This year’s Sugar Isle Jazz will highlight the music and flavour of the Caribbean.
Top Barbadian Grammy-nominated musician Nicholas Brancker will take centre stage as he leads an all-star band made up of some of the region’s biggest names in music,including ace arranger Leston Paul from Trinidad.
The band will perform some of the Caribbean’s biggest hits in a contemporary jazz style.
Both Brancker and Paul are responsible for the arrangements and played on some of the region’s mega hits from artistes such as Sparrow, Arrow, Baron, Red Plastic Bag, Edwin Yearwood, Kitchener, Shaggy and Alison Hinds, to name a few.
Brancker is eager to perform in front of his home audience in this capacity. “It has been quite a while performing a full concert set where I have real control over song selection and the interpretation,” he said, “so I am really excited and guarantee that the audience will not be disappointed.
“There is something in it for everyone – the young, the matured and, more importantly, the lovers of good music.”
The young and upcoming Barbadian band NJ30+ will open the show. This band is led by the versatile and exciting Marias Hawk Bass Charmagne and includes young saxophone sensation Joseph Callender, among others.
The Deryck Walcott production will take place on Saturday, June 8 at the Plantation Garden Theatre at 8pm. (PR)
