JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE

REMEMBER HAITI
FROM THE 2013 DOUBLE CD SPIRIT DRIVEN
JORGE SYLVESTER AFRO CARIBBEAN EXPERIMENTAL COLLECTIVE
FEATURING:
Jorge Sylvester ~ Alto Saxophone and Composition
Nora McCarthy ~ Poetry and Voice
Waldron Mahdi Ricks ~ Trumpet
Pablo Vergara ~ Piano
Donald Nicks ~ 5 String Electric Bass guitar
Kenny Grohowski ~ Drums

By: Ramsey Ameen
Violinist, Composer, Mathematician

Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective is “an all-star jazz band that knows how to swing, to improvise with spontaneity and poise, and to respond to one another with telepathic immediacy and profound respect.

Their new double CD release Spirit Driven is the result of a lifetime of spirit driven preparation by each musician –
Jorge Sylvester: brilliant composer and arranger, virtuoso alto saxophonist;

Nora McCarthy: daringly original, versatile, and fearlessly honest singer, composer, and poet;

Waldron Mahdi Ricks: impeccably artful trumpet player, a jazz master in his own right; Pablo Vergara: astoundingly imaginative pianist, musically fluent on an encyclopedic, global scale; Donald Nicks: journeyman artisan of the bass, unfailingly, and always tastefully, providing the musical foundation; Kenny Grohowski: uncannily precise and inventive drummer and percussionist.”


Dedicated to the people of Haiti, Spirit Driven is a highly rhythmic and spiritually motivated compositional journey through the various cultures that make up the Caribbean Islands encompassing their significance and contribution to the present day advanced musical concepts in jazz and avant-garde/free music. It uses the “word” in the form of poetry and lyrics to convey each song’s spiritual and historical message.

“The music continuously flows and develops with a lithe bodily grace and expressive range, transfiguring its structural complexity and technical virtuosity into an intimate and honest gesture of oneness with each listener, only possible by virtue of consummate musicianship.”
(All quoted material by: Ramsey Ameen, 2012)

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BUY THE CD:

https://jorgesylvestermusic.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-driven

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SPIRIT DRIVEN

Remember Haiti - JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE

JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE LIVE AT CLEMENTS PLACE JAZZ - Composition CONSTRUCTION No.1 By Jorge Sylvester #ACEMUSIC 
December 14, 2023
FEATURING:
Jorge Sylvester * Alto Saxophone 
Nora McCarthy * Voice and Original Poetry
Waldron Mahadi Ricks * Trumpet
Pablo Vergara * Piano
Donald Nicks * Electric 5 String Bass Guitar
Kenny Grohowsky * Drums and Cymbals

JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE LIVE AT CLEMENTS PLACE JAZZ - Construction No. 1

Birds 🐦 from my classroom windows 🪟 

BIRDS FROM MY CLASSROM WINDOW.wav

Jorge Sylvester TRIO IMAGINATION
Jorge Sylvester ~ Alto Saxophone
Gene Torres ~ Electro Acoustic Bass Guitar
Kenny Grohowski ~ Drums

Live AT Smalls Jazz Club ~ August 7, 2012

PLAYGROUND ~ 2012 Trio IMAGINATION ( Coppy Right 2000 LizokaMusic )

NORA'S VARIATIONS - CONCEPTUALMOTIAN  ORCHESTRA  
LIVE AT EL TALLER LATINOAMERICANO - SESSION No.4

CMO - SESSION NUMBER 4 
LIVE AT EL TALLER LATINOAMERICANO
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

COMPOSITION:
NORA'S VARIATIONS
MUSIC By Jorge Sylvester

CONCEPTUALMOTION ORCHESTRA
Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone, Band Leader, Compositions, Arrangements and Orchestrations
Nora McCarthy - Voice (SOLO)

Nick Brust - Alto Saxophone
Tim Armacost - Tenor Saxophone (SOLO)
James Stewart - Tenor Saxophone
Don Slatoff - Baritone Saxophone

