“In a small spot where I’d go every morning for juice, there was a beautiful woman who served me. But because she spoke another language, we communicated mostly through glances and looks. Every time she handed me the glass of juice, I knew there was something to be said. To explain it, I composed a song, titled “Janine.”

The day I went to show, and play it, for her, I found that she’d left the country.”

Charlie Porter

Multi-genre trumpeteer and composer Charlie Porter has played the world’s venues with verve and imagination that sets him apart from other jazz musicians.

This time, it was the Bronx’s turn to be serenaded.

His quartet performed classic standards along with Porter´s hard-hitting original tunes in a no-nonsense, straight to the point style, ensconced in the Bronx Library Center on East Kingsbridge Road this past Sat., Jan. 21st.

“En un pequeño lugar iba todas la mañanas por un jugo,  me lo daba una mujer hermosa pero ella hablaba otro idioma así que nos comunicábamos por miradas, cada vez que ella me entregaba el jugo sabíamos que había algo, para poder explicárselo le compuse una canción titulada ‘Janine’ y justo el día que se la iba a mostrar ella dejó el país.”

Charlie Porter

Trompetista de múltiple genero y compositor Charlie Porter ha tocado lugares por todo el mundo, con brío e imaginación que lo distingue de otros músicos de jazz.

Esta vez, le toco al Bronx ser serenado.

Su cuarteto realizó estándares clásicos junto a composiciones originales en su estilo único, todo dentro del ‘Bronx Library Center,’ localizado en la calle Kingsbridge este pasado sábado, enero 21.