Caleb Vaughn-Jones

Along with classical music composers such as Bach, Brahms, John Adams, Samuel Barber, and Prokofiev Caleb's music is inspired by jazz, hip-hop, R&B, & traditional African music.

Caleb&#39;s debut album, Two Worlds Called Home, features pianists <a href="spotify:artist:3wufF1P9sKSFvOxBJWPRCU" data-name="Hsin-I Huang">Hsin-I Huang</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1BEfHN0wvVGDXaQCWDqIyy" data-name="Bokani Dyer">Bokani Dyer</a>. The album is inspired by composer Caleb Vaughn-Jones’s nine-year journey as an American living abroad in South Africa. In 2011, Vaughn-Jones was a gifted cellist from Baltimore who felt a calling toward the unknown. He abandoned the traditional path of an American musician building a career and instead moved to Port Elizabeth, South Africa to teach music. In this album, Vaughn-Jones employs his skill as a cellist to express the joys and sacrifices he encountered on this incredible adventure. Ava’s Lullaby, for example, was written for his daughter when pandemic restrictions kept him from returning to the United States. Lakutshon’ ilanga (The Sun Never Sets), on the other hand, is an isiXhosa song written by Mackay Davashe during the Apartheid era that describes the endless search for a lost love. Joined by pianist Hsin-I Huang, Vaughn-Jones invites listeners on an unforgettable journey.