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Nov 03, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Led by master percussionist Fran Vielma, the Venezuelan Jazz Collective is an innovative jazz ensemble that comprises an outstanding cast of world-class musicians based in the US. The group performs the world premiere of Common Grounds, Vielma’s new work that weaves together Venezuelan music with rhythms from other countries in South America and the Caribbean commissioned by Chamber Music America.
The ensemble’s awareness of the jazz tradition, classic concert music, and an upbringing surrounded by the Caribbean and South American genres allow this all-star group to go from one idiom to the other with masterful spontaneity and musicianship.
Their debut album Tendencias includes nine original compositions by the leader and one song by the laureate Venezuelan songwriter Simón Díaz, and was included in “Best of Year” lists from DownBeat, NYC Jazz Record, and the Latin Jazz Network. Vielma arranged these pieces bringing components of hard bop, free jazz, concert music, and showcasing rhythms from his native Venezuela in a contemporary fashion. Vielma expands this blend to new dimensions with Common Grounds, his most audacious work to date.
Vielma expands a blend of hard bop, free jazz, concert music, and Venezuelan rhythms with Common Grounds, his most audacious work to date.
Not quite hard-bop and not quite salsa — they are something more complex and unprecedented, and take sharp turns at times
DownBeat
Not quite hard-bop and not quite salsa — they are something more complex and unprecedented, and take sharp turns at times
DownBeat
Personnel
Fran Vielma percussion, vocals
Roman Filiú alto saxophone, vocals
Alejandro Berti trumpet
Jacob Garchik trombone
Santiago Bosch piano, keys
Peter Slavov bass
Tiago Michelin drums
Jeremy Bosch vocals, flute
It’s not just the rhythmic potency of Venezuelan music that stands out here; indeed, on a number of the tracks it's Vielma's indebtedness to the wider jazz tradition that is striking
All About Jazz
Personnel
Fran Vielma percussion, vocals
Roman Filiú alto saxophone, vocals
Alejandro Berti trumpet
Jacob Garchik trombone
Santiago Bosch piano, keys
Peter Slavov bass
Tiago Michelin drums
Jeremy Bosch vocals, flute
It’s not just the rhythmic potency of Venezuelan music that stands out here; indeed, on a number of the tracks it's Vielma's indebtedness to the wider jazz tradition that is striking
All About Jazz
Watch & Listen
Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective
Monk en Aragua
Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective
Ehlba
Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective
Monk en Aragua
Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective
Ehlba
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