Yosvany Terry/Baptiste Trotignon - Ancestral Memories Quartet

Recipient of the Doris Duke 2015 Artist Award, Cuban- American saxophonist and composer Yosvany Terry has played a pivotal role in defining the sound of Afro-Cuban jazz in the new century. Co-leader/ French pianist Baptiste Trotignon has a style very much his own. He can play with a strolling elegance that sounds very French and then presented with enough energy to make him bounce out of his seat. 

Ancestral Memories is much more than a folkloric project. It captures the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies of the Caribbean, New Orleans and French Louisiana, re-imagined through 21st century aesthetics and a jazz sensibility. The Ancestral Memories Quartet features the extraordinary rhythm section of Terry’s brother, bassist Yunior Terry, and powerhouse drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts. 

It’s rare to encounter a jazz ensemble of such complete musicality, where the inspiration and technique of each player are so finely honed and yet, ablaze with the freedom of real jazz energy and heat.

— To witness it is a total delight ! ! ! —