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SUMMARY:Etienne Charles and Creole Soul
DESCRIPTION:This Trinidad-born trumpet star claims that\, for him\, “jazz is Creole music.” His performances incorporate the songs and rituals of the Caribbean carnival that influenced him to pursue music: danceable\, percussion grooves that drive masterful\, improvisational forays to delectable heights. The recipient of a Lincoln Center Millennial Swing Award and a CMA New Works Grant\, Charles is now an assistant professor at Michigan State University. He has released three highly acclaimed albums as a leader and performed/recorded with luminaries including Wynton Marsalis\, Marcus Roberts\, Monty Alexander\, Maria Schneider\, the Count Basie Orchestra and Roberta Flack. In the promo video for his latest recording\, Charles explains the connection he makes between his compositions and the carnivals of Trinidad: [Carnivals are imbued with] “melody\, rhythm\, dance and image. We can now take the sound of it and take the colors of it\, the energy of it. Because this is us as a people…this is our way of celebrating freedom\, life\, death\, family\, our history\, our culture\, our food\, our music. It’s all in one word and that’s “carnival.”
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/etienne-charles-and-creole-soul/
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SUMMARY:Eugene Uman's Convergence Project
DESCRIPTION:Eugene Uman\, piano; Michael Zsoldos\, saxophone; Jeff Galindo\, trombone; David Picchi\, bass; Jon Fisher\, drums + special guests \nEugene Uman’s annual concert at the VJC has become an opportunity for him to assemble a dream band that manifests his vision and unites his musical influences. Uman’s compositions draw from a vocabulary of modern jazz\, hard bop\, rock\, soul\, Latin American rhythms and gospel; listeners can expect a “convergence” of the music he loves\, a mash-up of styles where groove is king. Uman’s energetic playing and writing style is flavored with the Latin rhythms that he has absorbed from numerous excursions to South America. Several of his compositions employ forms and grooves adapted from Colombian music such as cumbia\, pasillo\, puya\, bambuco\, and currulao. In the last several years\, with the addition of Jon Fisher’s drumming and David Picchi’s bass work\, the Convergence Project’s focus has evolved to highlight their profound strengths in funk and soul. Uman’s most recent creative venture is to mesh wordless vocals\, sung by Wanda Houston\, with the harmonized melodies of the horn lines and to add lyrics\, penned by Verandah Porch and Patty Carpenter\, to his Gospel-tinged compositions. \n“I always love listening to Eugene’s compositions; they make so much musical sense and bring you on a journey with a very healing\, uplifting feel.” — Jerry Bergonzi
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/eugene-umans-convergence-project/
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