BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Jazz Center's final concert of the 2012-13 season is Eugene Uman's Convergence Project, set for Saturday, June 8, at 8 p.m.
The music, composed and performed by VJC artistic director Eugene Uman, who also is pianist and leader of the Convergence Project, is innovative, exploratory, understandable, and fun.
According to Uman, what keeps the project unified is the integrity of the compositions, the shared vision of the group's members, and a careful balance of jazz harmonies with Colombian rhythms.
Now in its fifth year as a core group, the Convergence Project also features drummer Satoshi Takeishi. electric bassist Stomu Takeishi, saxophonist Michael Zsoldos, trombonist Steve Davis, and guitarist Sebastián Cruz.