Something Else: All-Star Tribute to Soul Jazz
Saturday, October 5, 2024
7:30 PM
at the Vermont Jazz Center
Something Else is a seven-piece Soul Jazz revue led by Vincent Herring. The all-star rotating lineup, according to Herring, features “music that is meant to be a celebration of life.”
The band plays new arrangements of soul jazz classics, originally recorded by composers like Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock & Eddie Harris.
Soul jazz, born in the early 1960s, provided a pathway for the funky grooves of contemporary soul & R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day.
Soul jazz helped form the soundtrack for that generation, but, as it turns out, this music is multigenerational & has served as a springboard repertoire for up & coming young jazzers as well.
It’s groove-oriented & fun to play—and to hear!
Vincent Herring, alto saxophone
Freddie Hendrix, trumpet
Jerry Weldon, tenor saxophone
Paul Bollenback, guitar
Mike LeDonne, piano
Essiet Essiet, bass
Jerome Gillespie, drums
In-person tickets $25-60 sliding scale
Livestream donations appreciated!
For educational group discounts: eugene@vtjazz.org
www.vtjazz.org
802 254 9088
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eugene@vtjazz.org
sarah@vtjazz.org
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hill #222
Brattleboro, VT 05301
