The Dikeou Collection’s seventh installment of the ‘Fresh Jazz and Crisp Vinyl Series’ will feature a special performance by John A. Díaz-Cortés & the Folklorika Arkestra on Friday, July 18, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Justin Couch from Hot Congress Collective will be DJ’n rare & classic records from the Collection’s extensive Vinyl Archive. Díaz-Cortés and his band will play at 8:00 pm. This event will take place at Dikeou Pop-Up: Colfax, 312 East Colfax Avenue, and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.
John A. Díaz-Cortés is an American saxophonist, composer and educator. Critics have described his sound as, “joyous, lyrical blues atop modern harmonic and percussive approaches to to the saxophone” (Hardbop Jazz Journal). The Folklorika Arkestra, formed in 2009, combines the improvisational aspects of live jazz with the traditional folk sounds and melodies of the Americas. The diverse ensemble also takes influence from jazz legends like John Coltrane and Mary Lou Williams, as well as classical and avant-garde music from Europe. In 2013 they released the album “Not All Who Wander Are Lost: a musical memoir.” The band is dedicated to keeping the roots of various folk music from the Americas alive while delivering a modern message of community action and inclusiveness. The lineup for the evening includes John A. Díaz-Cortés on saxophone and cajon, Greg Harris on vibraphone, Jean-Luc Davis on bass, and Marc Dalio on drums.
The ‘Fresh Jazz and Crisp Vinyl Series’ focuses on jazz musicians living and working today, whose names are not yet embossed into history, but whose energy, wisdom, well worn instruments, and presence in the jazz scene are further defining our admiration for this life form called Jazz music. Selections from the vinyl archive will thus serve as a remembrance to all the jazz greats who came before the jazz musicians invited to play at this bi-monthly series.