Through his vocal wizardry, he stunningly creates an endless range of sounds and atmospheres. Sitson forged an eloquent vocabulary capable of communicating far beyond any limits of language or custom. By freely combining his trademark vocal acrobatics with a breathtakingly creative command of oral and body percussions and miscellaneous effects, Mr. His daring musical project combines in a most innovative way jazz, gospel, blues and traditional African polyphonies, polyrhythms and melodies. Sitson is a pioneer of a new generation of multi-culturally influenced African musicians who are integrating into their musical styles their own exciting yet bewildering welter of "in-between" living experiences (north/south, tradition/modernity, 20th/21st century). He and his siblings were introduced to blues, jazz and African traditional music early in life. His family comes from a long line of musicians known as Ntontas ("players of horns") and his mother is a vocalist and choir director. Award-winning, New York-based vocal virtuoso Gino Sitson is a French-American originally from the Bamileke region of Cameroon, Central Africa.
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