JACQUES SCHWARZ-BART

Saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart grew up in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and has been living in New York since the late 90s where he plays in the band of soul star D’Angelo and regularly works with artists such as Roy Hargrove, Erykah Badu, Meshell N’degeocello and Danilo Perez. With his own group he presents a unique blend of Gwoka, jazz en soul. “Mr. Schwarz-Bart fuses the hard tone of John Coltrane and the young Wayne Shorter in the angular lines and asymmetrical structures atop rhythms from Guadeloupe. There is serious thought in Mr. Schwarz-Bart’s fusion.” (The New York Times).