L’ENSEMBLE JOE CHAMBERS – ANDRÉS VIAL

Multi-instrumentalists and composers Joe Chambers and Andrés Vial collaborate in a new project that reflects their shared interest in exploring the links between jazz and Latin and African music.

A member of the 1960s fraternity that recorded some of Blue Note’s greatest music, Joe Chambers can claim a rightful place alongside such innovative artists as Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson. He has produced legendary recordings with Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Eric Dolphy and Dizzy Gillespie, among others.

Montreal pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Andrés Vial has performed with Peter Bernstein, Greg Cohen, Malika Tirolien, Kalmunity, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Ingrid Jensen, Ivan Neville, Bassekou Kouyate, Kevin Dean, and many others.  A three-time Juno Award nominee (most recently for his trio album of original compositions When Is Ancient?), he also teaches at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music and has written articles on jazz and improvisation for Downbeat Magazine and Cumulus Press.

The ensemble will perform compositions by Joe Chambers, Andrés Vial, Thelonious Monk and others with instrumentation that includes piano, marimba, vibraphone, double bass, drums, xylophones and African percussion.

“I think an instrument chooses you. Drums came early in my life.” – Joe Chambers

CLOSING NIGHT
Presented by Timpano Percussions