! ROGÉRIO BOCCATO QUARTETO albums: Kenny Garrett’s “Beyond The Wall”, John Patitucci‘s With his quartet, Brazilian percussionist “Remembrance“ (alongside Joe Lovano and Brian Rogério Boccato breaks out of the Blade), and on Alan Ferber’s “Jigsaw“. traditional jazz mold, collectively weaving form ! and structure out of the disparate threads of each member’s creative input, using motifs from As a longtime member of the “Orquestra Jazz each song as springboards for spontaneous Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo”, Brazilian group compositions. The result of this open- percussionist Rogério Boccato has played with eared deconstruction is a reverent, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, Milton impressionistic vision of each song. Their music Nascimento, , João Bosco, Edu is a warmly-colored Brazilian Rorschach test Lobo, Joe Zawinul, among many others. viewed through a much-loved second-hand ! kaleidoscope. Jay Anderson - bass

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Rogério Boccato - drums, percussion Bassist/composer Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists Brazilian percussionist and educator Rogério performing today. He has performed and/or Boccato plays in projects led by some of today’s ecorded with a wide range of jazz artists leading jazz players, among them Maria including Woody Herman, Carmen McRae, Schneider, John Patitucci, Fred Hersch, Brian Michael Brecker, Paul Bley, Dave Liebman, Joe Blade, Danilo Perez, Jimmy Greene and many Sample, Maria Schneider, John Scoield, Lee others. He has also collaborated with top- Konitz, Mike Stern, Anat Cohen, Toots ranking Brazilian artists, such as , Thielemans, Kenny Wheeler, David Bowie, Frank Moacir Santos, Zé Renato and Vinicius Zappa, Tom Waits, Chaka Khan, Michel Legrand, Cantuária. and Celine Dion. He has been featured on over 400 recordings, seven of which have received He is featured on two Grammy-award winning the Grammy Award . He has conducted clinics albums: Maria Schneider Orchestra’s “The around the world and is a Professor of Jazz Bass Thompson Fields“ and on Billy Childs’ “Rebirth”. Studies at the Manhattan School of Music in He is also featured on three Grammy-nominated New York City. Dan Blake - saxophones PRESS QUOTES

Since moving to New York City in 2006, "A disc to absolutely die for.” saxophonist, composer and educator Dan Blake Raul Da Gama, Jazz Da Gama has developed a wide-ranging career as a contemporary composer and performer. Dubbed a “virtuoso” by The New York Times, Blake has "...loose and improvisational-minded, losing released three critically acclaimed albums and nothing in the way of melodicism. [They] has recorded and toured with leading jazz just play and let the spirit of the moment artists Esperanza Spalding, Anthony Braxton, take over.” Kenny Werner, and Danilo Pérez. He has also S. Victor Aaron, Something Else written chamber and orchestral works for leading ensembles in contemporary music. Dan Blake holds a Ph.D. in composition from the City "...extraordinary rapport and sensitivity, University of New York and is currently on regardless the pace or dynamics." faculty at The New School and Brooklyn College. Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail !

Nando Michelin - piano "56 minutes of pure joy in playing music that Uruguayan born pianist, composer and educator speaks to the heart, the soul, and the feet.” Nando Michelin has more than 14 albums as a Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest leader in his discography. As a sideman, he has performed with Jerry Bergonzi, Randy Brecker, “...a pensive, ruminative album that features Esperanza Spalding, George Garzone, Antonio the master percussionist's take on some Sanchez, and with Brazilian icons , major Brazilian inluences…" Ralph A. Celso Adolfo, Jamelao, Lo Borges, Geraldo Miriello, Notes On Jazz Azevedo, Flavio Venturini, and great Maucha Adnet. University. He has been a guest ! lecturer at several colleges in the US, Spain, Argentina, and Brazil. Nando currently teaches at Berklee College of Music, the Longy School of NOTABLE PERFORMANCES Music, and Tufts Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts Series (NYC) ! Berklee College of Music (Boston) ! The York Theater (NYC) University of Minnesota - Ovation Series ! (Duluth, MN) Cornelia Street Café (NYC) ! 55 Bar (NYC) !