Sandy Cressman & Homenagem Brasileira at Art Boutiki

Brazilian Jazz Vocalist Sandy Cressman and her band Homenagem Brasileira come to the hip concert venue/comic book store Art Boutiki in San Jose to celebrate Brazilian Jazz, from classic to contemporary. In 2017, Cressman did a 21-date tour celebrating her critically acclaimed 2017 release “Entre Amigos” including shows in the Bay Area, Brazil, New York and the Pacific Northwest. As founder and leader of Homenagem Brasileira, Cressman has had many opportunities over the last 20-plus years to forge creative partnerships with like-minded musicians from the Bay to Brazil. Her latest album Entre Amigos marks the culmination of these relationships and is a celebration of her own deep history with the music and the players. "Entre Amigos" features all original compositions which Cressman wrote in collaboration with friends from the world of Brazilian Jazz, including Antonio Adolfo, Jovino Santos Neto, Spok, Ian Faquini, Ray Obiedo and more. ...

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Brazilian Jazz Vocalist Sandy Cressman and her band Homenagem Brasileira come to the hip concert venue/comic book store Art Boutiki in San Jose to celebrate Brazilian Jazz, from classic to contemporary. In 2017, Cressman did a 21-date tour celebrating her critically acclaimed 2017 release “Entre Amigos” including shows in the Bay Area, Brazil, New York and the Pacific Northwest. As founder and leader of Homenagem Brasileira, Cressman has had many opportunities over the last 20-plus years to forge creative partnerships with like-minded musicians from the Bay to Brazil. Her latest album Entre Amigos marks the culmination of these relationships and is a celebration of her own deep history with the music and the players. "Entre Amigos" features all original compositions which Cressman wrote in collaboration with friends from the world of Brazilian Jazz, including Antonio Adolfo, Jovino Santos Neto, Spok, Ian Faquini, Ray Obiedo and more.

The Artboutiki show will feature San Jose’s own Dillon Vado on drums, longtime trombonist with Carlos Santana Jeff Cressman, pianist Murray Low, and bassist Fred Randolph.

The two Cressmans also grew up in San Jose and attended Branham High School and San Jose State University, while Vado went to their rival high school Del Mar several years later.

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