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Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective at ShapeShifter Lab
Courtesy of Jorge Sylvester | Posted on February 16, 2014
Where
ShapeShifter Lab
837 Union St.
Brooklyn, NY
Map
(646) 820-9452
When
Thu, March 27, 2014
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Jorge Sylvester
saxophone, alto
Nora McCarthy
vocals
Waldron Ricks
trumpet
Pablo Vergara
piano
Donald Nicks
bass, electric
About
THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2014
JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE
~ LIVE AT ShapeShifter LAB @ 8:00 PM
FEATURING:
JORGE SYLVESTER ~ ALTO SAXOPHONE AND COMPOSITIONS
NORA McCARTHY ~ VOICE AND COMPOSITIONS
WALDRON MAHDI RICKS ~ TRUMPET
PABLO VERGARA ~ PIANO
DONALD NICKS ~ ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR
ELLIOT HUMBERTO KAVEE ~ DRUMS
The ACE (Afro-Caribbean Experimental) Collective is breaking new territory with its musical amalgamation of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, the jazz tradition, and free music art-forms. Artists such as Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie used Afro-Caribbean rhythms in their compositions, but their work didn't experiment with the pulses in these rhythms; part of what sets the ACE Collective apart is their expansion and reconfiguration of these pulses. In addition, the Collective includes poetry and storytelling in many of its pieces, and they also bring to light traditional songs from the Afro-Caribbean tradition. Clearly this music goes deep and wide, and the result is a multi-layered, multi-cultural aural banquet....
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