Cliff Korman Leads 'Jazz and Brazilian Popular Music' Program, 2/22
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 20, 2010
On Monday evening Feb 22, at 7PM, Cliff Korman coordinates and leads a program on improvisation in Brazilian Popular Music, specifically in the musical universe of Hermeto Pascoal. Special guest will be Hermeto's bass player, Itiberê Zwarg.
They will present the Brazilian resource that Cliff is developing for jazzstudiesonline.org <http://jazzstudiesonline.org> , discuss improvisation, Música Universal, and Itiberê's ensembles, and play. Tad Shull, the editor of the website, will speak about this wonderful project of Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies. Billy Drewes will join them on woodwinds, and Rogerio Boccato on drums.
The event is held in partnership with Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies, Americas Society presents jazzstudiesonline.org , a website dedicated to considering jazz from a broad and multidisciplinary perspective.
AMERICAS SOCIETY
February 22 7:00 pm |
http://www.as-coa.org/
Free. Reservations required 212-249-8950
Upcoming Events
ON THE AIR - SOM DO BRASIL - WKCR
February 24 11:00 pm-midnight
Itiberê, Rogerio, and Cliff will visit Jassvan Delima' s show Som do Brasil on WKCR. They will be continuing their conversation and discussing selected tracks on this wonderful New York radio show.
February 25 9:30 pm - 2 am | http://www.zincbar.com
The Cliff Korman Trio presents the music of Itiberê Zwarg
Billy Drewes (woodwinds), Rogerio Boccato (drums), Cliff Korman (piano), Itiberê Zwarg (bass)Symphony Space
February 26 and 27 8:00 pm | http://www.symphonyspace.org
Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Goes Carioca
Featuring guest Music Director Cliff Korman. The evening will celebrate Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro, and other Afro-Brazilian rhythms. They will explore the music of Hermeto Pascoal, Paulo Moura, and João Bosco, and feature an exciting roster of special guests. Residing between New York and Rio de Janeiro, Cliff Korman has assembled a collection of big band arrangements whose scope fully reflects the vitality and complexity of the contemporary music world in Brasil. Since their emergence in the 1930s, Brazilian big band arrangers have combined the excitement of Brazilian rhythms with this powerful formation to develop distinct and original styles seldom heard in North America.
For More About Cliff Korman Visit
http://www.cliffkorman.com
http://www.myspace.com/thecliffkormanensemble
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