
Brandee Younger
Reclamation
Brandee Younger
Reclamation