Brazilian Jazz Duduka Da Fonseca INTERVIEWS Romero Lubambo BADI ASSAD RONI BEN-HUR Nilson Matta PHILIP MARUCCI
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Brazilian Jazz Duduka Da Fonseca INTERVIEWS Romero Lubambo BADI ASSAD RONI BEN-HUR Nilson Matta PHILIP MARUCCI BRAZILIAN August 14 - 26 PERCUSSION SERIES @ Dyzzi’s Club Coca Cola RAFAEL BARATA Interview PG. 18 GRACILIANO ZAMBONIN DURVAL PEREIRA PG 1 WWW.BOSSAMAGAZINE.COM|BMF |ASUOS PRODUCTIONS|BRAZILIAN ART AND MUSIC|NEW YORK – JULY 2018 |EDITION # 11 table of CONTENTS News | Events | EDITOR’S NOTE & EDITORIAL TEAM ———————–-—— PG 4-5 ——————————- ADVERTISING KIT THE MAGAZINE REACHES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 8 RONI BEN-HUR ———————–-—— PG 7 ———————————-- RONI BEN-HUR—GUITARIST CITIZEN OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC SERIES ———————–-—— PG 8-9 ————————-—–— RAFAEL BARATA DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST 10 RAFAEL BARATA BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION SERIES ———————–-—— PG 10-12 —-—–——-———— BADI ASSAD SINGER , GUITARIST, AND COMPOSER ———————–-—— PG 14-16—-—--——————— 14 BADI ASSAD Published by Asuos Productions Supported by Brazilian Music Foundation PG 2 WWW.BOSSAMAGAZINE.COM|BMF |ASUOS PRODUCTIONS|BRAZILIAN ART AND MUSIC|NEW YORK – JULY 2018 |EDITION # 11 Online Magazine Performances | Culture | Education TRIO DA PAZ BRAZILIAN JAZZ GROUP ———————–-—— PG 18-20 ——————————- GRACILIANO ZAMBONIN—DRUMMER 18 TRIO DA PAZ BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION SERIES ———————–-—— PG 22-23 ——————————- PHILIP MARUCCI—PIANIST THE CITIZEN OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC SERIES ———————–-—— PG 24-25——————————- DURVAL PEREIRA—PERCUSSIONIST 22 GRACILIANO ZABONIN DRUM UP BRAZILIAN MUSIC ———————–-—— PG 26-27 ——————————- FESTA JUNINA CULTURAL MANIFESTATION ———————–-—— PG 28-37 —-——————— 26 DURVAL PEREIRA Background photo: Festa Junina typical decoration Editor In Chief Madalena Sousa [email protected] PG 3 WWW.BOSSAMAGAZINE.COM|BMF |ASUOS PRODUCTIONS|BRAZILIAN ART AND MUSIC|NEW YORK – JULY 2018 |EDITION # 11 Editor’s Note As the "dog-days-of-summer" progress for We're thrilled to include profiles of other musicians most New Yorkers and visitors navigate through The promoting Brazilian Music in United States warmly Big Apple, the winter season arrives in Brazil with the referred to as “The Citizen of Brazilian Music”. In this same intensity making festivities at this time of year edition, we interviewed Roni Ben-Hur (guitarist), and warmer with music, dancing, regional foods, and "hot" Philip Maurice (pianist). libations. It's time for Festa Junina! Celebrations began in June and extend through the end of July across Bra- Bossa Magazine welcomes the generosity of new zil. In this edition of Bossa Magazine, we offer a contributors who offered their stories for this edition. glimpse of this annual, colorful, cultural event. We also recognize and appreciate everyone (our unsung heroes) helping behind the scenes:"Thank you, Festa Junina began with modest festivities enjoyed by Gracias, Merci and Obrigado”! rural farmers, known as caipiras. Today, it's a staple Brazilian event and celebrated everywhere. Men wear We appreciate your continued support of Bossa Maga- costumes resembling farm boys with large straw hats. zine's mission which is to promote, educate, and Ladies wear pigtails, freckles, painted gap teeth and red advance Brazilian Art and Music worldwide. -checkered dresses. More details about Festa Junina in this edition. If you would like to contribute content for future publi- cations, kindly email to: [email protected]. In New York City, Brazilian Jazz is in the air, warms our hearts and touches our soul. Read the personal inter- Thank you all for your support! views with acclaimed musical artists such as Badi Assad, and Trio da Paz ( Duduka Da Fonseca, Romero Lubambo, and Nilson Matta). 