Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective at The Stone

Jorge Sylvester ACE (Afro-Caribbean-Experimental) Collective performs as part of the Will Connell Residency Memorial Week.


The ACE Collective is a group of improvising musicians performing original, new and experimental music that draws from the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora, jazz and the free music art forms. Includes poetry written by vocalist Nora McCarthy.

The ACE Collective utilizes the rich spectrum of rhythms from the Caribbean and other Latin American countries as a vehicle to create new and undiscovered rhythmic melodic lines within the jazz tradition. Collective and free improvisation is an essential part of the concept utilizing juxtaposition and retrograde as main components of the experimentation....

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Jorge Sylvester ACE (Afro-Caribbean-Experimental) Collective performs as part of the Will Connell Residency Memorial Week.


The ACE Collective is a group of improvising musicians performing original, new and experimental music that draws from the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora, jazz and the free music art forms. Includes poetry written by vocalist Nora McCarthy.

The ACE Collective utilizes the rich spectrum of rhythms from the Caribbean and other Latin American countries as a vehicle to create new and undiscovered rhythmic melodic lines within the jazz tradition. Collective and free improvisation is an essential part of the concept utilizing juxtaposition and retrograde as main components of the experimentation.

Instrumentation: alto saxophone, voice, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, guitar, electric bass, drums.

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