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WELCOME

TO ACE MUSIC 

COMING UP ON SATURDAY MARCH 4, 2023
Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares

PRESENTS:

Jorge Sylvester Spontaneous Expressions
Jorge Sylvester -Alto saxophone and Improvisations 

Nora McCarthy - Voice and Improvisations 

Kuba Cichocki - Piano and Improvisations 

Tony Moreno - Drums and Improvisations 

March 4, 2023 
7:30 PM

Hawks & Reed, 289 Main Street
Greenfield, MA 01301

2023 Summer Music Series
2023 Summer Music Series
When
Jun 27, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where
Dyckman Street,
Dyckman St, New York, NY, USA

        COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY

                                 JANUARY 29, 2020
                            SESSION No.6
     
              TODAY IN AMERICA

                        IMPEACHMENT!

        WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:

       Percussionist Ricardo Torres and

           Panamanian Drummer Valentino Arthurs

TODAY IN AMERICA is a living poem, a time capsule of political and social events from a human rights perspective highlighting the contrasting images of the U.S Constitution and the values that America was built on against the distortions of its current reality narrated in a collage format.

Nora McCarthy

        FEATURING:
  ConceptualMotion ORCHESTRA 

                  Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone, Band Leader,       Compositions, Arrangements and Orchestrations

     Nora McCarthy - Voice, Poetry, and Compositions

                                 Julien Hucq - Alto Saxophone

                                Nick Brust - Alto Saxophone
                    Tim Armacost - Tenor Saxophone
            James Stewart - Tenor Saxophone
          Don Slatoff - Baritone Saxophone


                               Waldron Mahadi Ricks - Trumpet
                                Josh Levinson - Trumpet
                              Gregory Hammontree: Trumpet

                                  Amie Amis -  French Horn
                               Shanyse Strickland - French Horn
                                          Pat Hall - Trombone

                                Alfred Patterson - Trombone 

                                      Rick Parker - Trombone  
 

                                Billy Newman - Electric Guitar
                                 Kuba Cichocki - Piano
                                    Donald Nicks - Bass
                                          Ethan Kogan -  Drums


                                               SPECIAL GUESTS:             
                                     Ricardo Torres - Congas

                                  Valentino Arthurs  - Drums

                                          One set 8:00 PM
                               Admission $15, $10 for Students

                                EL TALLER LATINOAMERICANO
                                    215 East 99th Street
                                (Between 3rd & 2nd Avenue)
                                                   Lower level
                                   6 Train to 96 Street.
                                           New York, NY 10029

​                                                                       www.tallerlatino.org

COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY

OCTOBER 30!
SESSION No.5
"DIZZY BIRD"

FEATURING:
ConceptualMotion ORCHESTRA 

Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone, Band Leader,
Compositions, Arrangements and Orchestrations

Nora McCarthy - Voice, Poetry, Compositions

Nick Brust - Alto Saxophone
Tim Armacost - Tenor Saxophone
Tomoaki Baba - Tenor Saxophone
Don Slatoff - Baritone Saxophone


Waldron Mahadi Ricks - Trumpet
Josh Levinson - Trumpet
Gregory Hammontree: Trumpet

Amie Amis -  French Horn
Shanyse Strickland - French Horn
Pat Hall - Trombone

 

Billy Newman - Electric Guitar
Kuba Cichocki - Piano
Elam Friedlander - Double Bass
Ethan Kogan -  Drums

Special Guest:
Ricardo Torres on Congas

One set 8:00 PM
Admission $15, $10 for Students

EL TALLER LATINOAMERICANO
215 East 99th Street
(Between 3rd & 2nd Avenue)
Lower level
6 Train to 96 Street.
New York, NY 10029

www.tallerlatino.org

COMING UP ON FRIDAY JULY 26, 2019 

HARLEM JAZZ SERIES PRESENTS:

JORGE SYLVESTER QUINTET MUSICOLLAGE 

Featuring: 

Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone and Compositions

Nora McCarthy - Voice, Poetry and Compositions

James Weidman - Piano

Jeff Carney - Double Bass

Ethan Kogan - Drums 

 

PERFORMING AT

GREATER CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH

43-55 West 124 Street 

(Between Malcolm X {Lenox Ave.} and Marcus Garvey Park)

Harlem, NY 10027 

First Set: 7:00 to 7:45 pm 

Second Set : 8:00 to 8:45 pm

$20 DONATION 

For Information Contact: 

www.harlemjazzboxx.com 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 2019 

   The SOUND!

