Nicole Mitchell / Black Earth Strings - Renegades Release:Renegades Delmark engaging performances" (The Times (Don

engaging performances" (The Times (Don Quixote)) "If the acting is superb

the Mississippi-raised rapper bares his teeth with commanding bars and knockout hooks that prove impossible to shake

who laid the foundation for the songs: Walter Keiser (drums)

He was all dressed up and had pockets full of dough

Nicole Mitchell / Black Earth Strings - Renegades Release:Renegades Delmark engaging performances" (The Times (DonNicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings (BES), rides at the forefront of jazz, new music and creative improvisation. Mitchell's "rough and edgy" aesthetic rebels from the flowery sweet flute and string stereotype the runs rampant in jazz, which makes Renegades an appropriate title for the project. On Renegades, Mitchell's compositions bring African rhythms, contemporary sounds and swinging improvisation to a chamber music setting. Mitchell's BES concept