With The Antidote Suite, percussionist and composer JoVia Armstrong
offers healing and pathways to unconventional societies in a compelling
Afrofuturist tapestry of space and rhythm. An infusion of dub, rap, and
avant guard jazz, it is the first release of flutist Nicole Mitchell’s new
label, Black Earth Music.

MEDITATIONS ON OYA of the Antidote Suite by JoVia Armstrong

Leave It Alone by Coco Elysses
Performed by Black Earth SWAY

Coco Elysses diddley bow, vocals, composition
Nicole Mitchell flute
Alexis Lombre piano
JoVia Armstrong percussion

Black Earth SWAY

Leave It Alone by Coco Elysses

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Dan Stearns - instruments and composition, with old friends Jim Capone on clarinets and soprano sax, and Scott Dakota on the production, engineering and mix.

"In a World Out of Tune" was composed in 1988 for a guitar contest. I was influenced by a lot of music in this period still, like Ives and The Decoding Society for example, but when I listen to it now I think it more or less was the first thing I did where I'd say maybe I was starting to just try to be myself- which of course just starts a journey that never ends if you want to try to keep moving forward towards any momentum in that type of a direction... the classic "damned if you do, and damned if you don't"!

In any event, the piece did place in the soundpage competition that year for Guitar Player Magazine and was said to sound something like "Carla Bley meets Merciful Fate", or so it was written anyway- and in a magazine I'd read since I was in middle school and my mom could buy at a store.... ha, the big time, my sentence-and-a-half of fame!

One of the great things I remember about this time was working with Scott Dakota, who was a close friend then whom I learned a lot from. My friend and frequent collaborator back then, Jim Capone, as well... as this was some of the last recording we did together before he went into Peace Corps and was suddenly in Swaziland. For me, that time with those people, that's what I remember most now* 

*having 'flashed in the pan' as it were and moved on to the other thing at the end of the rainbow--

Daniel Stearns - "In A World Out of Tune"

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Podcast #4 - Acidcore

'It sounded like I had dropped my tray of drinks': a rocky start, but Bonnie Greer's first experience of avant-garde music collective the AACM (the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians)got better...

Jazz on 3's AACM 50th anniversary celebration is available for 30 days here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06mf1j3

Photo: copyright Jacky LePage www.jackylepage.com

Bonnie Greer on how the AACM changed her life [02.11.15]

This Moment is a song written for collaboration between Malian master musician Ballake Sissoko and Black Earth Ensemble for the Bamako*Chicago project featuring Babani Koni and Mankwe Nodsi (vocals), Fassery Diabete (balafon), Ballake Sissoko (kora), Nicole Mitchell (flute, composition), Felton Offard (guitar), Joshua Abrams (bass) and Jovia Armstrong (percussion). It was performed in Paris at Branly Museum. 

This Moment (Bamako*Chicago)

Today, Today from Ice Crystal, Aquarius with Joshua Abrams bass, Frank Rosaly drums, Jason Adasievicz on vibes and myself on flutes, composition.

Today, Today (Ice Crystal)

Music that offers healing and illuminates alternative worlds.

Audio treats from the team behind BBC Radio 3's Jazz on 3.

I'm a flute player, an improviser/composer and I'm mostly making and performing my music in the jazz and experimental music realms throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.  My most active groups are Black Earth Ensemble and Black Earth SWAY.  I also do some composing for new music (classical) settings and make soundtracks.  And I really enjoy playing with my friends including Moor Mother, Tiger Trio, Indigo Trio, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, David Boykin Expanse, Michael Dessen, Mark Dresser and others.

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