Down Beat (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Despite Mitchell's astonishing melodic invention and technical assurance, she conceives this music as a cooperative venture -- an approach that's clear through her kaleidoscopic, resourceful arrangements."
JazzTimes (p.85) - "Nicole Mitchell's music is infused with a spirit of liberation that transcends ideology....Few flutists can summon the variety of tones, textures, emotional realms and degrees of light from the instrument that Mitchell can..."
Nicole Mitchell: David Young (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Ugochi Nwaogwugwu (vocals); Jeff Parker (guitar); Tomeka Reid (cello, shekere); David Boykin (tenor saxophone, percussion); Justin Dillard (piano); Josh Abrams (bass guitar); Marcus Evans (drums).
Personnel: Nicole Mitchell (flute, alto flute, piccolo).
Chicagoan Nicole Mitchell is the founder of the critically acclaimed Black Earth Ensemble and has also performed with free jazz heavywheights the likes of Hamid Drake, Anthony Braxton, and Rob Mazurek. Her eclectic Black Earth Ensemble features influences and inspiration that run the gamut of jazz history (from New Orleans to the avant-garde) and beyond (funk, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean music, poetry, and dance choreography). BLACK UNSTOPPABLE finds's Mitchell fronting her large band, and embracing the past, while looking to an open and limitless musical horizon.