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Brazilian Jazz & Choro Ensembles
at New School Jazz & Contemporary Music

Richard Boukas, director



Next performance: Friday Dec 4, 7pm
Jazz Performance Space, New School Jazz Program
55 W 13 St. 5th floor

Choro: The Bebop of Brazil

music by: Nazareth, Medeiros, Pixinguinha, Jacob do Bandolim, Gnattali, Guinga, Laginha, Boukas

Richard playing mandola with
New School Brazilian Jazz Ensemble.


Swiss Vocalist Eliane Amherd scatting her way through a complex set of chord changes, while alto saxophonist
Craig Yaremko listens intently.

More often than not, the players in the Ensemble are newcomers to Brazilian music- however, their talents in Jazz and Classical performance serve as a bridge to this challenging and inspiring music.

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Richard's longtime dedication and advocacy for Brazilian music has been a major career focal point for more than twenty-five years as a performer, composer, educator, author and journalist.
His extensive research, authoritative transcriptions of unpublished repertoire and associations with noted contemporary Brazilian composers led to the founding of the New School Brazilian Jazz Ensemble in 1995.

The group has given U.S. and N.Y. premieres to almost two hundred works by leading Brazilian composers including Hermeto Pascoal, Guinga, Jovino Santos Neto,
Teco Cardoso, Léa Freire and Toninho Ferragutti.

On working with the ensemble, Boukas comments:

"The repertoire performed by the ensemble is among the most challenging a consummate professional will ever encounter. The players know that we are presenting most of this music for the first time in North America and accept a serious responsibility in upholding that mission.

As they will be the artists and educators of the future, I try to equip them with accurate musical information and keen interpretive sensibilities that will help this music and its composers to achieve a long-overdue global awareness. From an educational and artistic standpoint, the benefits that transfer over to their Jazz and Classical playing are immediate and profound."

 



 

NEW SCHOOL
BRAZILIAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Fall 2009 CONCERT

Friday
December 4at 7PM

New School Jazz Performance Space
55 W 13 st. 5th fl.

FREE TO PUBLIC

program

CHORO
THE BEBOP OF BRAZIL

music by:
Nazareth, Medeiros, Pixinguinha,
Jacob do Bandolim, Gnattali, Pascoal, Guinga, Boukas

THE ENSEMBLE

Tristan Cooley , flute
Mike Bjella & Steve Lugerner, woodwinds


Mike Rood
Alon Albagli
Richard Boukas
guitars & cavaquinho

Nick Jozwiak, bass
James Muschler, percussion


 



Brazilian Jazz Ensemble
at the New School

Repertoire List


Title

 
Composer
  
Genre

CAMPINAS   Hermeto Pascoal   Jazz Ballad
HERMETO   Hermeto Pascoal   Samba
VIVA O RIO DE JANEIRO   Hermeto Pascoal   Samba
BÉBÉ   Hermeto Pascoal   Baião
BALAIO   Hermeto Pascoal   Toada
RANCHO DAS SOGRAS   Hermeto Pascoal   Marcha Rancho/Frevo
DESENCONTRO CERTO   Hermeto Pascoal   Ballad/Marcha Rancho
SALVE COPINHA   Hermeto Pascoal   Choro
CHORINHO PRA ELE   Hermeto Pascoal   Choro
VALE DA RIBEIRA   Hermeto Pascoal   Baião
DE SABADO pra DOMINGUINHOS   Hermeto Pascoal   Baião
SEMPRE FELIZ   Hermeto Pascoal   Baião
FREVO EM MACEIO   Hermeto Pascoal   Frevo
INTOCAVEL   Hermeto Pascoal   Choro
REBULIÇO   Hermeto Pascoal   Choro
VIVA O RIO DE JANEIRO   Hermeto Pascoal   Jazz Samba
MONTREUX   Hermeto Pascoal   Ballad/Marcha Rancho
TACHO   Hermeto Pascoal   7/4
CAPIVARA   Hermeto Pascoal   7/4 Samba
O OVO   Hermeto Pascoal   Baião
TERTÚLIA   Hermeto Pascoal   Baião
TEATRO PAIOL   Hermeto Pascoal   Ballad
Calendário do Som #2 (June 24)   Hermeto Pascoal   Maxixe
Calendário do Som #31 (July 23)   Hermeto Pascoal   Valsa Ballad
Calendário do Som #81 (September 11)   Hermeto Pascoal   Samba
         
