Videos (FLASH: Launch videos with link below) Hello!
Here are a collection of videos that present a variety of projects that Ive been involved in. You can also go to http://www.kelvinsholar.com/html/links.php to see the video from my site in html.
Treks, the interviewer at CarpeBerlin, is a really cool guy and we talked a bit about my life, projects and various other things in this recent interview.
With Kevin Jones and Tenth World
Last time we saw Tribe, now, we look at my favorite band in NEW YORK.
A great interview from this master percussionist and a close friend. There is some nice footage from our show at the Hughes House in NYC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTyqDTeWbGg
Kelvin Sholar with Vladimir Karparov Band in Berlin:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fzP341zzHm4
Myspace videos of "Conversations in Space"- Audio/visual project with VJ MOX, Francesco Tristano and Kelvin Sholar live at Kunsthaus Museum on the BIx Facade:
InnerZone Orchestra in Rome- 2008
MIT- Parco Della Musica
Carl Craig presents a collage of his music with Innerzone Orchestra: Francisco Mora (drums, percussion, Ex-Sun Ra), Kelvin Sholar (Rhodes, Synths), Francesco Tristano (Piano, Synths), and Damon Warmack (bass). Engineer: Collin Dupuis. Images: Rita Sagyeh.
Technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUwwdaSDVM8
Tristano solo into Technology and Sholar solo.
Mora Feature/Babalu Aye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7Z6QMcj5E
Francisco Mora is featured performing solo percussion and voice.
The Melody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyoeJwkU98E
Clips begins mid-solo (Sholar) then Tristano solo into Ambience.
Architecture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC-SFUoAE2E
Architecture is Ambient and Dub-like.
At Les
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3-HJ5cOsI
At Les is ambient with images of great people on the background screen.
Bug in the Bass Bin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsmDYsdHIP8
Sholar (on Piano) and Tristano (on Rhodes) have switched instruments. Mora plays percussion.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=marno59
For compete list of videos of Kelvin Sholar and Sholar System performing Sholar's recomposition of The Rite of Spring and The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky on September 11, 2007.
The show was called "Detroit Special" and we played at Springseven Festival in Graz, Austria. The band is Carl Craig on electronics, Myself on Rhodes, Laptop and Moog, Francesco Tristano Schlime on keyboards and Laptop, Doug Hammond on drums.
Carl Craig Live at springseven graz - introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBxqW10e2jk
Kelvin Sholar in Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdKTcZf2Vts
with Kevin Louis at Showman’s in Harlem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRhggdHLdSk
Live at the "Caffè Cellini Jazz Club" Livorno (Italy) 14/04/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU9yH21PziY
Back to Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKU4XUCRHF4
http://www.cantieresanbernardo.it/node/802
Here is a video clip (8' 50" ) of my Italian trio project: KAP, with a performance at Go Go Jazz 2007 in Cantiere Sanbernardo (PISA). It is the Encore of the evening and we perform Gerry Mulligan’s fav “Bernie’s Tune”. This clip is part os a series called “Ottolina TV” produced by Toside.
Kevin Jones and Tenth World Music Kevin Jones is an exciting young percussionist that has graced the stages the world over. Originally from Englewood, NJ, Kevin has been playing professionally since the age of 13 when he worked for All Platinum Records (now Sugar Hill records) in his hometown of Englewood. There he cut percussion tracks for groups like the "Moments" and even toured with some of their recording artists while still in school. At the age of 16 he joined a professional African dance & drum ensemble under the direction of master drummer and dancer, Titos Sompas. It was here that Kevin learned many of the traditional Rhythms and Songs from the Congo.
Kevin then went on to record and tour with R&B legends "The Isley Brothers". This proved to be one of Kevin's longest lasting gigs, spanning thirteen years. He also had the distinct privilege of touring with world-renowned singer, Whitney Houston. More recently Kevin, has continued to stick close to his roots of Jazz and Traditional African and Neo-African music by playing with many artists such as Talib Kibwe, Winard Harper, Babatunde Lea, Clifford Adams and now Reggie Workman. Kevin still can be found playing traditional African music with Malaki Ma Congo Drum and Dance Ensemble.