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Preferred art work—Press ready .pdf format - for price kit please contact: [email protected] PG 7 WWW.BOSSAMAGAZINE.COM|BMF |ASUOS PRODUCTIONS|BRAZILIAN ART AND MUSIC|NEW YORK – JULY 2018 |EDITION # 11 Interview with RONI BEN-HUR By Madalena Sousa/Editor In Chief Originally from Israel but a longtime American citizen, the formidable guitarist and educator Roni Ben-Hur fell in love with Brazilian Music in the first time he heard it. In an “Up Close and Personal Interview” with Bossa Magazine he talks about his experience playing with some of the greatest Brazilian Musicians. Continue... Concert date: July 13th to 15th @ Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola Roni Ben-Hur Quartet Helio Alves/Piano, Itaiguara Brandao/ Bass, & Helio Schiavo/Drums Special guest Joyce Moreno/Vocal “The Citzen of Brazilian Music” PG 8 WWW.BOSSAMAGAZINE.COM|BMF |ASUOS PRODUCTIONS|BRAZILIAN ART AND MUSIC|NEW YORK – JULY 2018 |EDITION # 11 Bossa Magazine Interview by Madalena Sousa RONI BEN-HUR - GUITARIST Editor In Chief who gave me an insight to the enormous the rhythms that have African elements in he Jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has contribution of her generation to music in them speak to me deeply. earned a sterling reputation as a general, and to the depth and genius of musician and educator, renowned Brazilian music. How do you see the bridge between jazz for his golden stone, improvisation- and bossa nova? Tal brilliance, compositional lyricism and Why did you choose Brazilian music? ability to charm peers, students and Jazz musicians adopted the bossa nova listeners alike. Eminent jazz critic Gary RB: I think it chose me, and I was very repertoire from the start, and used it to Giddins wrote in the Village Voice: “A lim- happy to comply. It has infectious create beautiful improvisations, reharmo- ber and inventive guitarist, Ben-Hur keeps rhythms of course, and an abundance of nization, and arrangements. It is integral the modernist flame alive and pure, with a romanticism in it’s melodies and harmo- to jazz since the 60’s. Brazilian composers low flame burning in every note… He is a nies to my ear, and I am a sucker for that. were influenced by jazz and the Great guitarist who knows the changes and his American Songbook always, I believe, and own mind.” Roni – born in Israel in 1962 What was the first Brazilian tune(s) you you can hear it in the evolution of Brazilian but a longtime American citizen, based in learned? music. In many ways there is a parallel New York City – has recorded a dozen evolution in both jazz and bossa nova, one albums as leader or co-leader, with The I think it was Wave by Jobim style influencing the other, and vise a New York Times praising his “crisp, fluid versa. style” and Time Out New York calling him What are your fondest Brazilian musical “a formidable and consummately lyrical memories? How can Americans become more aware guitarist.” He has developed a rare facility of Brazilian music? in both straight-ahead jazz and Brazilian There are many. Spending a week in Rio styles, evidenced by his work with masters with Leny Andrade, working on our CD, I think they are aware of it because it has in both fields, from pianist Benny Harris to Alegria de Viver (Motema Music), and entered popular culture in America, vocalist Leny Andrade. performing with her in New York, Brazil appearing in movies, TV shows, and and Australia. Working with Duduka Da more. When the many great artists of Roni’s latest recording project, Introspec- Fonseca on the two CD’s we made with Brazil who live there come to perform in tion (Jazzheads), finds him in league with Santi Debriano, Our Thing (Motema the US it adds an important dimension, bassist Harvie S. and drummer Tim Horn- Music), and Manhattan Style (Jazzheads). and Pat Philips' exceptional work in er, exploring classics by jazz composers Sharing the stage for a week with the bril- presenting Brazilian music in the US for from Billy Strayhorn and Thelonious Monk liant Marcos Valle, and Jaques and Paula many years is a perfect example of ways to Kenny Dorham and Joe Henderson.