Sandy Cressman’s Homenagem Brasileira ft Zach Pitt-Smith

While many an American jazz singer flirts with the Brazilian Songbook, Sandy Cressman made a name for herself as a true devotee of the country’s greatest contemporary composers, interpreting songs by post-bossa masters like Milton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi, Gilberto Gil, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Sandy has collaborated on original music with some important figures in contemporary Brazilian Music, including Pernambuco frevo composer/bandleader Spok, rising Brazilian-American guitarist Ian Faquini, pianist/composer Jovino Santos Neto, and pianist Antonio Adolfo, a Brazilian jazz master who got his start at the center of Rio’s early 1960s bossa nova scene. Cressman documented these musical friendships forged during her musical travels course in her most recent CD Entre Amigos. For September 28th’s return to Keys, Sandy welcomes special guest Zack Pitt-Smith on saxophone and flute. Although Zack has toured in Europe, South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America, he shares a special connection to the music of Brazil. He has shared the stage with Jovino Santos, Harvey Wainapel, and Marcos Silva as well as many notable jazz artists. Zack performs in the San Francisco Bay Area most frequently with his Brazilian instrumental choro ensemble Grupo Falso Baiano and with Oakland Samba Revue, and shares Sandy’s deep appreciation for the music of Milton Nascimento. The rest of the band will include Murray Low on piano, David Belove on bass and Dillon Vado on drums.
Tickets: $40 per show
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