Summer fling
It was a June-blue sunday, a perfect summer-fling day; a music-filled day with poetry and song and friends and laughter; and our spirits were high and the energy was electrifying and it was summer, and we were starting it with a blast at our first Toukouleur Jazz & Poetry Brunch.
Wish you had been there to celebrate the new season with us, which – unless I’m mistaken-, could be the color of hope!
Poetry by Michele Marcelin with Alix Buyu Ambroise on saxophone and the musicians from the Blues in Red Band:
Lou Rainone on piano, Michael Vitali on drums, Waldo Chavez on bass, Atibon Nazaire on Haitian percussion.
Special guest artists: We were blessed with vocals by Chude Mondlane from Mozambique and Didi Crevecoeur, who traveled light from Florida with his harmonica.
Before the show: Atibon, Waldo, Michele, Lou, Buyu, and Michael
The Maestro on the sax
Buyu, Lou, and Michael
Buyu, Atibon, and Waldo
Waldo, Buyu and Didi
Lou
Didi
Chude
Michele
Chude and Michele
…and when the show ends, the after-brunch party starts!
With Francesca and Jenny
With Erin and Alzo
Jazz fans from Boston and New York
With Ahmad Rashad of Clear Water Entertainment
Francesca and Yolene
Our Jazz~Poetry brunch was a blast!
Fit in a little poetry and music in your summer, and fill it with joy as well!
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Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009) - translated into Spanish by Editorial ALBA as "Amores y cosas sin importancia" - all of which garnered rave reviews. Her writings are also featured in 3 anthologies published in France: "Cahier Haiti" (published by RAL'M-2009), "Terre de Femmes" (Editions Bruno Doucey-2011) "Revue Intranqu'îllités" (2012). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a Masters from The New School for Social Research.
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