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Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective at Drom

Where

Drom
85 Avenue A
New York, NY
Map
212-777-1157

When

Fri, June 22, 2012
9om - 11pm

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Musicians

Jorge Sylvester
saxophone, alto
Donald Nicks
bass, electric

About

JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE, CD RELEASE PERFORMANCE JUNE 22, 2012

Spirit Driven

โ€œTrying to hear this music in terms of metrical beats would be like traveling along Arizonaโ€™s magnificent Red Rock Scenic Road and only counting the mile markers rather than taking in the breathtaking scenery.โ€

Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective is โ€œan all-star jazz band that knows how to swing, to improvise with spontaneity and poise, and to respond to one another with telepathic immediacy and profound respect.

Their new double CD release Spirit Driven, on RedZen Recordsโ„ข, is the result of a lifetime of spirit driven preparation by each musician โ€“ Jorge Sylvester: brilliant composer and arranger, virtuoso alto saxophonist; Nora McCarthy: daringly original, versatile, and fearlessly honest singer, composer, and poet; Waldron Mahdi Ricks: impeccably artful trumpet player, a jazz master in his own right; Pablo Vergara: astoundingly imaginative pianist, musically fluent on an encyclopedic, global scale; Donald Nicks: journeyman artisan of the bass, unfailingly, and always tastefully, providing the musical foundation; Kenny Grohowski: uncannily precise and inventive drummer and percussionistโ€ฆโ€ ...

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