Diego Figueiredo & O Som Do Jazz at The Palladium’s Side Door Cabaret

Two shows at 3 PM & 7:30 PM

After a sold out performance at the Side Door last season, Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo returns, 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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Two shows at 3 PM & 7:30 PM

After a sold out performance at the Side Door last season, Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo returns, 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 the Side Door!

3pm and 7:30pm. GENERAL ADMISSION: $15, RESERVED: $25. See www.mypalladium.org or call 727.822. 3590. These concerts are presented by EMIT.

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