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| Elio Villafranca "Cinque" Considered For Prestigious French Music Award 2019 Grammy Award Nominee Elio Villafranca is now being considered for the prestigious French Académie Charles Cros Award with his 2-CD recording Cinque (ArtistShare). The Grand Prix du Disque is the premier French award for musical recordings. The award was inaugurated by Académie Charles Cros in 1948 and offers prizes in various categories. The categories vary from year to year, and multiple awards are often made in any one category in the same year. Upcoming Elio Villafranca Cinque and Other Performance Schedule: March 30 - CINQUE CD release at Painted Bride, Philadelphia May 18 - Concert at The Cleff Club, Philadelphia, Elio Villafranca & The Afro Caribbean Trio May 28 - NYC, Preview presentation of Elio's new musical suite "Don't Change My Name". Work about the life of Florentina Zulueta, the Arará Queen June 4 - 12 - CINQUE | Australia with Adrian Medina Aug. 10 - CINQUE performance at Springfield Jazz Fest. Aug. 11 - CINQUE performance at San José Jazz Fest. BAND: Elio Villafranca - piano Vincent Herring - alto saxophone + soprano saxophone + flute Greg Tardy - tenor saxophone + clarinet Todd Marcus - bass clarinet Freddie Hendrix - trumpet James Burton / Steve Turre - trombone + bass trombone + conch shells (James only March 30th) Ricky Rodriguez - acoustic bass Lewis Nash - drums Arturo Stable - bata drums + congas + palo drums or atabales + bombo Jonathan Troncoso - bata drums + palo drums or atabales + valsié or valsier + congas Cinque - 2019 Grammy Award Nominee for "Best Latin Jazz" Album 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, it 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. write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |