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MAYHEM AT LARGE ~ THE LAST BAHA'I
JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS
"WThis double CD Release by Jorge Sylvester Spontaneous Expressions Octet features some of the greatest long-standing innovative improvising musicians on the world stage today." This is brilliant music. Do you ever wonder how great improvisers create their work? In this double album each CD starts with a couple of solos followed by duets and ending with an octet performance. There is a spaciousness in the music that speaks to the mind. It is evident at first listen that these improvisers are also great listeners. This is pure music - unhurried - allowing itself to develop into full maturity and fruition. There’s a feeling listening to this album that you’re sitting in with the group, letting the improvisational process envelop you. These albums are really a window into the world of improvisation. It’s a world where music and songs are not created in two minutes and 58 seconds - rather the pieces are allowed to develop and take their time to create new vistas unexpectedly and greatly appreciated. Beauty and genius cannot be rushed and this album is a perfect example of those aspects. This album makes me feel free. Highly recommended
Zim Tarro
JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS
*MAYHEM AT LARGE*
THE LAST BAHA'I SESSION
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MAYHEM AT LARGE
JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS
The Last Baha'i Session
MAYHEM AT LARGE
*JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS*
The Last Baha'i Session
COMPOSITION ***** BLUE ABSTRACT
(Dedicated to Pianist, Composer Mike Longo)
ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLOS * IMPROVISATIONS * DUETS
AND OCTET PERFORMANCES WITH
SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSION ENSEMBLE
FEATURING:
JORGE SYLVESTER * ALTO SAXOPHONE AND IMPROVISATIONS
NORA MCCARTHY * VOICE AND IMPROVISATIONS
VINCENT CHANSEY * FRENCH HORN AND IMPROVISATIONS
JOSE' DAVILA * TUBA AND IMPROVISATIONS
KUBA CICHOCKI * PIANO AND IMPROVISATIONS
MARVIN SEWELL * ELECTRIC GUITAR AND IMPROVISATIONS
WALDRON MAHADI RICKS * TRUMPET AND IMPROVISATIONS
TONY MORENO * DRUMS AND IMPROVISATIONS
RECORDED AND MIXED BY Gene Torres at NEW YORK'S BAHA'I CENTER
ON MARCH 3, 2020 Using the Zylia Recording System https://www.zylia.co/
CD COVER ART BY Nora McCarthy©2020
THIS DOUBLE CD IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER GEORGE H. SYLVESTER (R.I.P)
TO MY Musical Mentor, Violinist, Composer, Mathematician, RAMSEY AMEEN (R.I.P),
AND TO MIKE LONGO (R.I.P) Pianist, Composer and Creator of Jazz Tuesdays at NY'S BAHA'I CENTER
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Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective ~ Spirit Driven
In a 1967 interview with Jazz & Pop magazine, John Coltrane stated: "I know that there are bad forces, forces put here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the force which is truly for the good." In his lifetime and beyond, Coltrane has inspired artists to infuse their work with this mission, and certainly alto saxophonist and composer Jorge Sylvester can be counted as one of Coltrane's heirs. Spirit Driven is an 86-minute sonic feast by Sylvester and his ACE Collective that shows just how music and spirituality can intertwine. This is music that invokes forces for the good, played by people who feel these forces—and it also offers a cautionary tale about what happens to the world when these forces are absent....More
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October 2013 Jazz Inside Magazine REVIEWS
October 4, 2013
One of the appealing things about Sylvester’s albums is his ability to incorporate a variety of world music and make it all fit together. Sylvester, who is originally from Panama but now lives in New York City (also the home of Cleveland native McCarthy) has had no problem showing audiences the relationship between African, Caribbean and Latin music. And he does exactly that on the exuberant “Obeahman,” which is full of world music vitality.
Another one of Sylvester’s strong points is his determination to be consistently musical no matter how outside a particular song might become.“Masouc,” “Remember Haiti” and“Construction No.2” are among the more outside offerings on Spirit Driven, yet all of those selections are quite musical. Some free jazz favors atonality for the sake of atonality: instead of venturing outside, the musicians stay outside. But that isn’t the approach that Sylvester is going for on this album. Sylvester, even on the most abstract parts of this album, thrives on musicality, melody and composition. He also thrives on rhythm, savoring the rhythmic traditions of the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa while maintaining his improvisatory jazz focus......MORE
October 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD CD REVIEW
The musical relationship between alto saxophonist Jorge Sylvester and vocalist Nora McCarthy dates back12 years to their first performance as the duo A Small Dream in Red (which takes its name from the 1925masterpiece by Russian abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky). Each is a complete and free thinking performer in their own right, but it’s hard to deny that together they have developed a particularly powerful sense of interplay.
This year, Sylvester and McCarthy are back as A Small Dream in Red, with a new record called In The Language Of Dreams, which they dedicate to both Kandinsky and Ornette Coleman, as “leaders of the avant garde movement”....MORE
