Tusten Jazz: November 7th, 7pm - Fay Victor + Lee Taylor

Tree Trini Collective

Fay Victor - Vocals
Lyndon Achee - Steelpan
Jessie Cox - Drummer

Tree Trini Collective center the long and often-undiscussed history of experimentation at the musical core of the sister island nations of Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing on the ancestral resourcefulness of turning first bamboo then discarded oil drums into instruments that would become the steelpan, Tree Trini Collective projects T&T’s musical diaspora into futures unknown. Through improvisation and new compositions by all three group members, the group uses the vibrational space of their shared ancestry and artistry to express “our deepest feelings and connections at this time. We go back to our roots to move forward.” 

Joy In An Ugly World

Lee Taylor – Vocals
Marius Van Den Brink – Piano
Steve Wood – Bass
Ismail Lawal – Drums

Lee Taylor is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Raised in the South, Taylor's musical education began early. They started teaching private oboe lessons at 13 and were singing in local clubs as a teenager, crediting public school music programs for their start. Their sound draws on blues and jazz, delivered with the kind of grit that comes from years of paying dues on real stages rather than algorithms.