Welcome to the island of Trinidad. Today we’ll be checking in with trumpeter Etienne Charles. The resumé of the multi-talented Charles also includes the titles of composer and arranger. When he is not out performing, he is an Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University. In the words of Jamaican keyboardist Monty Alexander, Charles is “[a]n amazing trumpet player, and steel drum player, and cuatro player…a young Trinidadian who has held on to his heritage.”
Let’s enjoy the music of Etienne Charles:
Creole
Kitch’s Bebop of Calypso
Embraceable You
Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola – “Santimanite”
Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola – Bob Marley’s “Turn Your Lights Down Low”
Thank you for joining us here in Trinidad. I hope you enjoyed the concert. We’ll meet at the Port of the Internet for a Caribbean cruise. Next stop on our Jazz Around the World 2 tour: Barbados.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Support the artists. Buy their music. Go out and see some live Jazz today.
