Poet Haki R. Madhubuti and musician Nicole Mitchell collaborated on a collection of poems set to music.
(New Music Circle)
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Former Long Beach resident and flutist Nicole Mitchell and poet Haki-Madhubuti discuss their collaboration
By Jeremy D. Goodwin
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Mar 15, 2019
Jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell was taking a break from college when she started volunteering at Third World Press, a Chicago bookstore and publishing house. That move sparked a lifelong mentorship with the press’s founder, poet and activist Haki R. Madhubuti.
Twenty
years later, the two collaborated on a collection of his poems set to
music. They’ve performed the material only a few times, and never
outside Chicago. That changes Saturday, when they play a New Music
Circle concert at St. Louis University.
“It’s a collaboration I think that does work; an intergenerational
collaboration that works,” said Madhubuti, 77. “And I’ve always believed
that if indeed this country is going to experience greatness, it will
come from the new generation.”
In the time since Mitchell and Madhubuti met, she has became an internationally renowned bandleader and composer. He has expanded his legacy as a luminary of the Black Arts Movement and an institution-builder.
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