ConceptualMotion Orchestra 

LIVE AT EL TALLER LATINOAMERICANO

 

ConceptualMotion ORCHESTRA 

EL TALLER LATINOAMERICANO

215 East 99th Street

(Between 3rd & 2nd Avenue)

Lower level 

New York, NY 10029

$15 donation 

Information(212) 665-9460 

www.tallerlatino.org

SESSION No.2 ConceptualMotion Orchestra

COMING UP ON TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2019

NEW YORK CITY BAH'AI CENTER JAZZ TUESDAY'S PRESENTS:

     CONCEPTUALMOTION ORCHESTRA 

FEATURING:

The 2019 installment of Today In America! 

 

CONCEPTUALMOTION ORCHESTRA

Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone, Compositions, Arrangements, Orchestrations, Band Leader

 

Nora McCarthy - Voice, Poetry, Compositions

 

Jay Rodriguez - Tenor Saxophone  

     

     Waldron Mahadi Ricks - Trumpet 

     Michael  C Lewis - Trumpet 

     Josh Levinson - Trumpet 

     Gregory Hamondtree - Trumpet

Marshall Sealy - French Horn 

Amie Amis - French Horn

Pat Hall - Trombone 

Rick Parker -  Trombone 

Jose Davila - Tuba

         Kuba Cichocki - Piano  

         Gene Torres - Bass 

         Jay Sawyer - Drums 

          TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2019

Two Sets:

8:00 and 9:30 PM

Admission $15 

$10 for students 

The ConceptualMotion Orchestra was founded in 2001 in response to the tragedy of 9/11. It debuted at the University of the Streets in New York City.

TODAY IN AMERICA is a living poem, a time capsule of political and social events from a human rights perspective highlighting the contrasting images of the U.S Constitution and the values that America was built on against the distortions of its current reality narrated in a collage format.

Nora McCarthy, Jorge Sylvester 

Please join us for the 2019 installment of Today In America 

TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2019

Jazz Tuesdays in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium 

The New York Baha'i Center

53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway)

Two shows: 8:00 and 9:30 PM 

Call 212-222-5159 for advanced sales and information 

            LIVE AT MICHIKO PRESENTS:

    Jorge Sylvester ACE COLLECTIVE

Featuring:

Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone and  Compositions
Nora McCarthy - Voice, Poetry and Compositions
Waldron Mahdi Ricks - Trumpet
Pablo Vergara - Piano
Donald Nicks - Electric Bass Guitar
Kenny Grohowski - Drums

Doors: 730pm - Show: 8pm

$20 DONATION


Date And Time

Thu, March 7, 2019

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST

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Location

MICHIKO STUDIOS

149 W 46th Street 

New York, NY 10036

 

Performing New Rhythmic-Melodic Compositions.

Jorge Sylvester ACE (Afro Caribbean Experimental) 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.

HARLEM JAZZ SERIES PERFORMANCE
           COMING UP ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018 
JORGE SYLVESTER

   QUARTET IMAGINATION 
Featuring: 
Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone and Compositions 
Nora McCarthy - Voice, Poetry and Compositions 
Donald Nicks - Double Bass 
Tcheser Holmes - Drums 
Two Sets:
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm

8:00 pm – 8:45 pm     $20 Contribution


                     HARLEM JAZZ SERIES!
Greater Calvary Baptist Church, 43-55 West 124th Street  New York, NY 10029             

Between Malcolm X (Lenox Avenue)

and Marcus Garvey Park.

$20 CONTRIBUTION

COMING UP ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 2018!

Institute Of Jazz Studies 

Clements Place Jazz Presents:

Jorge Sylvester Spirit Driven Quintet Featuring Nora McCarthy

Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone and Compositions

Nora McCarthy - Voice and Compositions

James Weidman - Piano

Jeff Carney - Double Bass

Ethan Kogan - Drums

CLEMENTS PLACE JAZZ

15 Washington Street, 

Newark,  NJ 07102

Friday October 26, 2018 

7:30 to 10PM

TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 2018!

