The Spirit of Life Ensemble has played to national and international audiences. Our latest CD recording entitled is "Moments in Time". SOLE is a modern Jazz Big Band that performs the music with a World Beat. In addition, we perform an Artist-in-Residency Program. Available for all ages Music Education/History; Jazz for Kids Series, Classes, Clinics & Workshops for (beginner to master). For other CD recording and/or more information see discography page
Partial Listing of Past Performance Venues:
Sorbonne University - Paris, France
Torino Jazz Club - Torino, Italy
Petit Journal Montparnasse - Paris, France
Sunside/Sunset Jazz Club - Paris, France
The Priory Jazz Club - Newark, New Jersey
Jazz Spinners Series - Berlin, Germany
College Elsa Triolet - Le mee-Sur-Seine, France
Oberhavel Kreismusikschule - Oranienburg, Germany
Birdland Jazz Club - New York, New York
Summer Music Festival - Sables d'Or Les Pins, France
Iridium Jazz Club - New York, New York
Count Basie Society - Jazz Tribute - Red Bank, New Jersey
Festival La Ruce au Jazz - Bayonne, France
Foix Jazz Festival - Foix, France
Hunter College - New York, New York
Nomme Jazz Festival - Tallinn, Estonia
Pori International Jazz Festival - Pori, Finland
Vilnus Civic Center - Vilnus, Lithuania
Imatra Jazz Festival - Imatra, Finland
Ottawa International Jazz Festival - Ottawa, Canada
A-Trane Jazz Club - Berlin, Germany
Monmouth County Library - Manalapan, New Jersey
Trenton State Prison - Trenton, New Jersey
Maison Des Metallos - Paris, France
Festival Production/Newark Jazz Festival - Newark, New Jersey
Kentucky Center for Performing Arts - Louisville, Kentucky
Virginia Art Museum - Richmond, Virginia
Estonia Jazz Festival - Estonia
Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati, Ohio
B Flat Jazz Club - Berlin, Germany
Sounds Jazz Club - Brussels, Belgium
N.J. PAC - Newark, New Jersey
Badenscher Hof Jazz Club - Berlin, Germany
Duc Des Lombards - Paris, France
Kaunas International Jazz Festival - Kaunas, Lithuania
Jersey City Public Schools - Jersey City, New Jersey
Veterans Hospital - Lyons, New Jersey
Engelwood Public Library - Englewood, New Jersey
Newark Public Schools - Newark, New Jersey
African American Arts Museum - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cecils Jazz Club - West Orange, New Jersey
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Newark, NJ
Princeton University - Princeton, New Jersey
Bahia Center - New York, New York
United Nations Plaza - New York, New York
Blue Note Jazz Club - New York, New York
Caveau de le Huchette - Paris, France
Vilnius Civic Center - Vilnius, Lithuania
Panasonic Village Jazz Festival - New York, New York
Clemson University - Clemson, S. Carolina
National Black Educators Conference - Charlotte, North Carolina
Whole Foods Jazz Series - New Jersey & New York
Birmingham Civic Center - Birmingham, Alabama
Bayonne Public Library - Bayonne, New Jersey
Newark Public Library - Newark, New Jersey
Liberty State Park - Jersey City, New Jersey
Lincoln Park Summer Music Festival - Jersey City, New Jersey
Baltimore Art Museum - Baltimore, Maryland
Paulus Kirche Jazz Vespers - Berlin, Germany
Lake George Jazz Festival - Lake George, New York
Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival - Baltimore, Maryland
African World Festival - Detroit, Michigan
African Cultural Arts Festival - Jersey City, New Jersey
Rahway State Prison - Rahway, New Jersey
Trumpets Jazz Club - Montclair, New Jersey
Artist Collective Festival - Hartford, Connecticut
Jazz & Comedy Festival - Huntington, West Virginia
St. Josephs School for the Blind - Jersey City, New Jersey
A. Harry Moore Special Ed. School - Jersey City, New Jersey
Madame C.J. Walker Cultural Center - Indianapolis, Indiana
WBGO Radio"Jazz for Kids" - Newark, New Jersey
Muhammad Ali Day; Tribute - Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival - Red BanK, New Jersey
City College of New York - New York, New York
Jazz Vespers, Bethany Baptist Church - Newark, New Jersey
Jazz Vespers, Trinity Lutheran Church - Jersey City, New Jersey
Newark Museum - Newark, New Jersey
University of North Carolina - Raleigh/ Durham, North Carolina
Past Credits/Highlights (1995-2001)
THE SPIRIT OF LIFE ENSEMBLE performed as the Monday night Big Band
at the former New York City Jazz Club "SWEET BASIL".
Booking & Distribution Information: RISE UP PRODUCTIONS (USA)
Tel: 551-998-7116 - 201-333-7950
email: rupriseup@yahoo.com
www.rupmusic.com / www.spiritoflifeensemble.com
Performance Credits
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