Jazz Artists On The Greens is on

This year’s headline acts are: Haitian guitarist James Jessey Joseph and his A+ Band; Trinidadian jazz ensemble, ?lan parlē led by prolific composer Michael “Ming” Low Chew Tung; jazz vocalist Vaughnette Bigford; Cuban jazz violinist, William Roblejo and his Trio; and Jazz pannist Victor Provost from St John, US Virgin Islands.

The event takes place on April 1, on The Greens at Farm Road in St Joseph. First held in 2003, JAOTG is a large, festival-styled, jazz concert event. From its inception, the goal of the concert has been to deliver to the audience, a new perspective on local jazz, while using Caribbean and Latin jazz influences.

Production One has described the event as an opportunity to “expose as many new patrons and young musicians as possible to jazz, in an informal setting that could help remove much of the mystique that seemed to surround the genre,” said a media release. From as early as 2004, director, Rolf Doyle, when prompted on the vision for the concert, said, “Jazz Artists On The Greens is a first step towards a local jazz festival similar in popularity and size to those held annually in St Lucia and Barbados, but always remaining true to the jazz.” This picnic-styled, music festival, which outgrew its first home-venue at UWI’s Centre for Creative and Festival Arts on Gordon Street, St Augustine, was eventually moved to its current home, in its tenth year.

Production One has made keeping in-touch with local influences a priority: pan has been featured at every JAOTG to date.

The first pannist featured was was Ken “Professor” Philmore in 2003; over the years, the list of pan luminaries has included Rudy “Two-Left” Smith, Ray Holman, Annise Hadeed, Clyde George, Jason Baptiste, Jonathan Scales, Andy Narrell, Mikhail Salcedo and Dane Gulston.

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