Mac Gollehon -Trumpet (SOLO)
Waldron Mahadi Ricks - Trumpet
Josh Levinson - Trumpet
Cosimo Boni - Trumpet

Amie Amis - French Horn
Pat Hall - Trombone (SOLO)
Rick Parker - Trombone
Alfred Patterson - Trombone

Marvin Sewell - Electric Guitar (SOLO)
Kuba Cichocki - Piano (SOLO)
Will Woodard - Double Bass (SOLO)
Kenny Grohowski - Drums

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CMO ORCHESTRA - NORA'S VARIATIONS

BLUE ABSTRACT - Alto Saxophone SOLO (Dedicated to Pianist, Composer Mike Longo) FROM MY DOUBLE CD SET  MAYHEM AT LARGE
JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS *The Last Baha'i Session*

COMING UP IN MAY 2021***********************
NEW LIVE DOUBLE CD RECORDING
                                    MAYHEM AT LARGE
JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS *The Last Baha'i Session*

ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLOS IMPROVISATIONS, DUETS, AND OCTET PERFORMANCES WITH SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSION ENSEMBLE
FEATURING:
JORGE SYLVESTER - ALTO SAXOPHONE AND IMPROVISATIONS

NORA MCCARTHY - VOICE AND IMPROVISATIONS

VINCENT CHANSEY - FRENCH HORN AND IMPROVISATIONS

JOSE' DAVILA - TUBA AND IMPROVISATIONS
KUBA CICHOCKI - PIANO - AND IMPROVISATIONS

MARVIN SEWELL - ELECTRIC GUITAR AND IMPROVISATIONS

WALDRON MAHADI RICKS - TRUMPET AND IMPROVISATIONS

TONY MORENO - DRUMS AND IMPROVISATIONS

“RECORDED AND MIXED BY Gene Torres at
NEW YORK'S BAHA'I CENTER
ON MARCH 3, 2020
Using the Zylia Recording System https://www.zylia.co/

CD COVER ART BY Nora McCarthy©2020
DEDICATED TO GEORGE H. SYLVESTER (R.I.P) My Father
RAMSEY AMEEN (R.I.P) Musical Mentor, Violinist, Composer, Mathematician
MIKE LONGO (R.I.P) Pianist, Composer and
Creator of Jazz Tuesdays at NY'S BAHA'I CENTER

©LizokaMUSIC 2021

BLUE ABSTRACT - JORGE SYLVESTER SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSIONS - MAYHEM AT LARGE - The Last Baha'i

MOÑA - JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE - LIVE AT MICHIKO'S STUDIO
March 7, 2017 New York City

JORGE SYLVESTER - ALTO SAXOPHONE AND COMPOSITION
NORA McCARTHY - VOICE
WALDRON MAHADI RICKS - TRUMPET

PABLO VERGARA - PIANO
DONALD NICKS - ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR
KENNY GROHOWSKI - DRUMS

©2019 ACEMUSIC

MOÑA - JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE  LIVE AT MICHIKO'S STUDIO 2019

JORGE AFRO-CARIBBEAN EXPERIMENTAL TRIO

The Afro-Caribbean Experimental Trio [ACE] is a concept created by saxophonist/arranger/ composer Jorge Sylvester combining three textures within the Afro-Caribbean idiom. The compositions and arrangements are written specifically for saxophone, electric bass and drums. The other members of the trio are drummer/percussionist Bobby Sanabria and bassist Donald Nicks. ACE 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. ACE's unique compositional approach is on the forefront of today's musical scene reaching into the future exploring new sounds and concepts within the Afro-Caribbean realm.



Produced by: Jorge Sylvester
Executive Producers: Fernando Natalici & Leonardo Pavkovic
Production co-ordinator: Jim Eigo Recording
Engineer: Rob Holland
Recorded at Good & Evil Recording Studio
Brooklyn, NY on June 19 & 20, 2000

Mixed by: Rob Holland and Jorge Sylvester
Mixed at Dangerous Music Recording Studio,
New York, NY on July 14, 2000
Digitally Mastered by: Ivan Joseph Goldberg at Miracle Mastering Studios", NJ

Photos by: Fernando Natalici
Art Direction+Design: Edgard Moscatelli
Creative Consultant: Nora McCarthy

All compositions by Jorge Sylvester except
Sly Mangoose by Jack Edwards and
Corazón Rebelde by Alberto Barreto.
All arrangements by Jorge Sylvester.

