''Anaya'' is an album by American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell, which was recorded in 2008 and released on the French

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label. It was the second recording by her Indigo Trio, a collective group with bassist

Harrison Bankhead Harrison Bankhead is an American jazz double-bassist. Career Bankhead became associated with the Chicago jazz scene in the early-1980s. Early in his career, he performed with Fred Anderson on tour and at Anderson's Chicago club, the Velvet Lo ...

and drummer

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Reception

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review by John Sharpe notes that "Any set featuring the Chicago triumvirate of master drummer Hamid Drake and bassist and cellist Harrison Bankhead alongside Mitchell is going to focus on infectious world rhythms, extemporized harmonies, and adventurous soloing, but it all comes together superbly on this well recorded studio set, with time well-taken to ensure they're on the money."Sharpe, John
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Track listing

# "Sho Ya Right" (Nicole Mitchell) – 8:10 # "A Child's Curiosity" (Harrison Bankhead) – 13:10 # "Anaya with the Sunlight" (Hamid Drake) – 13:58 # "Song for Ma'at (Ma-ah-t)" (Mitchell, Bankhead, Drake) – 8:48 # "Beloved's Reflection" (Nicole Mitchell) – 5:38 # "Wheatgrass" (Nicole Mitchell) – 7:19 # "Anaya with the Moon" (Hamid Drake) – 8:34 # "Affirmation of the One" (Harrison Bankhead) – 2:25

Personnel

* Nicole Mitchell –

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

alto flute The alto flute is an instrument in the Western concert flute family, the second-highest member below the standard C flute after the uncommon flûte d'amour. It is the third most common member of its family after the standard C flute and the ...

piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the so ...

– bass,

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

–

frame drum A frame drum is a drum that has a drumhead width greater than its depth. It is one of the most ancient musical instruments, and perhaps the first drum to be invented. It has a single drumhead that is usually made of rawhide, but man-made mat ...

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Nicole Mitchell (musician) albums RogueArt albums