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Jeremy Pelt at Vermont Jazz Center
Courtesy of Robby Roiter | Posted on March 9, 2021
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Sat, March 20, 2021
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Jeremy Pelt
trumpetChien Chien Lu
vibraphoneVictor Gould
pianoAllan Mednard
drumsVincente Archer
bassAbout
Jeremy Pelt: “Griot, This is important”
Livestream from the Vermont Jazz Center
Saturday, March 20, 2021, 8 pm
The pieces included in this performance are from Jeremy Pelt’s new record: “Griot, This is Important.”
Jeremy Pelt is one of the finest jazz trumpeters of his generation; he has been compared favorably to Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw and Miles Davis.
Nate Chinen of the New York Times sums up his abilities in a simple phrase: “Mr. Pelt plays brilliantly with warmth and depth.”
Furthermore, Pelt is an accomplished composer and arranger – his original compositions convey unpretentious yet complex harmonic choices that complement the natural cadences of his melodies, resulting in song forms of enigmatic beauty....