* This CD was mastered utilizing the WAVES L2 digital limiter.
No equalization was used in order to preserve the integrity of the original "live in studio recording.
A Music Magnet Media, Inc. Production. + © 2000 Music Magnet Media, Inc. Production


Acknowledgements: To my parents Muriel and George Sylvester for their musical support, to Fernando Natalici for making the project possible. To Edgard, Leonardo and Jimmy from Music Magnet Media. To Ramsey Aameen, Bobby and Donald for their inspiration and support. Rob Holland, Ivan Goldberg, Nora McCarthy, Gene Jackson, Marvin Sewell, Jeff Carney, Michael Valdez, Benny Russell, Sam Newsome, Alex Harding, Aaron Stewart, Oliver Lake, Ayo Osinibi, Stephen Smith, Zoila Sylvester, Jean-Paul Gauvin and Sandy Neil from Vandoren Co., Mark Gross, Tim Armacost, Mitch Goldman, Rabbi Gilman and Donald Jackson. This music is presented in its original form without any overdubs or additional embellishments. 
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released February 5, 2000

Jorge Sylvester alto sax, hand claps, voice, cuica voice effect, maracas and cowbell

Donald Nicks electric bass guitar and fretless bass guitar
on KING'S HIGHWAY

Bobby Sanabria drums and all bells


Jorge Sylvester plays Vandoren mouthpieces and Reeds exclusively.
Bobby Sanabria plays Pearl drums, Sabian cymbals, Latin Percussion Inc. instruments, Remo drum heads and Vic Firth sticks and mallets  

https://jorgesylvestermusic.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-ear-of-the-beholder-jorge-sylvester-afro-caribbean-experimental-trio

In the Ear of the Beholder

Tambor--The Mix JORGE SYLVESTER ACE TRIO

JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE EXTENDED EDITION - 
IN TIME IN TIME REVOLUTION
Composition written by Jorge Sylvester for Will Connell, Jr. (Composer, Arranger, Multi-Instrumentalist, Alto Saxophone, Bb Clairnet, Bb Bass Clarinet, Flute) Avant-garde and Jazz, Activist and Humanist. 
R.I.P November 22, 1938 - November 19, 2014.

Live Performance by Jorge Sylvester ACE Collective Extended Edition at the Baha'i Center, New York City July 7 2015
Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone
Nora McCarthy - Voice and VIDEO Production
Waldron Mahdi Ricks - Trumpet -
Jay Rodriguez - Bass Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone
Marvin Sewell - Electric Guitar
Pablo Vergara - Piano
Gene Torres - Electric Bass
Kenny Grohowski - Drums

© 2014ACEMUSIC

IN TIME REVOLUTION - JORGE SYLVESTER ACE COLLECTIVE EXTENDED EDITION

JORGE SYLVESTER Alto Saxophonist, Composer,
Arranger, Bandleader, Producer, Teacher
Born in Colon, Panama attended the Panama Conservatory of Music and the University of Panama. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music from the State University of New York College at New Paltz in 1981. A unique innovator in the idiom of creative music, Sylvester’s sound is reminiscent of another time in jazz history when artists like Dolphy and Ornette were exploding on the scene and experimenting with concepts that would ultimately revolutionize music at large. A throwback to the future, Mr. Sylvester has been on the cutting edge of that scene since 1980 when he first came to New York City. His blend of African-Caribbean Rhythms with new music is what gives Sylvester his distinguished voice. An impressive composer and arranger, his music moves, entices and stirs the imagination, as visual as it is physical, his ability to transform colors into sounds and sounds into textures place him in the company of the great expressionist painters.


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