Mic ART Productions Presents Take-It-Out  Tuesday!

The Medicine Show Theatre 
Featuring:

JORGE SYLVESTER TRIO IMAGINATION 
Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone
Jeff Carney - Double Bass 
Kenny Grohowski - Drums


PERFORMING at 8:30 PM

THE MEDICINE SHOW THEATRE 
549 West 52nd St. 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10019 

$15 Donation 
FOR RESERVATIONS CALL:
212 262-4216




 

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2018!

JORGE SYLVESTER ~ RE - IMAGINING DOLPHY
(The Music of Eric Dolphy And Original Compositions)


                  JORGE SYLVESTER - ALTO SAXOPHONE
        SPECIAL GUEST - NORA McCARTHY - VOICE 
   ALFRED PATERSON - TROMBONE
              JOSE DAVILA - TUBA
                 ERIC PLAKS - PIANO
           ETHAN KOGAN - DRUMS

                    RE-IMAGINING DOLPHY: 

Presents the spirit and music of multi instrumentalist Eric Dolphy by exploring some of his compositions with a unique instrumentation that focuses on his Rhythmic and Harmonic conception, by re-arranging some of these compositions from his 1960's period along with original compositions by alto saxophonist, composer Jorge Sylvester.

PERFORMING ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2018
              NEW YORK'S BAHA'I CENTER
Jazz Tuesdays in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium
           The New York Baha'i Center
53 East 11th Street
(Between University Place & Broadway)
          Two Sets: 8:00 and 9:30 PM

                  $15 Donation
Phone: (212) 674-8998

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AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS PRESENTS: 
JORGE SYLVESTER ACE [ Afro Caribbean Experimental ] TRIO And SPECIAL GUESTS

 

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2018

AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS 
NEW LOCATION:
Lincoln Square Center
250 W 65th st, NYC 10023

AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS PRESENT
JORGE SYLVESTER ACE TRIO and SPECIAL GUESTS!
HAPPENING ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 
NEW LOCATION:
Lincoln Square Center
250 W 65th st, NYC 10023

FEATURING: 
JORGE SYLVESTER - ALTO SAXOPHONE AND COMPOSITIONS 
DONALD NICKS - 5 STRING ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR 
KENNY GROHOWSKI - DRUMS

SPECIAL GUESTS: 
NORA MCCARTHY - VOICE

FADONOUGBO DANIEL "KING DANY MB'E - TE' HOUN DRUM

REVISITING ACE TRIO MUSIC, NEW COMPOSITIONS, AND SPECIAL GUESTS!

        AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS 

$10 DONATION

DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 PM

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 
7:30PM - CALL TO PEACE BY Kevin Nathaniel

8:00PM - JORGE SYLVESTER ACE TRIO

JORGE SYLVESTER AFRO CARIBBEAN EXPERIMENTAL TRIO 
The ACE TRIO is a concept created by Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger

Jorge Sylvester, combining three textures within the Afro Caribbean idiom. 


The compositions and arrangements are written specifically for Alto Saxophone, Electric Bass Guitar, and Drums. 
ACE 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. ACE's unique compositional approach is on the forefront of today's musical scene reaching into the future exploring new sounds and concepts within

the Afro-Caribbean realm. 

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2018

AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS 
 

AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS PRESENTS:

JORGE SYLVESTER ACE [ Afro Caribbean Experimental ] TRIO

And SPECIAL GUESTS

AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS PRESENTS:

JORGE SYLVESTER ACE TRIO And SPECIAL GUESTS FEATURING:

JORGE SYLVESTER - ALTO SAXOPHONE AND COMPOSITIONS

DONALD NICKS - 5 STRING ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR

KENNY GROHOWSKI - DRUMS

SPECIAL GUESTS:

NORA MCCARTHY - VOICE

FADONOUGBO DANIEL "KING DANY MB'E - TE' HOUN DRUM

AFRO ROOTS TUESDAYS 
 
NEW LOCATION:

Lincoln Square Center 

250 W 65th st, NYC 10023
$10 DONATION

DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 PM

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