Upcoming Gigs
March 22 - Alastair Kerr Quartet at the Paris Cat
Trio Agogo at the Brunswick Green
Apr 20 & 21 - Afro Sambas with Alda Rezende
Upcoming Gigs
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March 22 - Alastair Kerr Quartet at the Paris Cat
Thursday March 22, 8:30pm
Alastair Kerr Quartet at the Paris Cat Jazz Club
featuring Paul Williamson (trumpet)
After spending the last few years deep in the world of Afro-Brazilian ceremonial drumming, drummer/composer Alastair Kerr launches a new edition of his jazz quartet. With former colleagues Marc Hannaford and Sam Zerna firmly entrenched in NYC, Al has put together a new band including brilliant trumpeter Paul Williamson, and the exciting young talents of Daniel Mougerman (piano), and Jordan Tarento (bass). With a focus on Kerr's compositions, this group blends strong melodies with hints of Cuban and Brazilian rhythms into a highly rhythmic group sound. Bookings here.
Trio Agogo at the Brunswick Green
Second Sunday of each month
Trio Agogo at the Brunswick Green
In the garden, 4-6pm
Trio Agogo and friends are back at the Brunswick Green for a summer of great music in the garden. Choro on the second Sunday of each month. 313 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.
Apr 20 & 21 - Afro Sambas with Alda Rezende
Panorama Brasil presents:
The Afro Sambas
Featuring Alda Rezende
Following sold-out performances with Panorama Brasil in 2017, Alda Rezende returns to Australia in 2018 to perform Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes' Afro Sambas with Panorama Brasil at the Paris Cat. From the Brazilian state of Belo Horizonte, Alda is one of the most distinctive and captivating voices to emerge from Brazil in recent years.
A virtuosic guitarist and genius composer, Baden Powell combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing, performing in many different styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and música popular brasileira. His album Os Afro-sambas is a masterpiece of post-Bossa Nova Brazil. Written with poet/lyricist Vinícius de Moraes, these compositions represent the breadth and beauty of Afro-Brazilian music — music central to the Brazilian identity.Melbourne-based ensemble Panorama Brasil draws on the diverse musical landscape of Brazil: music with influences from the arid interior, the Amazonian basin, and the streets of Rio and Salvador. Lead by drummer/composer Alastair Kerr (a long-time student of Brazilian music, and one of Australia’s leading exponents of Brazilian percussion) Panorama Brasil explores the Afro roots that inspired Powell, bringing Afro-Brazilian drumming to the centre of this suite.
