NEW YORK, AUGUST 1 2017 BRAZILIAN MUSIC FOUNDATION EDITION#2 Elza Soares Summer Stage Aug 5ht Photography © Stephane Munnier The woman at the end of the world Be captivated by everything you read. Enjoy the free Bossa Online Magazine, anytime you want! 1 WWW.BMF-USA.ORG | WWW.ASUOS.NET | BOSSA MAGAZINE—BRAZILIAN ART & MUSIC | NEW YORK | AUGUST 1 , 2017 | EDITION #2 EDITOR’S NOTE The people who promotes Brazilian Music in New York City that aren’t native Brazilians. They are the “Citizens of the Brazilian Music!” Dear friends, I AM VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE that our first edition of BOSSA had over 23,000 views in July alone! For many years, I have been thinking and talking about ways to bring and promote Brazilian entertainment in a large scale to NYC and surrounding regions. I realized that the music wasn't enough, people didn't know where to go and learn about the Brazilian Culture. I am captivated to learn the history of many American musicians because of their fascination with Brazilian music. In fact, many have incorporated the music into their lives, as if there were a native Brazilians. In this edition, I’m asking non-Brazilian musicians their views on American cul- ture and how music can cross the boundaries, innovate a string of musical roots and citizens. A new phrase has arisen: “Citizens of Brazilian Music!” We will also present some intriguing people that work behind the scenes, which are very enthusiastic about promoting Brazilian music. I am so curious to know why they invest their time and money to promote our music. These individu- als are the producers, promoters, and DJs, just to name a few. They are respon- sible in bringing all of us the secret sounds, amusement and unforgettable tunes. For those that do not know anything about Brazilian culture, here is an oppor- tunity to go to one of the events and see the richness of Brazilian art, hear the variety of sounds, rhythms and styles that is existent in our repertoire. Furthermore, I hope you just enjoy the magazine in general and support Brazilian Music Foundation’s mission, which is to promote, educate and advance Brazilian Music in the Americas. .Madalena Sousa Madalena Sousa Founder/President/CEO 2 WWW.BMF-USA.ORG | WWW.ASUOS.NET | BOSSA MAGAZINE—BRAZILIAN ART & MUSIC | NEW YORK | AUGUST 1 , 2017 | EDITION #2 ADVERTISING 3 WWW.BMF-USA.ORG | WWW.ASUOS.NET | BOSSA MAGAZINE—BRAZILIAN ART & MUSIC | NEW YORK | AUGUST 1 , 2017 | EDITION #2 CONTENTS Page| BMF News| Events| Performances ELZA SOARES 7-9 The Living Legend coming to town this weekend! Monthly Magazine LAN LANH Editor In Chief: Madalena Sousa 11 The Batuque of Lan Lanh BRAZILSUMMERFEST 13 Event Schedule PETRI PULA 15 The Black and White of BrasilSummerFest Interview Series “ The New Citizens of Brazilian Music” BMF– VOCAL CLASSES 16 Sign up for our next class! LUIZ SIMAS 17 Interview about his trajectory to the Big Apple LAURA DREYER 19 Interview Series “ The New Citizens of Brazilian Music” 7-9 BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION IN US 20 History of Brazilian Percussion Part 1 ADVERTISING KIT 22 Advertise your business at Bossa-Magazine SUSAN PEREIRA 23 and Sabor Brasil—Tudo Azul Interview Series “ The New Citizens of Brazilian Music” BILLY NEWMAN 25 Summerfest 2017 at Cornelia Street Cafe Interview Series “ The New Citizens of Brazilian Music” SAPHIRA & VENTURA GALLERY 27-35 Art Exhibitions ADVERTISE KIT 11 31 Contact: [email protected]– Tel. (917) 400-1578 EVENTS CALENDAR 36-38 List of Brazilian Events CELEBRITIES BIRTHDAYS 39-40 Today’s is Ney Matogrosso ‘s Birthday! 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Concerts, Interviews, Reviews, History, Education, Lectures, Workshops, and more… All about Brazilian Art and Music IN ONE MAGAZINE! 5 WWW.BMF-USA.ORG | WWW.ASUOS.NET | BOSSA MAGAZINE—BRAZILIAN ART & MUSIC | NEW YORK | AUGUST 1 , 2017 | EDITION #2 Editorial team: Madalena Sousa: Editor In Chief Geisa Rodrigues: Editor’s Assistant Inabel Boria: Proofreading Sonia Esper: Contributor Mila Schiavo: Marketing Director Contact: [email protected] Site: www.bmf-usa.org Published by Asuos Productions, Inc. 6 WWW.BMF-USA.ORG | WWW.ASUOS.NET | BOSSA MAGAZINE—BRAZILIAN ART & MUSIC | NEW YORK | AUGUST 1 , 2017 | EDITION #2 Elza as achieved what most people can only dream hof. She has remained a superstar in her field for over six decades, melodically soaring through the ages. A native of Rio de Janeiro, Soares began her professional singing career in