New Jazz Underground - part of the Jazzy nights Music Series
Schedule
Fri Apr 19 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center | Fort Myers, FL
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New Jazz Underground is a trio composed of three Juilliard School Alumni in Jazz. This dynamic young group is Lincoln Center's inner circle of young artists who have worked closely with jazz masters ranging from Wynton Marsalis, Victor Lewis and ELEW and will bring their talent to SBDAC on April 19, 2024. These performers exemplify young artists who have immersed themselves in the jazz tradition yet exude an idiosyncratic collective musical identity rooted in the artist’s familial interpersonal relationship that speaks to a democratic modernity of profound symbolic significance.
About New Jazz underground:
“New Jazz Underground” is a trio composed of three Juilliard School Alumni in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s inner circle of young artists who have worked closely with jazz masters ranging from Wynton Marsalis, Victor Lewis and ELEW.
The trio featuring Abdias Armenteros saxophone 23, Sebastian Rios bass 26, and TJ Reddick drums 23, met while they were students at the prestigious Juilliard School. However, it wasn’t until the Summer of 2020 when they started playing as a group regularly.
Forced out of live music venues during the pandemic lockdown the group would meet on a weekly basis in the parks and streets of NYC to perform. Still without a live audience,
in January of 2021 the band started their YouTube channel and have since built a worldwide audience of over 2 million viewers and 65k+ subscribers as of April 2023 through their viral video performances.
The band’s artistic ethos is steeped in veneration of the rich lineage of jazz while demonstrating an acute awareness and presence in contemporary postmodernist sensibilities. Their online output reflects this characteristic balance, performing music created in solemn focus on swing, the blues, and improvisation, yet their approach in the modern art and media landscape comes with a measured irony.
Attention-grabbing and at times even provocative titles such as “they can hate but we still swinging,” “f***ᵏ/s***ᵗ/c**ᵗ/jazz.,” and “Modern Jazz but its good” play into “clickbait” and “cringe” internet tropes. However, in contrast to what the titles may suggest these performances exemplify young artists who have immersed themselves in the jazz tradition yet exude an idiosyncratic collective musical identity rooted in the artist’s familial interpersonal relationship that speaks to a democratic modernity of profound symbolic significance.
Friday, April 19th 2023
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Concert
SBDAC’s Grand Atrium
General Admission | $45| Day Of | $50
Student Tickets | $10
Table of 4 | $225 | Table of 8 | $450
*Student tickets must be purchased at box office with student ID
The SBDAC’s Jazzy Nights Series is underwritten by Alexandra Bremner in memory of Eunice Bremner.
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center’s is located at 2301 First St. in the historic downtown Fort Myers River District. Visit www.sbdac.com for more information.
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Where is it happening?
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St,Fort Myers,FL,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