The Website of Brian Horton Brian Horton is a composer, saxophonist, producer and studio engineer from Kinston, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina Central University with a BA in jazz performance in the Spring of 1997. Two years later he obtained his MA at the Aaron Copeland School of Music in Queens, New York under the direction of Jimmy Heath and the late Sir RolandHanna. Since that time he has kept a steady balance of work as a bandleader, sideman and composer/arranger for such renowned jazz musicians as Hanna, Winard Harper, Louie Bellson and Clark Terry. Horton is an extremely versatile player who opens his ears to many genres of music. His playing is known for his attention to detail and melody, especially in his ballads. Horton’s sound is lush and soulful yet filled with a quiet fire when needed. Though a technically competent player, he prefers to speak more than just his vast vocabulary on his instrument. Instead, he tells the story. No matter what tempo, setting or tune he finds room to speak the blues, a characteristic often overlooked by many young horn players today. His work can be sited with Winard Harper, Kevin Jones(10th World), producer Just Blaze(Snoop Dogg, Memphis Bleek) Esoterica, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and DJ Carl Craig to name a few. His music has been featured in several independent documentaries for Columbia and Stanford Universities, ESPN, FootLocker and director Spike Lee. Best by far, this young lion is as entertaining to watch as he is to hear on record.
Damon Warmack By picking up a bass guitar on Christmas Day of 1991, Damon Warmack embarked upon a journey that would take him from Detroit's east side to Asia (Japan), Europe (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Slovokia and Russia), Canada, New York, Los Angeles and a few places in between.
Early influences such as Earth, Wind & Fire, George Duke, Marcus Miller, The Brothers Johnson, Frank Zappa, Branford Marsalis and John Patitucci helped guide Damon through the seemingly unrelated worlds of Jazz, Hip-Hop, R&B, Afro-Cuban and beyond.
Damon has shared stage and/or studio with Fransico Mora Catlett, Pamela Wise, Wendell Harrison, Calvin Brooks, Stephanie Mills, Orchestra Fuego, Thornetta Davis, Vincent Herring, Fred Hammond, Gary Thomas, Inohs Sivad, Kelvin Sholar's Esoterica, Bujo Kevin Jones' 10th World, Mathias, Q-Tip, Ronnie Cuber, Harold McKinney, The Edge, Alexander O'Neal, Shelby-Brown, Amp Fiddler, Brian O'Neal, Straight Ahead, Lenny White and Stevie Wonder just to name a few.
He's also participated in plays such as Dreamgirls, Anne Of Green Gables, MasterMixx, Perlie, Unforgettably, The Great One, Strong Women Keep Coming and Black Nativity.
Kevin Louis Kevin Louis, a native New Orleanian, is a graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) (’95). He has earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance at Oberlin Conservatory of Music (’99). Kevin has received a Masters of Arts from the Aaron Copeland’s School of Music at Queens College(’01).
He has studied under such accomplished jazz artists as:
Clyde Kerr Jr., Kenneth Davis, Donald Walden, Stacy Cole, Wendell Logan, Gregory Bandy, Neal Creque, Sir Roland Hanna and Michael Phillip Mossman.
Mr. Louis has also has been schooled in classical trumpet technique under the instruction of:
William Lucas, Byron Pearson, Ronald Benko and Charles Couch.
He has shared the stage with:
Bobby Watson, Victor Lewis, Kermit Ruffins, Jimmy Heath, Roland Guerin, Victor Atkins, Carmen Lundy, Curtis Lundy, Nicholas Payton, Gary Bartz, Henry Butler, Jesse Davis, Will Calhoun, Mos Def, The Real Live Show, Peter Martin, Fred Sanders, Shelly Carrol, Donald Edwards, Jon Benitez, Oran Evans, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Aaron Thurston Trio,The Howard Fishman Quartet, Kevin Jones & the 10th World, Winard Harper, Ronnie Mathews, Mike Phillips, Onaje Allen Gumbs and many more. With these artist and others Kevin has toured at least thirty countries as a performer, clinician and private instuctor. Mr. Louis has also done two tours through Africa and the Middle East for the U.S. Department of State/ John F. Kennedy Center as a Jazz Ambassador.