Rio-born Brazilian composer/singer/pianist Luiz Simas is a genuine Carioca! A New Yorker since ‘89, he has led original groups in many clubs including Birdland, as well as jazz festivals in Norway, Brazil, and most recently, the Ukraine. Luiz' voice and music have warmed major venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Bargemusic in NYC. His CDs include Cafuné, Impromptu, Luiz Simas Live in NYC, New Chorinhos from Brazil and Recipe for Rhythm. On this concert at Amazing Things Luiz will play piano and sing, with Jason Davis on bass and Bertram Lehmann on drums. Come and listen to an assortment of beautifully re-arranged Brazilian bossa nova standards, as well as Luiz' own originals in bossa and choro styles, and even some American favorites played with a Brazilian flavor. "Luiz Simas is not only a wonderful musician, singer and composer, he is an engaging performer who draws his audience into his witty, joyful, sensuous musical world. Simas epitomizes the fantasies we non-Brazilians have about that wonderful country, and with him, we all get to be Brazilian, at least for the a couple hours!" - Judy Carmichael, pianist...
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Rio-born Brazilian composer/singer/pianist Luiz Simas is a genuine Carioca! A New Yorker since ‘89, he has led original groups in many clubs including Birdland, as well as jazz festivals in Norway, Brazil, and most recently, the Ukraine. Luiz' voice and music have warmed major venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Bargemusic in NYC. His CDs include Cafuné, Impromptu, Luiz Simas Live in NYC, New Chorinhos from Brazil and Recipe for Rhythm. On this concert at Amazing Things Luiz will play piano and sing, with Jason Davis on bass and Bertram Lehmann on drums. Come and listen to an assortment of beautifully re-arranged Brazilian bossa nova standards, as well as Luiz' own originals in bossa and choro styles, and even some American favorites played with a Brazilian flavor. "Luiz Simas is not only a wonderful musician, singer and composer, he is an engaging performer who draws his audience into his witty, joyful, sensuous musical world. Simas epitomizes the fantasies we non-Brazilians have about that wonderful country, and with him, we all get to be Brazilian, at least for the a couple hours!" - Judy Carmichael, pianist
About the musicians playing with Luiz Simas:
Jason Davis Jason is an active performer and teacher of upright bass, electric bass, guitar, and piano in the Boston area. He writes music for and leads the Boston-based world music/jazz/environmental sound ensemble Earthsound, and also performs with the Daniel Bennett Group, Choro Democrático and many other ensembles. Jason is skilled at diverse styles of music including jazz, classical, pop, world music, and theater. A dedicated performer and student of Brazilian music, he plays the 7-string guitar, an important instrument in samba and choro. He has studied jazz at Berklee College of Music and McGill University and has a Master’s degree in bass performance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. www.earthsoundonline.com www.myspace.com/jasondavis9
Bertram Lehmann Based in Boston for almost two decades, Bertram Lehmann's supple and fluid style of drumming has made him a sought-after player within a multitude of musical contexts in the region and beyond, performing Jazz, Latin and World music. He has appeared in the U.S. with acclaimed artists such as Paquito D'Rivera, Randy Brecker, Romero Lubambo, Danilo Perez, Claudio Roditi, Oscar Castro-Neves, Eddie Gomez, Kenny Werner, or Dave Samuels' Caribbean Jazz Project, and has toured internationally in Russia, India, Bermuda, South Korea, Ecuador, Ghana, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, Israel, and Germany. He has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Joe's Pub, Columbia University, Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City; Boston Symphony Hall, the Boston Globe Jazzfestival, Scullers, The Regattabar, MIT, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; and many other venues elsewhere, both in the US and abroad. In the New England Region, Bertram Lehmann has worked with artists such as Grammy-nominated Brazilian vocalist/composer Luciana Souza, and many others. He is an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, and also teaches at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Additionally, he has given clinics/workshops all over the world. Bertram is an endorser of AQUARIAN Drumhead products. www.myspace.com/bertramlehmann#ixzz0tFCUvrWL
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