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Article: Live Review

Etienne Charles and Creole Soul at SubCulture

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Etienne Charles and Creole Soul SubCulture New York, NY November 8, 2013 Fresh from his three-week residency at Doha's Jazz At Lincoln Center, Etienne Charles along with his band, Creole Soul, took to NYC's SubCulture on a chilly autumn evening. Charles and the band played to a packed audience at ...

Article: Interview

Etienne Charles: le radici jazz di Trinidad

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Article: Album Review

Etienne Charles: Creole Soul

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Giunto al quarto album, il giovane trombettista di Trinidad conferma le splendide doti strumentali già rivelate nei suoi precedenti album, Culture Shock, suo debutto del 2006, Folklore (2009) e Kaiso (2011). Ma non c'è solo questo. Se i lavori passati coniugavano la tradizione hard-bop col variopinto folklore caraibico e le relazioni con l'Africa, stavolta Etienne amplia ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Etienne Charles: Creole Soul

Read "Etienne Charles: Creole Soul" reviewed by Nigel Campbell


With his simple declaration, “sound is my art...I just try to create," Trinidadian jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles puts into context his role of creator and producer in relation to his latest recording. This new album, previewed earlier this year in Tobago at Jazz on the Beach at Mt Irvine, reveals an evolution of his art that ...

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Article: Live From New York

Ensemble musikFabrik, Etienne Charles, Pulverize The Sound & Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora

Read "Ensemble musikFabrik, Etienne Charles, Pulverize The Sound & Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora" reviewed by Martin Longley


Ensemble musikFabrik Avery Fisher Hall July 20, 2013 Karlheinz Stockhausen and Sun Ra must surely vie for the stellar position of most cosmically attuned composer within the bounds of the omniverse. Stockhausen's Licht is arguably his major work, at least in terms of sheer scale. It's a seven-day-long operatic ...

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Article: Interview

Etienne Charles: Trumpet's First Chantwell

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Trinidadian-born trumpeter Etienne Charles has made it a point to share the culture of his native homeland with the world through music, whether it is writing songs on cuatro or steel pan, incorporating Kweyol chants on the opening track to his latest album Creole Soul (Culture Shock, 2013), or playing with an undeniable Caribbean bounce that ...

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News: Recording

Etienne Charles’ "Creole Soul" To Be Released July 23 On Culture Shock Music

Etienne Charles’ "Creole Soul" To Be Released July 23 On Culture Shock Music

WORLD TOUR BEGINS APRIL 27 “Mr. Charles knows how to make an album more than just a calling card for a small band, and how to sequence it too; he’s an auteur.” —The New York Times Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles' fourth full-length release, Creole Soul, is due July 23 on Culture Shock Music. An exploration of ...

Article: Album Review

Etienne Charles: Kaiso

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Kaiso è un espressione nigeriana, sopravvissuta nelle Antille e impiegata per indicare entusiasmo e approvazione durante un concerto di calypso. In inglese si può tradurre con go on, il cui senso di movimento in avanti indica bene l'evoluzione di Etienne Charles, giovane trombettista di Trinidad, che nel suo terzo disco offre una prova di maturità notevole. ...

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Article: Live Review

Changing of the Guard: The 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival

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The 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MichiganAugust 31- September 3, 2012They don't call it the largest free jazz festival in North America for no reason. Every Labor Day weekend in Detroit, jazz fans try to wrap their brains around the diverse and generous offerings of one of the country's most successful jazz festivals, ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Ben Williams: The Effect of Sound

Read "Ben Williams: The Effect of Sound" reviewed by Daniel Lehner


It's continuously perplexing that Ben Williams did not set out on playing the bass first. Forced to pick the most attractive string instrument amongst the cellos and violins, the 7th grade aspiring guitarist ended up picking the instrument that he, now in his upper twenties, is in massively high demand for and is unsettlingly proficient in. ...


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