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JORGE SYLVESTER: Alto Saxophonist, Composer, Conductor, Arranger, Bandleader, Producer, Educator Born in Colon, Panama Jorge attended the Panama Conservatory of Music and the University of Panama. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music from the State University of New York College at New Paltz in 1981. A unique innovator and impressive composer and arranger in the idiom of creative music, his sound is reminiscent of Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman. Jorge has remained on the cutting edge of the creative NY Jazz scene since his arrival from Spain in 1980. Sylvester’s blend of African-Caribbean rhythms with new music is what gives him his distinguished voice. Beginning his professional career at age 14, Jorge was leading his own Caribbean dance band, writing his own arrangements and compositions

Article: Album Review

Jorge Sylvester Spontaneous Expressions: Mayhem At Large--The Last Baha'i Session

Read "Mayhem At Large--The Last Baha'i Session" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 11, 2026

This two-disc set by saxophonist Jorge Sylvester's Spontaneous Expressions documents the last of the Tuesday evening jazz concerts at the Baha'i Center on East 11th Street in New York City. According to the jacket notes, the event was recorded live in March 2020. If that is so, Sylvester's listeners have earned top prize as the quietest ...

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Mayhem At Large--The Last Baha'i Session

By Jorge Sylvester

Label: RedZen Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: CD 1: By Starlight; Blue Abstract; Improvisation; Improvisation II; Improvisation III; Improvisation IV; Improvisation V; Sketch No.One. CD 2: Is Over; Well You Needn't; Improvisation VI; Improvisation VII; Sketch No.Two.

Article: On and Off the Grid

Practice, Do You? Part 1-3

by Dom Minasi
July 15, 2014

I began studying the guitar when I was seven years old. I hated my teacher and I didn't practice much, but when I changed teachers' and I went to Joe Geneli, I regained a love for the guitar that I first had when I was four years old when I first saw Roy Rogers sing and ...

Article: Year in Review

R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2013

by R.J. DeLuke
December 31, 2013

Always a tricky thing is the selection of “best of" lists for the year. I don't get to hear everything that comes out, so a lot of fine music is missed. Also, the selection itself is subject to whims. An album may hit you right from the get-go. Another might take time to grow on you, ...

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In The Language of Dreams - A Small Dream In Red Alto Voice and Alto Saxophone Duet

By Nora McCarthy

Label: RedZen Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1.Dizzy Bird 04:54 2.Morning Has Broken/Caged Bird 06:33 3.April In Paris 05:47 4.The Blessing 04:03 5.The Sphynx 05:38 6.Study in Compassion 05:14 7.Back To The One 07:42 8.Small Dream In Red 04:39 9.White Stroke 05:37 10.Composition VIII 05:40 11.Lyrical 05:24 12.Yellow, Red, Blue 08:45

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Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective SPIRIT DRIVEN

By Jorge Sylvester

Label: Four (friends Of Unseen Rain)
Released: 2013

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Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective: Spirit Driven

By Jorge Sylvester

Label: Four (friends Of Unseen Rain)
Released: 2013
Track listing: Construction No. 2; Masouc; Paulina’s Prayer; The Light of Truth’s High Noon Is Not for Tender Leaves; Obeahman; Construction No. 1; To Be with You; Remember Haiti; Cycle of Life.

Song of the Day

Remember Haiti

December 29, 2013

Album: Spirit Driven
By Jorge Sylvester
Label: Four (friends Of Unseen Rain)
Released: 2013
Duration: 9:04

Article: Extended Analysis

Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective: Spirit Driven

by Florence Wetzel
November 28, 2013

In a 1967 interview with Jazz & Pop magazine, John Coltrane stated: “I know that there are bad forces, forces put here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the force which is truly for the good." In his lifetime and beyond, Coltrane has inspired artists to infuse ...