The Cafe Brazil Band will perform a concert of Brazilian jazz at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 1, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 60 Eustis Parkway in Waterville.
The band features Steven Silverstein, clarinet and alto saxophone, and Peter Griggs, guitar and vocals, performing bossa nova and choro music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa, Roberto Baden Powell de Aquino and Pixinguinha.
Silverstein is a master clarinetist and wind instrument specialist with versatility on literally dozens of instruments. He has recorded numerous albums and film scores, performed with the Paul Winter Consort, the Adolphe Sax Saxophone Quartet and with orchestras and theater groups including the National State Orchestra of Slovakia and the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Griggs is an accomplished musician who was based for many years in Dusseldorf Germany. He has presented some 600 solo guitar concerts throughout the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, a dozen other European countries and Brazil. Adept at the intricate rhythms of Brazilian music, he has composed numerous works for solo guitar, flute, percussion and chamber music ensembles.
While bossa nova with its cool jazz flavors is quite well know to American listeners, choro is virtually unknown in this country. Choro was the most popular style of music in Brazil from around 1900 through the 1930s when it was eclipsed by samba and later by bossa nova. Choro has undergone a revival in recent years and has been restored to its important place within Brazilian culture.
For more information, call 207-872-7869 or visit: stmarkswaterville.org.