Diego Figueiredo & O Som Do Jazz at Fogartyville Community Media And Arts Center

Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo returns to Sarasota, with the popular Tampa Bay Brazilian jazz group O Som Do Jazz.

Called by jazz guitar master George Benson, “One of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life,” the Brazilian guitar wizard Diego Figueiredo is a force to be recognized. Acclaimed by the critics as the newest discovery in the guitar world, Figueiredo has made a massive impression in the contemporary jazz world. He received awards twice at the Montreux Jazz Festival, performing amazing concerts uniting technique and emotion in a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz. He has released 23 CDs, 3 DVDs, and has played in more than 60 countries around the world. ...

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Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo returns to Sarasota, with the popular Tampa Bay Brazilian jazz group O Som Do Jazz.

Called by jazz guitar master George Benson, “One of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life,” the Brazilian guitar wizard Diego Figueiredo is a force to be recognized. Acclaimed by the critics as the newest discovery in the guitar world, Figueiredo has made a massive impression in the contemporary jazz world. He received awards twice at the Montreux Jazz Festival, performing amazing concerts uniting technique and emotion in a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz. He has released 23 CDs, 3 DVDs, and has played in more than 60 countries around the world.

O Som Do Jazz features Rio de Janeiro singer Andrea Moraes Manson and a crew of experienced musicians performing Brazilian jazz, Bossa Nova, samba, samba, Balanço and MPB. O Som Do Jazz (the sound of jazz in Portuguese) recaptures the grace, energy and spirit of 1960s Brazilian music. The music of O Som Do Jazz has been featured in HBO's series "Looking", Fox "Grandfathered", BBC One's "The Replacement", as well as in Chinese and Turkish bossa nova compilations.

Diego Figueiredo performs a solo first set and then joins with O Som Do Jazz for a very special concert of Brazilian Bossa Nova and samba-jazz at Fogartyville!

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