• Artifacts Trio at Black Box, Belfast

    Moving On Music, Belfast’s undisputed champions of boundary-pushing sounds, are set to present one of the most exciting jazz acts of our time, Artifacts Trio, at the Black Box on Wednesday, 16th October. The all-star trio – flutist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid, and drummer Mike Reed – are lauded torchbearers of Chicago’s storied jazz scene, carrying the influential legacy of The Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM), a pioneering organisation founded in 1965. Artifacts Trio take AACM’s mantra of “Ancient to the Future” to heart, weaving African American cultural traditions into…