ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH
JAZZ & GREEN TECHNOLOGY
The Soular Jazz Foundation promotes sustainable, clean energy with music events.
These events include parades, concerts and the annual Soular Jazz Festival.
Soular Jazz Festival
Sunday, September 17
9th Annual
40 Church Street, Northborough, MA
12 - 3 PM
40 Church Street, Northborough, MA
2023 Featured Performers: Man on Land, The Gringo Kings, Latin Logic
Man on Land
Man On Land is a collectively led trio between pianist Brian Friedland, bassist Greg Loughman and drummer Austin McMahon. The band name is formed from the end of each band member’s names, driving home the point that this group is a true collaboration. Each member brings their full creativity to the music, and all contribute compositions and arrangements to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Man On Land first performed in 2009 at the Taylor House in Jamaica Plain, playing original music by all three members. The sympathetic connection between them was obvious, and inspired them to keep performing and composing specifically for the group. Through a decade of performing each other’s music, that connection has deepened and is clearly manifested in this debut recording. Their original music places a great emphasis on melody, narrative, atmosphere, and interaction, blending together their distinct compositional voices. The versatility and imagination of their live performances have created a loyal following in the Boston area.
The Gringo Kings
The Gringo Kings sprang out of Ed Harlow’s love of the famed Cuban Salsa band, Cubanismo. Imitation of Cubanismo preceded Harlow to shift The Gringo Kings’ repertoire to integrate his Jazz roots into subsequent compositions and arrangements. This includes influences from Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and many other giants of Jazz. Covers of Chicago and The Beatles complimenting Harlow’s numerous inventive originals followed.
The Gringo Kings is a Latin Jazz band in the truest sense - drawing from the giants of both styles.
Latin Logic
Latin Logic aims to respect and maintain the tradition of old school salsa with a special touch of Latin jazz and Afro Caribbean rhythms; making it a fusion of flavors through Latin America. The members of the group are some of the most highly in demand musicians in the New England area and come from Venezuela, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This wide array of members and backgrounds is what really gives this band their unique sound.
Past events
Friday, April 14, 7 PM
Lee Fish Quartet
“A dextrous young drummer”— DownBeat
Lee Fish - drums
Charles Oveton - harp
Devon Gates - bass
Edmar Colon - saxophone
Friday, February 10, 7 PM
Zach Bushey and Friends
Friday, October 21, 7 PM
Sofferman Perspective Trio
Brook Sofferman - drums
Rick Stone - alto sax
Sean Farias - bass
Sofferman Perspective Trio
8th Annual Soular Jazz Festival
September 18, 2022
12 - 4 PM
40 Church Street, Northborough, MA
2022 Featured Performers
Cameron Campbell is a pianist, composer and producer from Worcester, Massachusetts. He plays jazz as well as avant-garde and electronic music. He performs with his trio as well as doing solo and sideman work around New England. In high school Cameron studied with pianist Christian Sands and has learned from other musical greats including Jimmy Cobb, Sheila Jordan, Buster Williams, Jaleel Shaw and Ingrid Jensen. He has also been a featured performer alongside legendary pianists George Cables, Joanne Brackeen, Kenny Werner and Julius Rodrigues. Cameron has performed at venues throughout New England and New York including Little Island Music Festival, Silvana, The Lilypad, Sofar Sounds, Central Mass Jazz Fest, Hartford Baby Grand Jazz Fest, The Buttonwood Tree, Black-Eyed Sally’s and Vermont Jazz Center. He is now at the Manhattan School of Music where he is mentored by pianist Marc Cary.
Traditional Jazz - Dixieland, Swing, New Orleans - at its finest! This Boston band has been in business since 1995 playing great jazz from the 1910's through the 1960's.
The Wolverine Jazz Band includes Jeff Hughes - cornet, trumpet, flugelhorn Tom Boates - trombone, vocal John Clark - clarinet, baritone and bass saxes, vocal Ross Petot - piano Jimmy Mazzy - banjo and vocal Rick MacWilliams - tuba Dave Didriksen - drums special guest - Herb Gardner - piano, vocal and trombone
Saxophonist Ed Harlow began this band as a response to a full-blown infatuation he developed for the music of the Cuban salsa band, Cubanismo, which his wife, Kathleen, introduced to him when they were dating in 2002.
“I have always loved the power, sound and earthiness of a great horn section like those in Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Blood, Sweat and Tears and even more so, those of the big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. For me, Cubanismo is in this family of great horn bands. Being able to hear my compositions and arrangements interpreted by great horn players matched with a masterful rhythm section that listens and grooves seems to me to be proof that there is a god and that s/he loves us.”
Latin Logic aims to respect and maintain the tradition of old school salsa with a special touch of Latin jazz and Afro Caribbean rhythms; making it a fusion of flavors through Latin America. The members of the group are some of the most highly in demand musicians in the New England area and come from Venezuela, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This wide array of members and backgrounds is what really gives this band their unique sound.
