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Like most great art forms, jazz developed by combining previously distinct, disparate elements into something new. We All Break follows in this tradition with their remarkable merging of traditional Haitian Vodou music and au courant composition and improvisation on the groundbreaking Path of Seven Colors. Called “a marvel” by AllMusic, “a sublime magnum opus” by Jazziz, and “stunningly original and mesmerizing in its ritualistic power” by DownBeat, the extraordinary and innovative project is the brainchild of drummer/composer Ches Smith, well-known to fans of cutting-edge jazz, improv, and avant-rock through his work with Secret Chiefs, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, John Zorn, Trevor Dunn, and many others.Smith’s dedication to Haitian Vodou began more than twenty years ago. “My attraction was instant and strong,” he says. “I was captivated, likely because things central in the various musics I play – polyrhythm, polytonality, improvisation, extended timbral awareness, tension and release, channeled aggression and power, and most vitally surprise – I found again, and anew, in this traditional form.”
We All Break brings together world-class experimental musicians and creative improvisers in pianist Matt Mitchell, alto saxophonist Tim Berne, bassist Nick Dunston, vocalists Sirene Dantor Rene, Lalin St. Juste, and Tossie Long, and master drummers Daniel Brevil, Markus Schwartz, and Fanfan Jean-Guy Rene to create something that’s not only “profoundly original, innovative and important”, but an “infinitely beautiful and pure, truly rare work that – at this level of quality – has never really been even imagined before (All About Jazz).”
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Performance Works - Granville Island, 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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