Afro-Caribbean, Experimental, Jazz & Beyond - JORGE SYLVESTER, alto saxophone - Blog http://jorgesylvester.com/blog.html JORGE SYLVESTER, alto saxophone: Blog Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Mon, 14 May 2012 19:06:18 -0700 Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective Blog Spot http://jorgesylvester.com/blog.html/jorge_sylvester_ace_collective_blog_spot Afro – Caribbean rhythms and their relationship to avant – garde music form have not been documented. Unlike the work of composers such as Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and others who used Afro–Caribbean rhythms in their works without experimenting with their rhythmic pulse, the compositional structure of the music of the ACE Collective goes beyond an absolute interpretation, and delves deeper into the core of the rhythms breaking them down and expanding the pulse into a myriad of complex configurations that tap into the original primal properties of the music itself, reflecting its history and its origin, unraveling its many transmutations and adaptations over time and discovering new possibilities and applications within the tradition itself that are related to the avant – garde.



The ACE [Afro-Caribbean Experimental] Collective is a group of improvising musicians created and led by saxophonist/composer/arranger Jorge Sylvester.


An extension of the ACE Trio (alto saxophone, electric bass and drums), the ACE Collective includes three additional independent rhythmic and melodic elements; the voice, trumpet and piano expanding its harmonic colors, its scope of sound and its textural capacity. The music is original and draws from the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora, jazz and the free music art forms.




The purpose of this Blog is to talk about the Music of the ACE Collective, the ACE Trio and the historical Link between the Avant Jazz, the Afro - Caribbean music and Experimentation.


In December of 2010 The ACE Collective will perform in a series of festivals in Austria culminating in a CD to be released in 2011.


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