The purpose of this Blog is to Present, and Talk about the Music of The ACE Collective, The ACE Trio and the historical Link between the Avant Jazz, the Afro - Caribbean music and experimentation. The ACE Collective utilizes the rich spectrum of rhythms from the Caribbean and other Latin American countries as a vehicle to create new and undiscovered rhythmic melodic lines within the jazz tradition ~~~~ LA MÚSICA DEL COLECTIVO AFRO CARIBEÑO EXPERIMENTAL ( COLECTIVO ACE )
Friday, December 31, 2010
Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective: HISTORY
Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective: HISTORY: "The idea of The ACE Collective was conceived way back in the year 2000, when i was performing extensively with my ACE Trio ( Donald Nicks on..."
Mr. Sylvester has been on the cutting edge of that scene since 1980 when he first came to New York City. His blend of African-Caribbean Rhythms with new music is what gives Sylvester his distinguished voice. An impressive composer and arranger, his music moves, entices and stirs the imagination, as visual as it is physical, his ability to transform colors into sounds and sounds into textures place him in the company of the great expressionist painters.
"Jorge Sylvester's distinctive alto saxophone sound is imbued with the volatility of Caribbean basin's complex mosaic, transformed and focused by the probing musical linguistics pioneered by the great saxophonists of modern jazz. Jorge's composer's imagination is the matchless structural coherence of his improvisational work".
Violinist, Composer Ramsey Ameen
12/2005 Tribes Magazine
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