Jazz Articles about Etienne Charles

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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra: Harlem Renaissance

Read "Harlem Renaissance" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2026

New York's Harlem Renaissance, which spanned the 1920s and '30s, was an intellectual and cultural movement of music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship that reshaped African-American culture and mores in Harlem and beyond and led to a new militancy and dedication to the cause of civil rights and equality for people of color in the U.S. On Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated Cincinnati Pops Orchestra honors the movement by delving into its music and depicting the ...

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Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores

Read "Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores" reviewed by Francesco Varriale

by Francesco Varriale
January 27, 2025

A distanza di pochi mesi dal decennale della scomparsa di Kenny Wheeler (avvenuta il 18 settembre 2014) e in prossimità di quello che sarebbe stato il suo novantacinquesimo compleanno, la Greenleaf Music pubblica un omaggio al musicista canadese, le cui composizioni vengono proposte secondo arrangiamenti dell'autore che mai erano stati eseguiti in questa forma. Si tratta di un ambito--quello della musica per ensemble allargati--che Wheeler ha più volte curato nella sua vasta produzione artistica, a cominciare da Windmill ...

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Etienne Charles: Creole Orchestra Featuring René Marie

Read "Creole Orchestra Featuring René Marie" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 2, 2024

A 18 anni di distanza dal debutto discografico in Culture Shock il trombettista originario di Trinidad & Tobago, si cimenta come bandleader di un ampio organico, in una lussureggiante sintesi di ritmi caraibici e orchestrazioni che vanno dalla tradizione Swing all'hip hop. L'orchestra è un ampliamento della sua storica Creole Soul Band e ospita la cantante René Marie in quattro brani. Etienne ha iniziato a scrivere per ampi organici a partire dalla collaborazione con la stessa cantante ...

Radio & Podcasts

Etienne Charles, Jacky Terrasson, Isaiah Collier & Brent Birckhead

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 2, 2024

Four musicians, Jacky Terrasson, Etienne Charles, Brent Birckhead and Isaiah Collier, and their individual takes on how to both celebrate and innovate the jazz canon.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jacky Terrasson R&B" Moving On (naïve) 0:16 Host talks 3:10 Etienne Charles “Poison" Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) 4:48 Brent Birckhead “Headspace" Cacao (Self-produced) 11:26 Host talks 18:04 Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few “Duality Suite (I. Plus, II. ...

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Etienne Charles: Creole Orchestra Featuring René Marie

Read "Creole Orchestra Featuring René Marie" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
June 12, 2024

Trinidad-born Etienne Charles has been fortunate in his associates during his development as a jazz musician. One of the first friends he made on arrival in the U.S.A. in the early 2000s to study at Florida State University was faculty member Marcus Roberts. Among much else, the pianist taught Charles the importance of keeping in touch with his roots. “He always said make sure you put where you're from in your music," says Charles in the press materials accompanying his ...

Album Review

Diego Rivera: Indigenous

Read "Indigenous" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
February 16, 2021

The old saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words" might be a cliché, but it also contains an element of truth. Some of the most powerful messages come across without relying on words. And when it comes to music, lyrics are not always needed to convey a message. Such is the case with Diego Rivera's Indigenous. Named after the famous Mexican artist, Diego Rivera has established himself as a major figure in jazz music. Since 2000, he ...

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Alicia Olatuja: Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women

Read "Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
February 12, 2020

È un tributo alla creatività delle donne in generale e delle cantautrici in particolare, questo di Alicia Olatuja, che interpreta composizioni di Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell, Violeta Parra, Sade Adu, Kate Bush e altre. Alicia ne aggiunge di proprie e partecipa come arrangiatrice in un progetto fortemente sentito e condiviso col produttore Kamau Kenyatta, noto per il suo ruolo nel successo di Gregory Porter, e con Ulysses Owens Jr. Alicia Olatuja è una versatile mezzosoprano, maturata ...