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| Rio 65 Trio 50th Anniversary Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall  Rio 65 Trio makes its Carnegie Hall debut, 50 years after its appearance in Rio de Janeiro.As part of the samba jazz genre, pianist Dom Salvador, bassist Sergio Barrozo and drummer Édison Machado released two albums as Rio 65 Trio: rio65trio (Philips 1965) and A hora e vez da M.P.M. (Philips 1966). This performance will be followed by CD signing. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Édison Machado. Performers: -Dom Salvador (piano), -Sergio Barrozo (bass), -Duduka Da Fonseca (drums) Rio 65 Trio: 50 years of history Celebrating 50 years of the historical album rio65trio with pianist Dom Salvador, bassist Sergio Barrozo and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca. The original trio, composed of Dom Salvador, Sergio Barrozo and Édison Machado, who unfortunately passed away in 1990, chose the name Rio 65 Trio to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro. In parallel with Bossa Nova, which introduced influences of the West Coast Jazz of Chet Baker, George Shearing, Stan Kenton and others into samba, a new genre was also being developed in Rio de Janeiro: Samba Jazz. In this genre, which draws influences from bebop, hard bop and samba, fits the album rio65trio. The trio also released a second album in 1966 called A Hora e Vez da M.P.M., performed with Marcos Valle and Leny Andrade at Beco Das Garrafas (Rio's 52nd Street), featured in Elis Regina's first album Samba - Eu Canto Assim and appeared in Carlos Hugo Christensen's film Crônica da Cidade Amada. Dom Salvador is an award-winning Brazilian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. His previous album, The Art of Samba Jazz, won the 2012 BRAZILIAN MUSIC AWARD for Best Instrumental Album. Eubie Blake heard his music and wrote him in a letter in 1977: "I like your style of playing." Salvador was born in Rio Claro, in the state of São Paulo. In 1961, Dom Salvador was invited by the drummer Dom Um Romão to join the group Copa Trio and performed in the famous jazz scene of Beco Das Garrafas (Rio's 52nd Street). He also accompanied other young artists such as Quarteto em Cy, Jorge Ben, and Elis Regina, and recorded the latter's first album, Samba - Eu Canto Assim. He would later go on to participate in recordings with Elza Soares, Sylvia Telles, Edu Lobo, Roberto Carlos, and the last album of the legendary composer and saxophonist Pixinguinha. From 1966 to 1973, Dom Salvador was the official pianist for the Brazilian label Odeon, and participated in hundreds of recordings with leading Brazilian artists of the time. In 1973, Dom Salvador moved to the US, and since then, he has recorded with Charlie Rouse, Paul Horn, Ron Carter and Egberto Gismonti. Dom Salvador also participated in Harry Belafonte's European tour as an artistic director, performing for Queen Elizabeth II's 25th Jubilee. For the past 38 years, he has been the in house pianist for the renowned The River Café. Sergio Barrozo is a Brazilian bassist with a career spanning over 50 years. He began playing in the early 1960s with Roberto Menescal, accompanying singers such as Nara Leão and Maysa in several shows. He also participated in the recordings of several albums by Aloisio de Oleira's label, Elenco. In 1965, Sergio Barrozo became a part of the Salvador Trio and Rio 65 Trio with Dom Salvador and Édison Machado, and worked in concerts directed by Miele and Boscoli with Sylvia Telles, Maysa, Eliana Pittman and others. In 1966, he toured Europe with a group of Brazilian musicians including Edu Lobo, Rosinha de Valença, J. T. Meirelles, Chico Batera, and Dom Salvador, and in 1968, he traveled to the US and Mexico to perform with Elza Soares. In the 1970s he joined the group of Wilson Simonal and Elis Regina, and since then, he has performed with Sarah Vaughan, Eumir Deodato, Dom Um Romão, Baden Powell, Wagner Tiso, Elizeth Cardoso, Dick Farney, Tom Jobim, Dorival Caymmi, Vinícius de Moraes, Marcos Valle, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Dori Caymmi, Nana Caymmi, Egberto Gismonti, Luiz Gonzaga, Carlos Lyra, Raul Seixas, MPB-4, Clara Nunes, Chico Buarque, Maria Bethânia, Emílio Santiago and many others. Duduka Da Fonseca is a Grammy-nominated Brazilian drummer and the leader of the Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet and the Duduka Da Fonseca Trio. He is also a co-leader of Trio Da Paz and the Brazilian Trio. As Antonio Carlos Jobim once said, "Duduka is a fantastic drummer, he has worked with me and I love the way he plays." A tenacious music researcher, he is the author of the bestseller instructional book and CD, Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset (Alfred Publishing Co., Inc). Throughout his career, Duduka Da Fonseca has appeared on over 200 album albums and performed and recorded with Astrud Gilberto, Gerry Mulligan, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Tom Harrell, Eddie Gomez, Rufus Reid, Lee Konitz, Herbie Mann, Jorge Dalto, Joe Henderson, Kenny Barron, and many others. Rio 65 Trio 50th Anniversary Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Saturday, November 28, 2015 | 7:30 pm Dom Salvador, Piano Sergio Barrozo, Bass Duduka Da Fonseca, Drums write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |