Sudamericanto

Our unique brand of Latin-American music takes audiences along a journey through South America and the Caribbean traditions with a Brazilian jazz twist. Featuring multi-faceted Puerto Rican vocalist/interpreter Madeleine Zayas and high caliber Bay Area musicians/educators natives from Peru, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the US coming together to play original compositions and fresh arrangements of carefully selected Latin American classics from Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Our very eclectic repertoire is influenced by Afro-Peruvian rhythms such as Lando and Festejo, Chilean cueca, Brazilian samba and maracatu, Argentinian chamames, stylized plena, bomba and guaracha Puertorriquena, son Cubano and boleros, all tied together with rhythmic precision and intertwined with jazzy flavors.

Madeleine Zayas - lead vocals, guiro, maracas, bombo

Marcos Silva - keyboard, arrangements

David Pinto - bass, arrangements

Michaelle Goerlitz - percussion

Saturday, February 15th 2025

Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show

Admission: (Online) $20-$30 (Door) $25 general, $15 students with ID and low income

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Born and raised in Puerto Rico, is a Latin American singer/interpreter and choreographer based in Oakland. At age 15 she performed as a singer with internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Wilkins in her native Puerto Rico. She has performed as a dancer in theaters and television in Puerto Rico, California, and Nevada since 1985. She was co-founder of Buena Trova Social Club with Brandon Vance in 2012 and co-artistic director of Madelina y Los Carpinteros and Duo Made y Feña since 2014. Madeleine has shared the stage with Cheo Feliciano, Inti Illimani, John Santos, and Holly Near. Her eclectic repertoire is rooted in the Nueva Canción/Nueva Trova tradition of entertaining and educating about culture and pressing social issues.

is a Brazilian-native multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and educator who performs worldwide. Nominated for a Grammy, he has toured with many world-renowned artists, including Paquito D’Rivera, Bud Shank, Dori Caymmi, and many others. He was musical director for Flora Purim and Airto Moreira for 23 years. Marcos has written arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie’s band and replaced Gil Evans as arranger-composer of Airto’s Spiritual Mass. He is the founder and director of the Brazilian Jazz Department at California Jazz School in Berkeley.

is a Peruvian native best-known for his work as music director, arranger, and bassist for Grammy-winner Susana Baca, Diva of Afro-Peruvian song. He was a member of Peru Jazz, a group highly praised for its innovation and fusion of Peruvian roots and jazz.

has been playing drums and percussion since she was eight years old. After attending college in the Midwest, she moved to San Francisco in 1980 to continue her studies, which led to her exploration of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Venezuelan, Peruvian, and Middle Eastern rhythms (plus American idioms of jazz, R&B, and funk). She was a founding member of two renowned and long-term projects, the Blazing Redheads and Wild Mango. Both groups blended many different styles, which showcased Michaelle's versatile percussive skills.

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