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Eugene Uman's Convergence Project at Vermont Jazz Center

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Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hl
Brattleboro, VT
Map
802-254-9088

Eugene Uman's Convergence Project at Vermont Jazz Center

When

Sat, June 15, 2024
7:30 pm

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Eugene Umanโ€™s Convergence Project at the VJC

Saturday, June 15, 2024
7:30 PM

Eugene Uman, director of the Vermont Jazz Center, performs as pianist in numerous projects.

His annual concert represents a yearโ€™s worth of composing & collaborating with various musicians.

Umanโ€™s energetic playing & writing style is flavored with the Latin rhythms that he has absorbed during his tenure living in Colombia where he initiated the jazz studies programs at la Universidad de EAFIT & el Colegio de Mรบsica de Medellรญn.

Several of his compositions employ forms & grooves adapted from Colombian music such as cumbia, pasillo, puya, bambuco, & currulao. They are strongly influenced by his bebop mentors: Sheila Jordan, Howard Brofsky, Mike Longo & Jimmy Heath as well as by the sounds of his youth when he played in rock & blues bands....

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