Vision Quest (album)

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Vision Quest
File:Vision Quest Mitchell cover.jpeg
Live album by Nicole Mitchell
Released 2001
Recorded June & July, 2000
HotHouse, Soul Vegetarian East, Duncan YMCA, Chicago River, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length 73:30
Label Dreamtime
Producer Nicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell chronology
Vision Quest
(2001)
Afrika Rising
(2002)Afrika Rising2002

Vision Quest is the debut album by American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell with her group Black Earth Ensemble, which was released in 2001 on Dreamtime, the label she establishes with David Boykin.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[1]

In his review for AllMusic, Alain Drouot states "Her pieces display her knack for pretty melodies full of spirituality and poetry, whether they take the form of a reverie or are developed over a solid groove."[1]

The Exclaim! review by David Dacks says "Vision Quest is both dissonant and groovy all the way through, and that is worth celebrating."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Nicole Mitchell
  1. "Sanctuary: Aaya's Rainbow" –7:11
  2. "Vision Quest Part One: Seeking Enlightenment" – 6:06
  3. "Vision Ques Parts Two/Three: Journey of Discovery/The Unknown " – 4:10
  4. "Episodes of an Obscure Life Episode One" – 3:57
  5. "Episodes of an Obscure Life Episodes Two/Three" – 3:11
  6. "Daddy Gone" – 6:27
  7. "Bird of Desire" – :23
  8. "Sweet Tooth" – 3:13
  9. "Off the Clock" – 5:36
  10. "For the Brave" – 2:26
  11. "On the Nile" – 15:42
  12. "Tale of Youth's Adventures" – 6:34
  13. "The Bath" – 8:42

Personnel

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Drouot, Alain. Nicole Mitchell – Vision Quest: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  2. Dacks, David. Vision Quest review at Exclaim!