Brazil Samba Jazz Encore: Raquel Cepeda And Marvio Ciribelli at Ovations

After the success of Brazil Samba Jazz Concert on May 27 at the Cullen Hall the past May 27, Raquel Cepeda and Marvio Ciribelli will have a second and last show together in Houston this Friday June 3 at Ovations Night Club in Rice Village at 7:30 pm.
Houston Jazz singer Raquel Cepeda is receiving and presenting Brazilian pianist Marvio Ciribelli who visits from Rio de Janeiro. The concert "Brazil Samba Jazz Encore" features pieces of the Brazilian jazz repertoire, sambas and bossa novas, with arrangements by Marvio Ciribelli and with Raquel Cepeda in the vocals and Adalberto Miranda on double bass, guitar and electric bass. The repertoire includes songs from Tom Jobim, Baden Powell, Roberto Menescal and Marcos Valle, among others, with original jazz arrangements that infuse these songs with Marvio’s unique contemporary and energizing style. The repertoire will also include original bossa nova compositions from both Marvio and from Raquel....

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After the success of Brazil Samba Jazz Concert on May 27 at the Cullen Hall the past May 27, Raquel Cepeda and Marvio Ciribelli will have a second and last show together in Houston this Friday June 3 at Ovations Night Club in Rice Village at 7:30 pm.
Houston Jazz singer Raquel Cepeda is receiving and presenting Brazilian pianist Marvio Ciribelli who visits from Rio de Janeiro. The concert "Brazil Samba Jazz Encore" features pieces of the Brazilian jazz repertoire, sambas and bossa novas, with arrangements by Marvio Ciribelli and with Raquel Cepeda in the vocals and Adalberto Miranda on double bass, guitar and electric bass. The repertoire includes songs from Tom Jobim, Baden Powell, Roberto Menescal and Marcos Valle, among others, with original jazz arrangements that infuse these songs with Marvio’s unique contemporary and energizing style. The repertoire will also include original bossa nova compositions from both Marvio and from Raquel.
The concert is the result of the international collaboration of these two artists who recently presented the show at the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro in March, in at the Cullen Hall of the University of St. Thomas last week, and now are bringing the show to the Rice Village area, at Ovations NIght Club..
Pianist and composer Marvio Ciribelli is original from Rio de Janeiro and has more than 15 CDs recorded, has participated 4 times in the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, has toured around the US, Europe and Asia, and has played and recorded with important Brazilian and international artists, including Brazilian composer Marcos Valle, Brazilian singers Thais Motta and Bibi Ferreira and the Dutch group Focus, among others.
Raquel Cepeda, Houston-based Venezuelan jazz singer, has recorded two CDs and has participated as a guest artist in other US and international recording projects, including the CD “The Fountainhead” by American trumpet player Kenneth Easton, “Aldemaro Romero Songbook” by Venezuelan sax player Luis Serrano, and will also appear as a guest artist in Marvio’s most recent CD, “Vogue Samba Jazz”. Raquel was the winner of the Urban Voice at the Ucevista Voice Festival in Venezuela in 1995, writes original compositions, and has sang with important jazz figures like the legendary American pianist Ellis Marsalis.


Date: Friday June 3
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Ovations Night Club, 2536 Times Blvd. Houston TX 77005
Tickets: $25-$40 on Pre-Sale at EventBrite. $30-$45 at the door.

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