The acoustic jazz ensemble, The Rhythm Future Quartet, will be bringing the best in Gypsy jazz music to the area when they perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, at Grace Community Church in Canaan, Vt. The concert is hosted by the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts, which is known for bringing hundreds of top-flight entertainment to the region.
“We are delighted that the first show we’ve ever brought to Grace Community Church will be this superior quartet,” said GNWCA President Charlie Jordan. “These four musicians bring to life this great musical style in stunning detail. And it will be a treat to see them perform in the intimate and comfortable setting of Grace Community Church.”
The Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Led by violinist Jason Anick and guitarist Olli Soikkeli, the quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. With Max O’Rourke on second guitar and Greg Loughman on bass, Rhythm Future is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of a vital musical genre.
The band will be performing selections from its two CDs. Where the band’s self-titled debut album revisited classic jazz and Gypsy jazz favorites, the quartet’s current release, “Travels,” concentrates on group originals that make captivating use of musical sources from outside the conventional Gypsy jazz terrain. Garnering critical acclaim, “Travels” was picked as one of the best jazz albums of 2016 by All About Jazz and the Huffington Post.
Jason Anick, an award-winning composer and one of the youngest professors at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, has shared the stage with an array of artists including Grammy award winning guitarist John Jorgenson, Stevie Wonder, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band, and Tommy Emmanuel. Olli Soikkeli recently made the move from Scandinavia to New York City, where he quickly became a top call guitarist in the bustling Brooklyn jazz scene. He has performed alongside rising star Cyrille Aimee, world-renowned Gypsy guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg, Bucky Pizzarelli and many others.
Max O’Rourke was the winner of the 2015 Saga Award from DjangoFest Northwest, and at 21 has already toured/recorded with many of the top American Gypsy Jazz musicians including John Jorgenson and Gonzalo Bergara. Greg Loughman is a top call bassist in Boston and has been heard with such luminaries as Sheila Jordan, Curtis Fuller and George Garzone.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under and $8 for young people ages 13-18. They are available at Fiddleheads, 110 Main St., Colebrook, online at www.gnwca.org or at the door on the night of the concert. For more information on this and other GNWCA shows, find the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts on Facebook, visit www.gnwca.org or you can call 237-9302 or 246-8998.
The Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Led by violinist Jason Anick and guitarist Olli Soikkeli, the quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. With Max O’Rourke on second guitar and Greg Loughman on bass, Rhythm Future is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of a vital musical genre.
The band will be performing selections from its two CDs. Where the band’s self-titled debut album revisited classic jazz and Gypsy jazz favorites, the quartet’s current release, “Travels,” concentrates on group originals that make captivating use of musical sources from outside the conventional Gypsy jazz terrain. Garnering critical acclaim, “Travels” was picked as one of the best jazz albums of 2016 by All About Jazz and the Huffington Post.
Jason Anick, an award-winning composer and one of the youngest professors at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, has shared the stage with an array of artists including Grammy award winning guitarist John Jorgenson, Stevie Wonder, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band, and Tommy Emmanuel. Olli Soikkeli recently made the move from Scandinavia to New York City, where he quickly became a top call guitarist in the bustling Brooklyn jazz scene. He has performed alongside rising star Cyrille Aimee, world-renowned Gypsy guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg, Bucky Pizzarelli and many others.
Max O’Rourke was the winner of the 2015 Saga Award from DjangoFest Northwest, and at 21 has already toured/recorded with many of the top American Gypsy Jazz musicians including John Jorgenson and Gonzalo Bergara. Greg Loughman is a top call bassist in Boston and has been heard with such luminaries as Sheila Jordan, Curtis Fuller and George Garzone.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under and $8 for young people ages 13-18. They are available at Fiddleheads, 110 Main St., Colebrook, online at www.gnwca.org or at the door on the night of the concert. For more information on this and other GNWCA shows, find the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts on Facebook, visit www.gnwca.org or you can call 237-9302 or 246-8998.
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