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Julian Gerstin Sextet at Milford Arts Council
Courtesy of Raheem Nelson | Posted on October 30, 2023
When
Sat, November 4, 2023
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Julian Gerstin
percussionAnna Patton
clarinetDon Anderson
trumpetEugene Uman
pianoWes Brown
bassBen James
drumsAbout
Global jazz with lively Caribbean drums and sparkling trumpet, velvety clarinet and muscular piano.
Julian Gerstin has spent a lifetime playing music of the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S. — funk, R&B, and jazz, from jazz’s New Orleans origins to the avant-garde. Gerstin founded the Sextet to bring his wide range of instruments and influences to a jazz setting, where they serve as a platform for his fellow musicians’ creativity.
The group includes five of New England’s most creative talents: the electrifying clarinet virtuoso Anna Patton; versatile trumpeter Don Anderson; pianist Eugene Uman, who like Julian ranges across traditions and from funky grooves to experimentalism; bassist Wes Brown, whose career spans gigs with early jazz master Earl “Fatha” Hines to avant-gardists like Wadada Leo Smith and Anthony Braxton; Ben James, who was John Tchicai’s drummer for several years and can both swing and go “out there.”