HOMEOPATIA   Jovino Santos Neto   Samba
CANJA NA CAVACA   Jovino Santos Neto   Maracatu
METAMORPH   Jovino Santos Neto   Choro
AS CORES DA MENINA   Jovino Santos Neto   Samba
DE MANSINHO   Jovino Santos Neto   Bossa Nova
CABOCLO   Jovino Santos Neto   Baião
         
RAPAZ DE BEM   Johnny Alf   Samba
CEU E MAR   Johnny Alf   Samba
SE QUERES SABER   Peter Pan   Samba Canção
AMOR ATÉ O FIM   Gilberto Gil   Samba
AGUA VIVA   Filó Machado   Afoxê
VERA CRUZ   Milton Nascimento   Afoxê
RECORDAÇÃO de VAQUEIRO   Machado/Parcolino   Coco
DISSE ME DISSE   Kelly   Samba
       
         
TUDO É FESTA   Sereno/Sergio   Samba Pagode
CHEGA DE PADECER   Mijinha   Samba Pagode
CACIQUEANDO   Noca da Portela   Samba Pagode
AMAZON RIVER   Dori Caymmi   Xaxado
COMEÇAR DE NOVO   Ivan Lins   6/4 even-eighth
REDENTOR   Wellington/Maia   Samba
BAYATY   E. Mansurov/arr. Taubkin/Cardoso   Turkmenistan traditional
CHORO MORENO   Mané Silveira   Choro modinha
ARTIGO DE LUXO  
Sérgio Santos
   Samba
NENHUM ADEUS   Sérgio Santos   Samba Canção
SAMBA PRA MANGUEIRA   Sérgio Santos   Samba Partido Alto
MULATO   Sérgio Santos   Samba Canção
         
MORENA BOCA DE OURO   Ary Barroso/arr. Galvão   Samba
INQUIETAÇÃO   Ary Barroso/arr. Galvão   Samba Canção
NA BATUCADA DA VIDA   Ary Barroso/arr. Camargo-Mariano   Samba Canção
         
CHORO BANDIDO   Chico Buarque   Choro Lento
AO VOLTA DE SAMBA   Chico Buarque   Samba
RESTOS DE UMA NAUFRÁGIO   Moacyr Luz/Aldir Blanc   Samba Canção
TRISTE   Antonio Carlos Jobim   Bossa Nova
VIVO SONHANDO   Antonio Carlos Jobim   Bossa Nova
ESTRADA BRANCA   Antonio Carlos Jobim   Samba Canção
CHOVENDO NA ROSEIRA   Antonio Carlos Jobim   Jazz Waltz/Guarânia
ATRAS DA PORTA   A.C. Jobim/Chico Buarque   Samba Canção
SAMBA DE ORFEU   Luiz Bonfá   Samba
MANHÃ DE CARNAVAL   Luiz Bonfá   Samba Canção
         
DESCENDO A SERRA   Pixinguinha   Choro
INGÊNUO   Pixinguinha   Choro Lento
SEGURA ELE   Pixinguinha   Polca-choro
1 X 0 (UM A ZERO)   Pixinguinha   Choro
LAMENTOS   Pixinguinha   Choro Lento
       
O VIOLÃO   Sueli Costa/Paulo Cˇsar Pinheiro   Valsa-Modinha
XÔTE PENDURADO   Duda da Passira   Xóte
INDIO MACUXI   Duda da Passira   Xóte
         
VATAPÁ   Léa Freire/Joyce   Samba
OÁSIS   Léa Freire/Joyce   Samba Canção
         
MEU BRASIL   Téco Cardoso   Samba
SUSPENSO   Téco Cardoso   Jazz Bossa Nova
MOUNTAIN FLIGHT   Toninho Horta   Even-eighth Jazz
AQUI OH   Toninho Horta   Samba Partido Alto
         
       
MISTURA FINA   Sivuca   Jazz Samba
FORRÓ NA PENHA   Sivuca   Forró
UM TOM PRA JOBIM   Sivuca   Baião
         
    last updated:7/10/07    

 

 

 


Jovino Santos Neto & Hermeto Pascoal c. 1991
foto by Tim Geaney
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Brazilian Jazz Ensemble Concert

December 4th performance to feature 100 years of Choro

The Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at the
New School Jazz & Contemporary Music Program will present its first concert dedicated entirely to the rich repertoire of Choro, Friday December 4, at 7pm in the New School Jazz Performance Space, located at 55 West 13 St. in Manhattan.

All music is arranged by Boukas explicitly for the ensemble and features a traditional Choro ensemble of woodwinds, guitars and percussion. Music will span 150 years and offer a panorama of legendary composers in this genre.

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