Grupo Falso Baiano at Healdsburg Jazz Festival at Healdsburg Plaza Bandstand

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The Bay Area band Grupo Falso Baiano is a traditional choro and samba quartet that uses acoustic instruments that include the 7-string guitar, mandolin, reeds and the pandeiro (a Brazilian tambourine). The group includes Zack Pitt-Smith on woodwinds, Brian Moran on 7-string guitar, Jesse Appelman on mandolin and Ami Molinelli on percussion. They will have a couple of guest Brazilians in tow - vocalist Fabiana Passoni and percussionist Jorge Alabe. In its rhythmic approach and instrumental blends, choro shares some characteristics with traditional jazz and Dixieland.