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| Elio Villafranca Launches Cinque World Tour Elio Villafranca Launches Cinque World Tour! Australia to Mexico 2018 DownBeat Winner Rising Star - Keyboard 4.5-star Review - Cinque! Cinque will be on a Worldwide Tour this year and the next, with performances in: Australia Friday, Sept 7, Nexus Arts Centre, Adelaide Saturday, Sept 8, Wharf, Ulverstone, Tasmania Wednesday, Sept 12, Darlinghurst Theatre Company's Eternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst Mexico Wednesday, Nov. 6 Instalaciones del ITESO Guadalajara, Mexico Elio Villafranca voted DownBeat Winner - Rising Star - Keyboard 4.5-star review for Cinque! He was recently interviewed on Univision 41 and is featured on the "Doing Jazz Podcast"! 66th ANNUAL DOWNBEAT CRITICS POLL WINNERS Rising Star Categories Rising Star-Keyboard: Elio Villafranca Cinque is a five movement suite inspired by the story of Joseph Cinque, who in 1839 led a successful revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad, days after being sold and transported to a sugar plantation in Cuba. Elio Villafranca's most ambitious project today, showcases the cultural diversity of the five Caribbean islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, and Jamaica; while simultaneously highlighting the Congolese musical heritage woven into the fabric of each of these diverse nations, and yet unified via the forced migration of Africans to the Americas. Cinque (artistShare) is a body of work that encompasses narration, original composition and selections of Elio's own field recordings of different forms of rooted Congolese rhythms in the Caribbean, especially the traditions of Tambor Yuka, only practiced today in the region of Pinar Del Río, where Elio was born, and Gangá, a rare culture that came from Sierra Leon, Cinque' place of birth, to the region of Matanzas, Cuba. Both traditions are near to extinction today. Elio's intention is to share music the same way he experienced it growing up in Cuba, by giving access to the context and sources that inspired his original compositions. This way of sharing, creates a better bridge with the listener to a more meaningful understanding and connection with music and culture. PERSONNEL Elio Villafranca - piano Vincent Herring - alto & soprano sax, flute Greg Tardy - tenor sax, clarinet Todd Marcus - bass clarinet Freddie Hendrix - trumpet Steve Turre - trombone, bass trombone, conch shells Ricky Rodriguez - acoustic bass Lewis Nash - drum set Arturo Stable - bata drums, congas, palo drums or atabales Miguel Valdes - bata drums, congas, bombo Jonathan Troncoso - palo drums or atabales, valsié, barril drum Nelson Mateo Gonzales - barril, palo drums or atabales Alexander Lasalle - vocals Alexander Waterman - cello NARRATION Terrance McKnight GUESTS Wynton Marsalis - trumpet Leyla McCalla - vocals Don Vappie - banjo write your comments about the article :: © 2018 Jazz News :: home page |