Special Event: The Marel Hidalgo Quintet
Celebrating Ernest Ranglin & The Jamaican Jazz Songbook
Sunday, May 31
3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Special Event: The Marel Hidalgo Quintet
The Marel Hidalgo Quintet, featuring teenage virtuoso Marel Hidalgo, performs a tribute concert honoring Jamaican composer and guitarist Ernest Ranglin.
Princeton Public Library - Hinds Plaza
Princeton Public Library
Hinds PlazaThe Marel Hidalgo Quintet, featuring teenage virtuoso Marel Hidalgo, performs a tribute concert honoring Jamaican composer and guitarist Ernest Ranglin.
Teenage guitar and banjo virtuoso Marel Hidalgo explores the music of Jamaica through the legacy of one of its most influential pioneers, guitarist and composer Ernest Ranglin. This fresh take on calypso, mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub will be blended with jazz and swing inflections in a unique musical journey by one of the most innovative young artists in the jazz scene today.
Band Members at this performance:
- Marel Hidalgo on guitar
- Leonieke Scheuble on piano
- Mike Griot on bass
- Joe Brown Jr. on drums
- Featuring: Winard Harper on drums
In the event of inclement weather, the performance will take place in the library's Community Room.
Presented in partnership with McCarter Theatre Center in advance of its annual Jazz in June series.
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