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ETIENNE CHARLES: Recording Artist, Composer, Arranger, Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies.
Trinidad born Etienne Charles is a performer, composer and storyteller, who is continuously searching for untold stories and sounds with which to tell them. His lush trumpet sound, varied compositional textures and pulsating percussive grooves enable him to invoke trance, soothing and exciting listeners while referencing touchy and sometimes ...
May 17, 2016 · With his Creole Soul project, trumpeter Etienne Charles explores the musical connections between Afro-Caribbean, Creole, New Orleans and American traditions....
Hailed by The New York Times as “an auteur” and by JazzTimes as “A daring improviser who delivers with heart wrenching lyricism,” NPR’s All Things Considered calls Etienne Charles, “a ...
Defined by a riveting array of Caribbean rhythms, Etienne Charles’s first album featuring his big band arrangements is a personal triumph, but Creole Orchestra is also part of a much larger Story. Drawing on material from several different commissions and projects, the album encompasses the key players from Charles’s band Creole Soul.
Oami – Day in the City (2006) Germaine Scott & Friends – Happy Times II (2005) Orange Sky – Of Birds and Bees (2002) Etienne Charles albums, downloads, tracks and purchase links.
Etienne Charles was born on the island Trinidad in 1983. Etienne has a musical heritage that stretches back at least four generations. His great-grandfather Clement Monlouis, an overseas French minister of Martinique, immigrated to Trinidad in 1983 bringing his folk music to Mayaro.
