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Carinhoso: an Evening of Jazz and Brazilian Music at Arsenal Center For The Arts
Courtesy of arsenal arts | Posted on April 19, 2014
Where
Arsenal Center For The Arts
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA
Map
617-923-8487
When
Sat, April 26, 2014
7:30 pm
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Musicians
About
50 years ago, bossa nova took the US by storm! The Arsenal Center pays tribute with an exciting concert of jazz and Brazilian music, led by saxophonist Larry Monroe, vocalist Donna McElroy – Berklee faculty from the center’s American Songbook series - and a thirty-piece orchestra of Boston's finest musicians. Co-producers and music directors Matthew Nicholl and Michael Farquharson lead the orchestra through the great Brazilian songbook, with music both sensual and poignant, from past to present. Carinhoso will feature the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa, Pixinguinha, Ary Barroso, Ivan Lins, Djavan, Rosa Passos and others in Desafinado, Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars), Samba of Orpheus (from the movie Black Orpheus) and many more...