Brazilian Bossa Nova with the Oscar Castro-Neves Duo at Stanford Jazz Festival

Inside Jazz pre-concert talk: The Origins of the Bossa Nova
Sunday, June 26, 6:30 p.m.
Featuring: Oscar Castro-Neves

Being in on the development of bossa nova with Antonio Carlos Jobim and its subsequent takeover of the music world in the 1960s, Oscar Castro-Neves is in a unique position to interpret the music of Brazil. For one thing, bossa was but one facet of the incredibly creative musical movement of which Oscar was a seminal member. The young guitar virtuoso and his genius friends were interested in fusing folk and popular elements with classical and jazz concepts. As the resident Dean of Brazilian Sounds in his adopted home of Los Angeles, his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Stan Getz, Toots Thielemans, and many others speak to his incredibly wide range of interests and talents. As Leonard Feather put it, “Castro-Neves is incapable of creating a dull moment, but that is an understatement: He is only capable of generating rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic joy.”...

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Inside Jazz pre-concert talk: The Origins of the Bossa Nova
Sunday, June 26, 6:30 p.m.
Featuring: Oscar Castro-Neves

Being in on the development of bossa nova with Antonio Carlos Jobim and its subsequent takeover of the music world in the 1960s, Oscar Castro-Neves is in a unique position to interpret the music of Brazil. For one thing, bossa was but one facet of the incredibly creative musical movement of which Oscar was a seminal member. The young guitar virtuoso and his genius friends were interested in fusing folk and popular elements with classical and jazz concepts. As the resident Dean of Brazilian Sounds in his adopted home of Los Angeles, his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Stan Getz, Toots Thielemans, and many others speak to his incredibly wide range of interests and talents. As Leonard Feather put it, “Castro-Neves is incapable of creating a dull moment, but that is an understatement: He is only capable of generating rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic joy.”

Sponsored in part by Lilo and George Miller.

For more information on this event or to purchase tickets please visit http://www.stanfordjazz.org or call (650) 725-ARTS [2787]

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