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| The Billy Newman Quartet featuring Livio Almeida Appearing at the Jazz Forum Sunday, September 15th 4 & 6 PM An active Guitarist, and Composer for over 30 years, Billy Newman has worked on exploring the parallels within American Jazz and Brazilian Instrumental Music. His music is a confluence of Modern Jazz, Choro, Music of the Brazilian Northeast, Samba and bop. He has travelled throughout Brazil and most recently did a 4 city tour in 2023 playing his original compositions. Billy has been awarded Composers residencies at Yaddo, VCCA and MacDowell Colony (3 times). He has performed his music and many styles of Brazilian at the Cornelia Street Café, Joes Pub, Jazz Forum, Barbes, and Triboz/ Rio & has 5 recordings as leader. Billy will be featuring his most recent Choros, Frevos and Sambas in this performance with an all start quartet including Livio Almeida one of the most seasoned and talented Brazilian saxophonists living in the States. Lívio Almeida is a GRAMMY nominee saxophonist and composer from Brazil, winner of the International Saxophone Competition Victor Assis Brasil in 2015. Livio Almeida appeared in many important Jazz festivals such as Newport Jazz Festival, Los Angeles Central Ave Jazz Fest, NYC winter Fest and NYC Carefusion Jazz Fest, and prominent venues like Carnegie Hall, Birdland, The Iridium, Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club, The Jazz Gallery, Cornelia Street Cafe, Joe's Pub, Zinc Bar, SOB's, BAM Cafe and Symphony Space, besides touring internationally. He has shared stage with world class musicians such as Grammy winning ensembles The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Birdland Bigband, Mike Holober, Adam O'Farril, Zack O'Farrill, Arturo O'Farrill, Boris Koslov, Ari Hoenig, Cidinho Teixeira, Helio Alves, Jon Gordon, Nelson Angelo and more. Almeida also has two recorded albums, Pieces as a co-leader, and his latest record Action & Reaction, was released under the production of Arturo O'Farrill, receiving many accolades from the specialized media. He also directs a 10-piece band, a "dectet" dedicated to perform large ensemble Brazilian music, with a regular monthly residency at the traditional Zinc Bar in NYC. Besides his frequent high profile appearances in the New York area and playing internationally, Livio Almeida is considered a very distinct voice on saxophone today, being fluent in both Jazz and Brazilian musical languages. The Billy Newman Quartet featuring Billy Newman-guitar Livio Almeida-sax Michael O' Brien - Acoustic Bass Keita Ogawa - Drums/Percussion (Cecile Lorin Salvant, Snarky Puppy) Sunday September 15th Shows 4pm - 6pm write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |