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BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL IN DOWN TOWN LOS ANGELES
From the energizing
sounds of classic samba and Afro-Brazilian music,
to the mind-
blowing
rhythms of 20 percussionists and shimmying samba
dancers, the 10th
Annual Brazilian Carnaval 2010, will be held at
Club
Nokia on Feb 20
at 8:00 p.m.
As the largest and most authentic
Brazilian Carnaval on
the West Coast, here are some points to consider
for a story:
• First time Carnaval is celebrated in the heart of Downtown LA – LA
is the Sister City of Salvador Bahia
•
This year’s theme for Salvador
Bahia’s Carnaval is “60 years of Trio
Eletrico”
• LA premiere of
the
historic, musical innovation and true Carnaval
staple of Trio
Eletrico –(www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NouKEDoU_k)
• Special guest musician Armandinho –
May – will perform in traditional Trio Eletrico style
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpQqw5o5VSA)
• Percussionist Chalo Eduardo
who has played with Sergio Mendes,
Santana, Mickey Hart, Ricky
Martin
and most recently at the Latin
Grammy’s with the Queen of Brasilian
Samba Reggae music will drive the
dancing with his Brasilian Beat
band. (www.youtube.com/watch_popup?
v=mKcWHgF5TSI#t=416)
• Tribute
to purveyor of Brazilian music and dance Luiznho – founder
of the
first Samba school for homesick Brazilians that ran for 17
years in
LA
• Participatory parading choreography lead on the dance floor in
traditional "BLOCO DE CARNAVAL" style.
BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL IN SANTA BARBARA AND ORINGE COUNTY
Santa Barbara:
The 7th Annual Santa Barbara Brazilian “Carnaval Cultural” is unique
in it’s format of promoting the Brazilian culture by integrating art
and education, as well as the element of ecological and social
concerns. The Brazilian Carnaval Cultural will bring a weekend
extravaganza with three events and the exposure of Brazilian Culture
in Santa Barbara County through popular art, cinema, lectures, dance
and music.
When & Where:
Feb 19th, 7pm at Santa Barbara Public Central Library/ Faulkner
Gallery, the film screening of “Foliar Brasil” (Celebration Brazil)
and lectures from Hanna Jacobs (UCSB and Meire Fernandes (Los Angeles
Brazilian Film Festival). Sat Feb 20th, 9pm at So-Ho Club &
Restaurant, the Carnaval Bowl Party featuring Live Brazilian Music,
by local Afro-Brazilian Band “Prakantar”, Batucada by “Nos do Gheto,
acrobatic moves by Capoeira Sul da Bahia and dance performances by
Raiz Brazil Dance Company plus Art Expo by Brazilian artists. Sunday
Feb 21st at 2pm (*Location TBA) featuring an audio-visual experience
with guest speakers and a special “Rio Style Samba Scholl”
performance
by Campbell Hall High Scholl Music Group from Studio City. Check the
offical site for up dates - www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com
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ZANZIBAR BRAZILIAN NIGHT PLUS - WE RETURN TO ZAMZIBAR
FOR A SPECIAL NIGHT WITH FANTASTIC PERFORMERS
ZANZIBAR
Sunday, MARCH 7th
9PM Andee Belle
10PM Kandace Lindsay
11PM MUAMBA - Brazilian Samba-Funk feat. Carla Hasset
Sergio DJs Brazilian Music
Zanzibar at 5th and Arizona in Santa Monica
1301 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401-1414
(310) 451-2221
www.zanzibarlive.com
GILBERTO GIL
Brazilian Nites Productions presents GILBERTO GIL: The String Concert
featuring Jaques Morelenbaum & Bem Gil
Saturday, March 20 at 8:00 PM
Royce Hall
Tickets: $78, $55, $45, $35
$17 student tickets available
Please call 310-825-2101 for tickets and discount information.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=730
Click here for more information at www.BrazilianNites.com.
Gilberto Gil carries out a fundamental role in the constant
modernization process of Brazilian popular music. Partaking of this
scene for 41 years, he has developed one of the most relevant and
renown careers as a singer, composer and guitar-player in this field.
Gil has had his albums released abroad since 1978, the year of his
successful performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland,
recorded live. Every year he tours Europe, North America, Latin
America and Japan with his contagious pop music spoken in portuguese-
brazilian and international language. A music with a strong rhythmic
appeal and melodic richness, as mixed as its people.
Rhythms from the northeast of Brazil like the baiao, apart from samba
and bossa-nova were fundamental in his formation. Using them as a
starting point, Gil forged his own music to which he incorporated
rock, reggae, funk and rhythms from Bahia such as afoxe. Gil has
tackled a wide variety of issues in his lyrics, pertinent to modern
reality: from social inequality to the racial question, from African
to Oriental culture, from science to religion, among others. The
mastership with which Gil explores these subjects makes him one of
the
greatest Brazilian composer-lyricists.
