| Hope, Future and Destiny | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nicole Mitchell |
| Cover: | Hope_future_destiny_cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 2004 |
| Recorded: | October, 2003 & March–September, 2004 |
| Studio: | Delmark Studios, Chicago |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 64:50 |
| Label: | Dreamtime |
| Producer: | Nicole Mitchell |
| Chronology: | Nicole Mitchell |
| Prev Title: | Afrika Rising |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Indigo Trio:Live in Montreal |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Hope, Future and Destiny is an album by American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell, which was released in 2004 on Dreamtime, the label she established with David Boykin. It was the third recording by her Black Earth Ensemble. This work was the musical score for a multi-arts community play involving a cast of over 50 people in dance, video, acting and live original music.
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "The music found on this disc is ambitious. Despite the work's sprawling reach, the music is deeply focused; its center is poetic, lyrical, and swinging. Her compositions reach across sound worlds, the African continent, and jazz genres."
In a review for JazzTimes Martin Johnson describes the album as "a fascinating sprawl full of classic musical references and Afrocentric concerns" and notes that "Mitchell's ambitious, quality music puts her firmly within the hallowed AACM tradition."[1]
The All About Jazz review by Florence Wetzel states "The CD is an aural feast with some of the most joyful, uplifting jazz in recent memory, a panoply of sounds and textures including funk, Caribbean, Latin and blues, plus a healthy dose of the Association for the AACM aesthetic."[2]
All compositions by Nicole Mitchell.