Brick's Picks: Beneath an Amber Moon
Seven days of solid jazz, plus the sounds of Brazil
Finally, it's a great week locally for the sounds of Brazil. Guitarist Dori Caymmi leads his supple quartet at the Jazz Bakery on Friday and Saturday, and the exuberant Brasil Brazil (with Sonia Santos) bring their full show (including those lovely dancers) to La Ve Lee on Saturday. And on Sunday, trumpeter/trombonist/singer Gabriel Rosati and his Brazilatafro Project are at Rosalie & Alva's (at 6 p.m.), and guitarist Mayuto & the Sounds of Brazil (with Michael Turre and Enzo Tedesco) are at the Catalina Bar and Grill. But the big Brazilian event of the week (indeed, one of the big Brazilian events of the year) is the 8th Annual Brazilian Carnaval aboard the Queen Mary on Saturday. Samba singer Dandara ("the Brazilian Tina Turner") headlines, but she is just the biggest name in a night of fervent entertainment: baterias of percussion, fearsome capoeira, troupes of feathered, sparkling dancers and all the pagode, afoxe, bossa nova, samba reggae, axe, frevo and MPB you can gyrate to. It's a crazy crowded overheated exhausting blast. Details at (818) 567-0641 or BrazilianNites.com.—Brick Wahl
Brick can be reached at brickjazz@yahoo.com.
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