JAZZ ENSEMBLE– KIMOTION (USA)

The ensemble Kimotion includes 22 members performing Jazz with a combination of Rock and classical. Its special art programme for Hue Festival with the participation of traditional instrumentalists and well-known artists of Vietnam will bring interesting experiences to the audience.

About Kimo Williams and Kimotion Ensemble:

From 1973 to 1976, Kimo Williams attended Berklee College in Boston. He began writing for jazz big band but augmented his arrangements a wide variety of classical style instruments including strings and double-reeds.

Eventually, he took his jazz and classical knowledge and composed his first symphony, Symphony for the Sons of Nam, which has received national radio play and has been performed by many orchestras, including Philadelphia, Detroit and Atlanta as well as receiving three composer awards. In 1990, Williams started his own recording label and recording studio in Chicago, Little Beck Music. Kimotion, formerly known as The Paumalu Symphony, was formed in 1975. Kimo wrote music specifically for his ensemble so as to express his compositional concepts. These concepts involved his own unique harmonic technique called Diagonal Harmony.

With 22 musicians, the Kimotion ensemble includes four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, two guitars, keyboards, percussion, bass, drums, three violins, viola and cello. The music is high energy combining rock with jazz and all places in-between. Their first release in 1991 War Stories was well received by the critics: Kimo is currently working on his second Symphonic-Big Band-Rock album Tracking. This CD is produced by Kimo Williams and actor/musician Gary Sinise. Kimo and Gary share the electric bass tracks along with Victor Bailey. Also performing on Tracking is drum legend Vinnie Colaiuta and tenor sax great Michael Brecker.

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