BRATTLEBORO — Impulse Ensemble, a world fusion power trio featuring Tony Vacca, Derrik Jordan, and Jim Matus will present a special end of the year performance on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro at 8 p.m.
For this evening, they will be performing with a light show run by Wyatt Andrews to create a psychedelic effect filling the room with light and color. Admission is $10.
According to a news release, Impulse Ensemble is known for its unique musical blend of African, Middle Eastern, and jazz roots. Vacca plays balafon, percussion, and spoken word. Jordan, a longtime area musician, is well known for his band Simba. He plays electric violin, kalimba, percussion and sings. Matus plays electric Greek lute and sings. They are known for their high energy, highly rhythmic, and very danceable spontaneous jams.
Vacca is one of the founders of the Senegal-America Project and, with Jordan, has made many trips to Africa to perform and study African music. All three members have been passionately writing and performing world music since the 1970s and have released many of their own CDs and also their own Impulse Ensemble CD, “Initiation.”
Their music is on many TV shows and was recently included in the documentary film “Power Struggle,” about the closing of Vermont Yankee.