Gil's importance to the culture of his country goes back to the 60's,
when he and Caetano Veloso created Tropicalism. Radically innovative
in the music scene, the movement assimilated pop culture to national
genres; deeply critical on political and moral levels, Tropicalism
ended up being repressed by the authoritarian regime. Gil and Caetano
were imprisoned and exiled. With 65 albums released, Gilberto Gil has
12 gold records, 5 platinum albums, 7 grammys and more than 4 million
records sold.
For his unflinching creative engagement in bringing to the world the
heart and soul of the rich music of Brazil, Gilberto Gil ha been
honored by several entities and personalities has also received many
prizes in Brazil and abroad as The Polar Prize in 2005. A unique
musical ambassador powered by firm cultural conviction.
CAETANO VELOSO @ The Greek Theater
Th April 17, 2010
http://www.greektheatrela.com/events/event_details.asp?id=1749
“Caetano Veloso is one of the greatest songwriters of the century: a
master melodist, a lyricist who merges surreal imagery with a sense
of
history and a sense of humor, a singer whose voice radiates
tenderness
and supple swing and a musician who connects to traditional music,
pop
and jazz from all over.”
—The New York Times
Caetano Veloso will open the award-winning Greek Theatre’s 2010
season
on Thursday, April 15.
Caetano Veloso is among the most influential and beloved artists to
emerge from Brazil. Known there since the 1960’s, Veloso has made
more
than thirty recordings to date and has developed a strong
international following. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, in 1942, Caetano
Veloso began his professional musical career in 1965 in Sao Paulo. In
his first compositions he drew on the bossa novas of Joao Gilberto,
but rapidly began to develop his own distinctive style. Absorbing
musical and aesthetic ideas from sources as diverse as The Beatles,
concrete poetry, the French Dadaists and the Brazilian modernist
poets
of the 1920s, Caetano, together with Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, his
sister Maria Bethania, and a number of other poets and intellectuals,
founded a movement called Tropicalismo. By experimenting with new
sounds and words, adding electric guitars to their bands and
utilizing
the imagery of modern poetry, Caetano became a musical revolutionary.
Although Tropicalismo set the tone for Caetano’s career, his music
has
evolved greatly over the years. Incorporating elements of rock,
reggae, fado, tango, samba canao, baiao and rap-- with lyrics
containing some of the best poetry in a musical tradition rich in
verse-- Caetano’s music is sometimes traditional, sometimes
contemporary, often hybrid. At once an astute social commentator and
balladeer of highly emotive love songs, Caetano is one of the most
respected poets in the Portuguese language. Indeed he is one of only
a
handful of artists who has resolved how to be musically modern and
still undeniably Brazilian.
Film:
The International Human Rights Film Series & UCLA International
Institute Presents:
Condor
A film about the collaboration between
South American military
governments, which ended up with the
kidnapping and murder of
thousands of innocent people in the 1970s.
This film is a human
account of these events, telling the story of
state terrorism and,
above all, personal stories in the search for
justice.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James
Bridges
Theater
Melnitz Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
A film by Roberto Mader
with music by Victor Biglion. Portuguese,
Spanish and English with
English subtitles Brazil / 2007 / 106 min
Free and Open to the
Public.
Don't miss the official Brazilian Album Release Party and concert for
the newest sound sensation out of Brazil!! They just finished their
new album called "PunkaNova", which was produced by the producers of
huge artists such as, Beastie Boys and Jack Johnson!! They recently
performed at the legendary Rock n Rio music festival!!
Ariel Del Mundo Presents
Featuring, direct from Sao Paulo, Brazil
BROTHERS OF BRAZIL!! with SUPLA & JOAO SUPLICY
Official Album Release Party & Concert!!
"PunkaNova"
An eclectic mix of Samba, BossaNova and Rock n Roll!
SEE THE VIDEO OF THEIR NEW SOUND BELOW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk4Tf516sUQ
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Doors open at 9pm
(this will be a packed event, so come early!)
Admission: $5. at the door before 11pm
Location: Life lounge - 6311 Wilshire Blvd. L.A. CA 90048
KPFK is having its inter fund drive. Help with your pledge.
Here are some of the premiums:
Global Village - KPFK -LA 90.7 www.kpfk.org
Fridays from 11:00 to 1:00PM
LIST SERGIO'S 6 CD ( 12 CDs) IMPORTED FROM BRAZIL:
Call 818-985-5735 and ask if there are available additional gifts.
1. DJAVAN
2. SIMONE
3.LUIZ MELODIA
4. JOYCE
5. NANA CAYMMI
6. GONZAGUINHA
$150.00 / 12.50 /MONTH
Tom Jobim 3 DVD box set "Brazil's Amassador of Song" plus an audio
documentary on "Brazilian Carnaval" - history of Carnaval - $200.00
Thanks,
Sergio Mielniczenko