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Steve Griggs Ensemble: Cancao Carioca (Song from Rio)
Celebrating the 113th birthday of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, this concert is a journey through Rio de Janeiros musical history from Ernesto Nazareths tangos, to concert music by Villa-Lobos, to the cool urban pop of Antonio Carlos Jobims bossa nova. Each of these composers declared their love for Rio through not only words but melodies, rhythms, and harmonies. The concert will also include composers who, while not natives of Rio, were so moved by the citys sounds and feelings that they let Rio speak through their work. Steve Griggs has reinterpreted these works for a small chamber jazz ensemble of guitar, saxophone, French horn, cello, vibraphone, bass and percussion. Steves previous concert of Villa-Lobos music in November 2009 sold out in advance. The Villa-Lobos Museum in Rio heard a recording of Steves first Villa-Lobos concert and is enthusiastic about supporting his future research and projects. Read and hear more about this project at http://www.stevegriggmusic.com/cancaocarioca.htm.
Musical Program
Carioca (1913) - Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - (1910) Ernesto Nazareth
Saudades do Brazil Recollections of Brazil (1921) - Darius Milhaud
Corcovado
Suite Floral - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Idilio na Rede Daydreaming in a Hammock (1917)
Uma Camponesa Cantadeira Singing Country Girl (1916)
Ciclo Brasileiras Brazilian Cycle (1936) - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Plantio da Caboclo Planting of the Indians
Impressoes Seresteiras Minstrel Impressions
Brinquedo de Roda - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Tira o Seu Pesinho Put Your Little Foot Out (1955)
Intermission
Imagina (1945) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Corcovado (1960) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Cantiga para Meu Pai Song for My Father (1964) - Horace Silver
Doringo (1983) - Steve Griggs
Chromatic Carioca (1998) - Steve Griggs
Old Wave (2001) - Steve Griggs
Bachianas Brasileira #4 - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Introducao Prelude (1941)
Canto do Sertao Song of the Jungle (1941)
Bye, Bye Brasil - Chico Buarque & Roberto Menescal
Flora - Steve Griggs
Musicians
Jeff Busch - percussion
Jeff studied percussion in England and Brazil. His latest project is Drums and Voices-Contemporary Spirituals with Pat Wright from the Total Experience Gospel Choir and is funded by a King County Arts grant.
Marco de Carvalho - guitar
Marco is a native of Rio de Janeiro and graduate of the city's Music Conservatory. He traveled to several cities in the US before settling in Seattle. He appears on numerous soundtracks and recordings including three CDs featuring his own compositions. His newest recording is entitled Cancoes.
Louie Richmond - cello
Louie studied cello with Orlando Cole, attended the Eastman School of Music and received a Masters in Cello Performance from Temple University studying with Lorne Monroe. He was a member of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C and came to the Northwest to teach cello and chamber music at the University of Puget Sound and was the founder and Musical Director of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra for seven years.
Steve Griggs - saxophone
Steve recorded two CDs in Seattle with Elvin Jones and is featured on the soundtrack the Bungie/Microsoft video game Halo 3: ODST. Steve's won a Longfellow Chorus Award of Distinction in the 2010 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition.
Susan Pascal - vibraphone, marimba
Jazz vibraphonist Susan Pascal has performed throughout the United States and Canada, and recently completed her third tour to Singapore. She has played for motion picture soundtracks including The Blind Side, Office Space, and Eulogy, and recently collaborated in performances with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra.
Phil Sparks - bass
Phil is a faculty member of the UW Jazz Studies program, named Northwest Instrumentalist of the year in 1996 by Earshot Jazz, inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2009, and was featured in a cover story in the May 2009 Earshot Jazz Magazine.
Tom Varner - French Horn
Tom teaches at Cornish College, appears on over 50 recordings, and has ranked high in Down Beat critics polls for many years. His latest recording Heaven and Hell is on Omnitone.
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LocationGood Shepherd Center Chapel
4649 Sunnyside Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103-6900
United States
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