VICTOR CAMPBELL presents SACRILEGE 

Cuban Folklore meets New Orleans Folklore in the 22nd Century 

A Jazz Generations Initiative 2026 Jazz Cohort Culminating Concert 

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6:30pm Doors  |  7:30pm Show |  21+

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Throughout 2026, this year’s JGI Jazz Cohort fellows have been contemplating healing in practice, democracy within jazz culture, and intergenerationality in the discipline of music. 

For cohort member Victor Campbell, this has led to an examination of boundaries in musical traditions, of religion versus spirituality, and an exploration of those thinly veiled moments in which an artistic gesture appears to cross a forbidden boundary. This idea is not necessarily about the rejection of tradition, but rather about interrogating the boundaries that tradition establishes. In particular, this means a departure from the traditional piano at which most know him to sit, and instead finds him among a spaceship of synthesizers.

We’ve been told to expect an Afrofuturist journey through Afro-Cuban rhythms, New Orleans musical traditions, elements of electronic music, and even classical forms. Yet, no genre or style is impossible in this realm. For, “if the blues is considered a sacred musical language, why then should sacred musical language not also be placed within a techno structure?” 

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“Music and its power over the subconscious is fascinating because of its ability to enter the soul without asking for permission.” ~Victor Campbell 

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Join us for an evening of brand new music, spirits both familiar and fresh, and an invitation to become a participant in this collaboration. This is Sacrilege as a Creative Principle. 

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Tonight’s performance features: 

Victor Campbell - keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines 

Jafet Pérez - drums, bass 

Katerin Cacao - saxophone, voice 

Gregory “Blodie” Davis - trumpet 

Paul Stewart - keys 

Nylah Bryant - dance 

• + Special Guests TBA 

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$20 GA Advance Online. $30 Day of Show. $35 Limited Reserved Front Section Seating. 

***Limited Capacity Venue, Advance Tickets Strongly Suggested*** 

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ABOUT VICTOR CAMPBELL:  

Victor Campbell is a young piano player hailing from Camagüey, Cuba. His compelling style combines virtuosity, whimsy, charisma and technical prowess. Notably, it is just plain fun to watch Victor perform. He started playing piano at age 5 and went on to train at Cuba’s National School of the Arts. He has since played all over the United States, and internationally. Victor first visited New Orleans in 2012 as a teenager, part of an exchange program with the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp. That visit changed his life and in 2019 Victor decided to relocate to New Orleans. He has been feverishly studying all styles of New Orleans music ever since, and incorporating it into his own musical language. He can effortlessly transition from a blues solo, to a Cuban timba montuno, and then right into a classical piano selection. In a 2019 interview, the great Chucho Valdés predicted that, “Victor will revolutionize Cuban jazz piano.” 

After performing as a featured new artist at several CubaNOLA showcases, Victor now has several New Orleans-based bands and collaborations, including his high-energy big band Timba Swamp, and is a fervent leader of the city’s growing Cuba-New Orleans fusion renaissance scene, which also includes collaborations with the Cuban funk phenomenon, Cimafunk, and New Orleans legends like Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra, both of which Victor tours with regularly. Most recently, he was recruited to play piano on renowned musical director Raphael Saadiq’s Grammy-nominated song “I Lied To You” in the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for 2025’s Academy Award-winning film by director Ryan Coogler, "SINNERS.”  In 2026, Victor was selected as a Jazz Generations Initiative (JGI) New Orleans Jazz Cohort fellow, and is working on his debut studio album, projected for release in 2027.