Charles Hamilton and Beyond at The Freight

Charles Hamilton, celebrated for his 28-year leadership of the award-winning Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble, tonight heats up The Freight and Salvage with hard-driving, straight ahead jazz featuring compositions from his recent album Mr. Hamudah. Celebrated musicians, all related through the world renown Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble, make Charles Hamilton's Mr Hamudah an impressive work. "I think it's just a brilliant release," enthused KCSM DJ Clifford Brown, Jr., over the air.

Producer, composer, arranger and musician (trumpet & trombone), winner of the NFAA "Distinguished Teacher in the Arts" award, San Francisco-born Charles has performed all over the world, including goodwill tours with the San Francisco Bay Jazz Band at the U.S...

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Charles Hamilton, celebrated for his 28-year leadership of the award-winning Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble, tonight heats up The Freight and Salvage with hard-driving, straight ahead jazz featuring compositions from his recent album Mr. Hamudah. Celebrated musicians, all related through the world renown Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble, make Charles Hamilton's Mr Hamudah an impressive work. "I think it's just a brilliant release," enthused KCSM DJ Clifford Brown, Jr., over the air.

Producer, composer, arranger and musician (trumpet & trombone), winner of the NFAA "Distinguished Teacher in the Arts" award, San Francisco-born Charles has performed all over the world, including goodwill tours with the San Francisco Bay Jazz Band at the U.S. State Department's invitation. His carefully crafted music transforms seemingly simple ideas into complex polyrhythms ranging from the percussive diversity of Calypso and African rhythms to waltzes.

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