Azymuth performing Sat. 8/16 @ The Echoplex

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AZYMUTH live at the Echoplex Saturday - August 16


AZYMUTH this legendary electro-Brazilian band one of the most
influential sounds returns to Los Angeles after 20 years!
Tonight at Echoplex


SATURDAY 08.16.08: ART DON’T SLEEP PRESENTS A CELEBRATION FOR JACKSON
CONTI FEATURING AZYMUTH (EXCLUSIVE US PERFORMANCE) & CARLINHOS SOUND
OF BRASIL @ ECHOPLEX


Azymuth started their career back in the early 1970s when Marcos Valle
invited them to record on a soundtrack LP in tribute to the Formula 1
racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi.One of the tracks was entitled
Azimuth, and after the great success of this record in Brazil they
asked Marcos if they could use it as the name for their band. This was
the official start of Azymuth. At this point there was a fourth
member, Ariovaldo - the percussionist of the group who died tragically
in the mid-Seventies, throwing into question the continued existence
of the band.

In 1979 their first Milestone release became one of the best-selling
LPs on the label. It featured the worldwide disco/fusion hit Jazz
Carnival. As a single, it sold over 500,000 internationally and
remained in the UK top 20 for eight weeks. Azymuth went on to record a
string of albums on Milestone, establishing themselves as one the
worlds great jazz bands. They played in the best jazz festivals and
venues around the globe, and worked with other musicians like Chick
Corea, Joe Henderson, Deodato and Stevie Wonder.

Since 1996 the Azymuth sound has gone from strength to strength and
has gained many new, younger fans across Europe. Through their
energetic shows and especially through remixes by some of the most
exciting producers around (Roni Size, 4 Hero, Jazzanova, Kenny Dope
and Global Communications to name a few) theyve become an important
force once again on the underground jazz scene.

Their new album for Far Out pays homage to the different styles they
have created over the years, albeit with 100% new recordings. The
album is split into three different parts, representing their 30
years. Tracks featuring Roberto Menescal, Emilio Santiago, and Fabiola
represent the early years when Azymuth recorded with a constant stream
of singers, creating some of the Brazils most popular vocal bossas and
sambas. Representing Azymuths fertile period of the late 70s and early
80s (when they would regularly sell in excess of 500,000 albums!) they
welcome percussionists Cidinho Moreira and Chacal, creating the
classic Azymuth sound as heard on Jazz Carnival, Partido Alto and Dear
Limertz.


@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $15 / 21+

Listen to the audio archive of Azymuth on the Global Village at KPFK-
LA presented this past Friday go to:

http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/ (click on Global Village -
Fridays)


See you tonight,

Sergio