Big thank you @etiennejazz for composing San Juan Hill: A New York Story and #LincolnCentre for commissioning the piece. It's an immersive multimedia work intertwining music, visuals, and original first-person accounts of the history of the San Juan Hill…https://t.co/ZGbG0DSVuF
"How do you choose which people to write music about?"
Had a chat with talented Trinidadian composer Etienne Charles about his piece "San Juan Hill: A New York Story" for @nyphil and @LincolnCenter
See the story at 7pm on @tv6tnt
San Juan Hill was once a thriving Black neighborhood in New York until it was torn down for the Lincoln Center, and now Trinidadian composer Etienne Charles is paying homage to his forgotten neighborhood. Read more on EBONY
https://t.co/s03KMVIkWq
Wishing a very happy 39th birthday to trumpeter, composer, and @SFJAZZCollectiv member Etienne Charles! Watch Etienne solo on ‘Throw It Away’ with the Collective. @etiennejazz
#Jazz birthday props to trumpeters Jon Faddis (@LaurelynJazz) (b.1953), James Zollar (b.1959), Ian Carey (b.1974) & Etienne Charles (@etiennejazz) (b.1983), and saxophonists Ronnie Lang (b.1927), Charles McPherson (b.1939) and Byron Bernard (b.1962).
LET'S CELEBRATE!!!! So many creative spirits born this weekend! Here's a short list of folks we're sending Birthday love to Charles McPherson, Jon Faddis,@jsflymommy @etiennejazz, Montez Coleman, @weidmanjazz, Loren Schoenberg, Pamela Watson, @DonaldVegaJazz ...
#jazz#Celebrate
#DYK there was only ONE acoustic instrument invented during the 20th century? The steelpan was created by resilient and innovative musicians in Trinidad and Tobago 🎶
Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates T&T's national instrument and the history behind it → https://t.co/qv9ufxK9T9
🇹🇹Well the cat is out the bag 🤣
I have created a @GoogleDoodles on Steel Pan!
The team:
@mick_see (Motion design)
@etiennejazz (composer)
Boogsie Sharpe (Pan soloist)
& Me (Illustration)
Happy to keep flying the T&T flag high! 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹
https://t.co/XoMaRxHKwI
My first music for animation.
@nick_huggins_ Illustrator
@mick_see animator
Len Boogsie Sharpe - Co-Composer/Soloist
@josanne_music Luke Walker, Jonathan Castro - Pannists
Corey DeRuschia - Engineer
Thx to @GoogleDoodles for the opportunity
🇹🇹
https://t.co/LtKfchhAjF
#NowPlaying, 'Creole', off @etiennejazz's *Creole Soul*. (2013). The #CapitalJazzClub984, with #JacobAsiyo, & @KaimaMwiti.
Alto Sax: Brian Hogans
Bass: Ben Williams
Drums: Obed Calvaire
Guitar: Alex Wintz
Percussion: D'Achee
Piano, EP: Kris Bowers
Tenor Sax: Jacques Schwarz-Bart.
#NowPlaying, *You Don't Love Me*, off @etiennejazz's *Creole Soul*. (2013). The #CapitalJazzClub984, with #JacobAsiyo, & @KaimaMwiti.
Trumpet: Etienne Charles
Alto Sax: Brian Hogans
Bass: Ben Williams
Drums: Obed Calvaire
Piano, EP: Kris Bowers
Tenor Sax: Jacques Schwarz-Bart.
Completing our special guest list, we welcome Etienne Charles @etiennejazz 🎺. Yes #IzWe we are bringing you plenty vibes and fire on Labor Day, September 6th @ Coney Island. 🔥🔥🔥 🌶🌶🌶 Who is ready for an E P I C experience?
Limited tickets @ https://t.co/VXMlG3koI4.
Alarm set ⏰ @etiennejazz is so talented, I can’t wait for this convo on creativity in music . 🇹🇹🔥 These episodes have been amazing @1ndividual and @nick_huggins_ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@creativitandt next episode is with @etiennejazz 🎺🎺🎺 talking about Creativity in Music. Tune in and here something amazing.
Even trying to ease him into playing something too lol 🤞🏾🤞🏾doubt 😔 cc: @nick_huggins_
🚨NEXT EPISODE ALERT 🚨
Wednesday 30th @creativitandt Special Guest is @etiennejazz 💎🎺
Hailed by The NY Times as "an auteur," we talk about Creativity in Music, Carnival, being a Jazz Music Professor and more. Make sure to tune in 💎💎💎 cc: @1ndividual@nick_huggins_
🙏🏾It is with profound sadness that I learned of passing of 2-time Olympic Champion & founding “Olympic Project For Human Rights “ member/advocate (2nd from left) LEE EVANS. His legacy of contributions to sports & the struggle for social justice is indelible and enduring-R.I.P.🙏🏾
Excited to have Etienne Charles sharing his musical journey today at the OPC Masterclass Series in collaboration with @SFJAZZ Education. @etiennejazz@SFJAZZCollectiv Join us. Register here. https://t.co/4cNXuUz8C7