Balanco em Dois, Brazilian Jazz, Thursday Evening Jazz Series
About this Event
Featured artwork "Luncheon on the Grass" by Jeff Ostergren
TICKETS $20 in advance online / $25 at the door
Sponsored by The Richard P. Garmany Fund through Greater Hartford Gives
Complete Thursday Evening Jazz Series line up below*
Underwater Kite, https://www.underwaterkite.art/, Windsor's newest avant garde art gallery, Antony Zito, curator, and sponsored by Artists in Real Time. A perfect environment for summer evenings of jazz.
Balanço em Dois celebrates the music of Brazil – Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro, Baiao and more, styles that are a blend of African and indigenous rhythms with European folk and dance rhythms. The duo’s repertoire features songs by Brazil’s classic composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Moacir Santos, Jacob do Bandolim, Luiz Bonfa, Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, Ary Barroso and others. The Duo take things a step further by using their jazz backgrounds to add improvisation into the tunes, creating a sound that blends the best of both worlds. In other words: the best music from “Both Sides of the Equator”.
Joe Carter is the Director of Academic Music Programs at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. Since 1988, Joe has performed, taught, recorded and occasionally lived in Brazil. This experience, combined with performing and teaching in India, Germany and France, have helped him to form a sound and style based in “Samba Jazz” that combines the improvisational nature of North American Jazz with the lyrical and rhythmical aspects of Brazilian Bossa Nova, Samba, Choro, Baiao and MPB.
Laura Volpintesta is a vocalist and dancer specializing in Jazz and Brazilian style music and dance, who has performed locally in CT. Laura is also a fashion designer, illustrator, author and has been an educator for the past 20 years at Parsons School of Design in NYC.
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*THURSDAY EVENING JAZZ SERIES DATES
*AUGUST 6: Nat Reeves, renowned bassist, with Kirk Woodward, drums & Mary DiPaola, keyboard. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994347348606?aff=oddtdtcreator
*AUGUST 13: Joe Carter & Laura Volpintesta, known as Balanco em Dois, celebrate the music of Brazil. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994504735354?aff=oddtdtcreator
*AUGUST 20: Saskia Laroo, trumpet, and Warren Byrd, pianist, vocalist, composer perform at our final August Jazz Series. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994505459520?aff=oddtdtcreator
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM
Doors Open
Info: View the inaugural exhibition, "Tar & Feathers", featuring over 100 artworks by 78 artists from across New England, New York and the Midwest, curated by Antony Zito and sponsored by Artists in Real Time. Full of deft humor, emotional depth, vibrant intellect, skillful craft and surprising moment, it's the perfect environment for summer evenings of jazz. Refreshments available.
🕑: 06:30 AM
Jazz Series Performance
Info: Joe Carter and Laura Volpintesta, Balanço em Dois, celebrate the music of Brazil – Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro, Baiao and more, styles that are a blend of African and indigenous rhythms with European folk and dance rhythms. The duo’s repertoire features songs by Brazil’s classic composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Moacir Santos, Jacob do Bandolim, Luiz Bonfa, Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, Ary Barroso and others. The best music from “Both Sides of the Equator”.
🕑: 08:00 PM
Free, Live Painting Performances
Info: Following the jazz performance, live painting performances will continue into the night. Featuring Antony Zito, Jonathan Frechette and other live painters.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 20.00
