In keeping with our tradition of performing a concert featuring music from Latin America the CJRO returns with an evening of Brazilian jazz and funk. Antônio Carlos Jobim was a songwriter, composer, and arranger, who transformed the extroverted rhythms of the Brazilian samba into an intimate music experience. Sérgio Mendez created a mix of bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk and is best known for his band Brasil ‘66.
He also played with Jobim in the 1950s and considered the artist his mentor. The audience will be treated to an evening of smooth, sultry jazz tunes that will take you on a journey to the heart of Latin music!
Featuring a special guest - Brazilian guitarist Gabriel Santiago:
Born in Brazil (1980), 2010 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award Winner, Gabriel Santiago is a Composer/Arranger/ Acoustic and Electric Guitar Player. Called by JazzTimes Magazine “a young master at both the acoustic and electric guitars” and his compositions defined as “stunners”, Santiago is currently living in Austin, Texas, where he just completed (with high honors) a Doctoral Degree in Music Composition at the University of Texas at Austin.
Santiago has collaborated with a wide variety of artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Chris Potter, Stefon Harris, Terence Blanchard, Carmen Bradford, André Mehmari, Romero Lubambo, Odair Assad and Gilson Peranzzetta among others. He has been composing music for a wide variety of ensembles, styles and medias including Film, TV, and Internet. His music is fresh and carries all of his influences that go from Brazilian Music to Jazz and Classical Music. Recent career highlights feature a 22-minute piece for Symphony Orchestra and commissioned works from the UT Trombone Choir and Dallas Wind Symphony.