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| Veronneau, with Hendrik Meurkens & Chuck Redd Strathmore Jazz Samba Festival finale  Acoustic world-jazz combo Veronneau play the finale of the Jazz Samba Project festival at Washignton DC area's Strathmore performing arts center, on Sunday June 8, 3:30pm. The band will be joined on stage by Hendrick Meurkens (harmonica) and Chuck Redd (vibes and drums) for the finale to this two-week festival. The Strathmore Jazz Samba Project has brought packed houses to performance, film, symposium and exhibition events in celebration of the mile-stone 1962 Jazz Samba album by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd which merged Brazilian bossa nova with jazz, bringing it into the global mainstream, opening the door and building the audience for future Brazilian jazz collaborations.The festival was co-curated by Veronneau guitarist Ken Avis and the Strathmore's Georgina Javor and featured the world premiere of a Bossa Nova documentary directed by Bret Primack. A festival symposium will brings together Buddy Deppenschmidt and Ed Greene, one of the original drummers and the engineer of Jazz Samba - the only remaining members of the team which created the album in just 3 hours, recorded live in a Washington DC church. Sergio Mendez and Eliane Elias, Duduka de Foncesca, Romero Lubambo, and DC area Brazilian jazz performers are featured at the festival. The Felix Grant Jazz Archive of University of DC mounted an exhibition, Bringing Bossa Nova to the United States, which features archive materials and audio visual displays from the archive of the legendary DJ. The festival was inspired by Veronneau's 2012 album release Jazz Samba Project which climbed high in the jazz charts, celebrating the golden anniversary of the Getz/Byrd work. Ken Avis explains; "In preparing for our Jazz Samba Project recording we became increasingly drawn into the story behind Jazz Samba and the influence it had on jazz and popular music. I had the chance to research and write a number of articles for publication in the US and Europe and to talk with Buddy Deppenschmidt and to interview the late Joe Byrd...which eventually led to the documentary movie project. The story and the community of people I met in doing the research just kept growing. The Strathmore made it possible to bring everything together and to further ignite interest in the music of Brazil and the album which provide a catalyst for bringing it to world attention. Bossa nova and Brazilian jazz have now become standards of the musical repertoire". Veronneau's show in the Strathmore main hall will be free to the public. In addition to featuring special guests Meurkens and Redd, the Washington DC Latin American choir Choral Cantigas will perform a solo piece by Jobim and perform a song with the band. What the press says about Veronneau's Jazz Samba Project CD Along with Esperanza Spalding and Gretchen Palato...Veronneau should be added to the list of musicians who've taken on the bossa nova genre with such a unique charm. - The Sampler I listened to this record perhaps ten times and for me it's one of the more addictive samba recordings released in the last several years. Welcome to the land of rhythm and groove as this is the music you feel in your hips and hear with your feet. This quartet is on point every step of the way...Veronneau is the jazz vocal version of the sexy little black dress. 5 Stars! - Critical Jazz Veronneau not only captures the spirit of Jazz Samba but also of the period that followed....a cushion of sound that invites the listener into a New York coffee shop in the early 60's, her silky voice and relaxed delivery draw us in. (Best Jazz CD's of 2012 list) Capitalbop The powerful and sweet voice of Lynn Veronneau, the accurate and deeply felt interpretation of the guitar players Ken Avis and David Rosenblatt, and the musical richness of the guest musicians make each of the songs on this album a tribute to Brazilian music - 4 Stars! - The World Music Report Every track on the albums manages to sound uniquely crafted and is expertly performed. Eclectic and refreshingly energetic, "Jazz Samba Project" is enjoyable and musically impressive; style and substance combined. The best bossa nova album of 2012.- BNova Music write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |