THE SECRET ESCAPADES OF VELVET ANDERSON, by NICOLE MITCHEL'S SONIC PROJECTIONS

THE SECRET ESCAPADES OF VELVET ANDERSON

by NICOLE MITCHEL'S SONIC PROJECTIONS

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	1.	Bright City 09:59
	2.	Secret Assignment 11:16
	3.	Discovery of the Jewel 02:23
	4.	For the Cause 07:40
	5.	Scaling the Underground 08:20
	6.	Anderson’s Plan 07:05
	7.	Running the Rooftops 07:59
	8.	The Labyrinth of Capture 07:17
	9.	The Heroic Rescue 07:50

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Nicole Mitchell: flutes
Craig Taborn: piano, whurlitzer
David Boykin: tenor saxophone
Chad Taylor: drums, acoustic guitar

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released June 19, 2014

All compositions by Nicole Mitchell

Recorded on January 11th – 13th 2013 by Griffin Rodriguez at Shape Shop II Studio, Hollywood, California, USA
Mixing and mastering: Griffin Rodriguez
Liner notes: Neil Tesser
Photographs: Griffin Rodriguez
Cover design: Max Schoendorff
Cover realisation: David Bourguignon
Executive producer : Michel Dorbon

The Velvet Lounge was a stellar environment for the development of creative music in Chicago and Fred Anderson provided support, encouragement, and inspiration to countless musicians for generations, while garnering an international audience for the music… He was a quiet man who rarely shared his ongoing struggles with the city and with local gangsters to keep things running. ‘The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson’ likens Fred Anderson to a superhero, whose humble exterior masked his real-life heroic trials and tribulations beyond the public’s awareness…
…The album is an animated illustration to further deepen the public’s impression of a real-life hero of Chicago, who walked with us and fought for us. I wanted to make Fred smile, to think that in this animation he can be a secret agent working against forces of musical demise. Nicole Mitchell

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RogueArt is an independant jazz label based in Paris France. Rogueart started on 2005 and has more than 100 albums on its catalog.

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