Etienne Charles: Creole Soul

September 20, 2019 - September 20, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Map & Directions

LOCATION

UpStage at the Phillips Center
3201 Hull Road,
Gainesville, FL 32611

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DESCRIPTION

Etienne Charles brings everything he has to the stage with thrilling compositions and palpable charisma. Building on his Trinidadian heritage, Charles is rewriting jazz by blending myriad rhythms from the French, Spanish, English, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean and defying easy musical categorization.

NPRโ€™s โ€œAll Things Consideredโ€ calls Etienne โ€œa great young trumpeterโ€ whose โ€œrecords filter calypso, reggae and other Afro-Caribbean music into a modern jazz conception.โ€