The Julian Gerstin Sextet

The songs are Julian’s original compositions based on a lifetime of living and working with musicians from the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East. You’ll hear drums from Martinique playing a rhythm from Bulgaria, or an Arabic classical form remade with rumba and blues. The musicians are strong, sophisticated and funky: pianist Eugene Uman, Artistic Director of the Vermont Jazz Center; clarinet virtuoso Anna Patton; bassist Wes Brown, a veteran of such jazz luminaries as Earl “Fatha” Hines, Anthony Braxton and Wadada Leo Smith; Ben James, John Tchicai's drummer for several years; and creative improvisor Don Anderson on trumpet.