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SUMMARY:Leon Foster Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Doors 7:45 PM\, Music 8:30 PM - 2 set(s) of music\n \nLine-up:\nLeon Foster Thomas - Steel Pan\n\nSam Leak - Piano\n\nMirko Scarcia - Bass\n\nEbo “Lox” Mensah – Drums\n\nBen Glasser - Guitar\n\n \nAbout\nA gifted international jazz musician and steel pan virtuoso. His music is a blend of his Caribbean roots with the harmonic and improvisational complexities of jazz\, creating a lively and eclectic meld all his own. \n\nABOUT LEON FOSTER THOMAS\n\nBorn in Trinidad\, Leon Foster Thomas has proven through his albums and performances that the steel pan has the musical sophistication to be taken as seriously in the jazz universe as the more well-known vibraphone. Winner of the World Steelband Music Festival Soloist and Duet competition of 2002 and 2004\, critics laud him as “...masterful with impeccable musicianship” (When Steel Talks); “a benevolent wizard” (Venice Magazine).\n\nLeon has collaborated with legendary artists in the jazz scene and beyond including Hugh Masekela\, Randy Brecker\, Sammy Figueroa\, Vince Mendoza\, Dolly Parton\, John Beasley\, Mino Cinelu\, Orphy Robinson\, Cyril Neville\, Ky-Mani Marley and many more. He has performed at internationally renowned venues such as New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center\, the Adrienne Arsht Center of the Performing Arts in Miami\, and Moscow’s International House of Music. He also played a significant part in Her Late Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.\n\nInspired as much by the melodic poetry of the great Keith Jarrett’s piano sound as Trinidad’s celebrated steel pan heritage\, Leon has taken the instrument to new heights\, giving it a seriously fresh makeover in how it is now viewed across the music world. More than just a Carnival instrument\, the chromatically-scaled steel pan has seen\, in Leon’s hands\, a significant step forward in its perception as an instrument of improvisational artistry and expression.\n\nABOUT CALASANITUS\n\nMarch 2023 marked the release of his latest album\, Calasanitus. Described as a book of songs dedicated to his dear late mother\, Hillouise Calasanitus Foster\, the album showcases a unique blend of Caribbean influence and spirit evolving from Foster’s Trinidadian heritage\, combined with dexterous and innovative jazz complexity. The compositions generate an unmistakable vibe born out of the traditions of the West Indies and seamlessly incorporate the discipline and sensibilities of modern jazz music alongside this. The result is a sound that is beautifully calming and vitally energetic in equal measure.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/WkNErEw0pIg?si=1vm8TZRyk03baZ-R[/embed]
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