the 1950s, when she joined Mercedes Batista on a dazzling samba tour of Argentina. Her popularity grew exponentially when she released her debut Se Acaso Você Chegasse, in which she invoked a Louis Armstrong flavor as she incorporated jazz into samba-scat riffs. IN CONCERT Summer Stage Aug 5ht 7 WWW.BMF-USA.ORG | WWW.ASUOS.NET | BOSSA MAGAZINE—BRAZILIAN ART & MUSIC | NEW YORK | AUGUST 1 , 2017 | EDITION #2 MUSIC INTERVIEW By Greg Caz & Soares Beco Dranoff The unsinkable living legend! of music. She has managed since the ’50s to be many records for them. Odeon’s one of the ew York DJ Greg Caz is a digger, on top of all the musical waves that arrived in great Brazilian [music] labels of all time. They N collector and writer par excellence, Brazil: jazz, bossa, MPB (Música popular go back to 1918 – the first recorded samba, obsessing over vinyl in general and Brazilian brasileira), samba, electronic. Her latest album “Pelo Telefone,” was an Odeon 78. So a lot of music in particular. His keen ear has been A Mulher do Fim do Mundo/The Woman at the great people were on that label, including her. honed through a lifetime of listening to the End of the World got a Latin Grammy award likes of Elis Regina and Chico Buarque, and his for Best Brazilian Album of the Year. She is still fathoms-deep knowledge of Brazilian beats is breaking ground and pushing the envelope on highlighted in an ongoing residency at New every level. York’s Nublu. GREG CAZ: It’s never been easy for Elza, right Béco Dranoff is a similarly passionate and from the very beginning. It’s not like once she focused Brazilian music expert, a former started making records and having hits that it programmer at São Paulo’s Jovem Pan II radio got easier. She just traded one set of problems station and the founder of the Ziriguiboom for a new set of problems, but she’s so strong label, which was founded in 1998 in and just unsinkable, that she’s been able to collaboration with Belgium’s Crammed Discs overcome it all. She’s getting awards and and continues to release quality Brazilian making very cutting-edge new music, and she music to this day. continues to face difficulty. She’s got her Bossa Negra physical setbacks, but nothing is stopping her, which makes her even more impressive. GREG CAZ: She debuted around 1960 or so, The pair of experts got together to discuss and at the time bossa nova had just really some of the Brazilian music they’re most Elza Soares - Deixa Isso Pra Lá taken off in Brazil the year before with João Gilberto. It was a big thing. She wasn’t exactly passionate about, with a particular focus on a bossa nova artist – she was more towards the indefatigable singer Elza Soares. In this She’s been influential outside of Brazil for a samba – but they needed a marketing hook, condensed excerpt from their conversation, little while now, because as far back as the and because she was this really poor black girl Caz and Dranoff dive into the unique qualities early ’90s and even the late ’80s, rare groove from the favela, some bright light at the label of Soares’ music, and the highs – and lows – DJs in England and Europe always sought out said, “Hey, let’s call you a ’Bossa Negra.’” So that have made her a Brazilian icon. her records, and among the international you have that tag on her first couple of BÉCO DRANOFF: Elza Soares is a giant in Brazilian record collecting scene, her records records. have always been prized. Her version of “Mas Que Nada” has always been a big dancefloor Elza’s Style favorite. She’s had a lot of dancefloor favorites, but that one in particular has been BÉCO DRANOFF: Her delivery is very jazzy on lots of compilations and DJ mixes. She’s got because she has that raspy voice. I think another song called “Deixa Isso Pra La” which there’s a lot of Ella Fitzgerald influence. There’s is a cover of the Jair Rodrigues classic, which jazz arrangements, jazz and samba, and this many Brazilians say is the first rap song fusion is also bossa nova. because it’s kind of a spoken word flow over a funky beat. She did that record Elza Soares Baterista: Wilson Das Neves with the great GREG CAZ: That was standard in Brazil at the drummer Wilson das Neves, basically rapping time, because all of the record labels and over his drum beat with occasional blasts from studios had their in-house orchestras, guys The Woman at the End of the World this big orchestra. That’s been another DJ who were on loan from the municipal theater favorite for many, many, many years.