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Posted: 05 May 2014 11:11 AM PDT
Pianist Elio Villafranca is much-in-demand these days with a new CD release (Caribbean Tinge-Motema Music) some special dates at Jazz at Lincoln Center and a performance at the annual Jazz Journalists Awards ceremony. With his all-star band, the Jass Syncopators, Villafranca is a breath of fresh air, or as Wynton Marsalis says "Pianist and composer Elio Villafranca is an inspired and visionary musician. With his band, The Jass Syncopators, Elio expands what Jelly Roll Morton called The Spanish Tinge to what Elio calls The Caribbean Tinge."
Percussion, brass and ivory keys set the stage for folkloric dance, Caribbean rhythms and 21st century jazz. Together, the music and dance integrate a new body of movement and syncopation within the performance of the eight original Villafranca compositions.
The Caribbean Tinge CD celebration release is at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on June 13-15.
Elio Villafranca will be honored with the first-ever Jazz at Lincoln Center Millennium Swing! Award on June 23. Joining Villafranca at the 1st Annual Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing! Awards are recipients Jonathan Batiste and Cecile McLorin Salvant. |
