Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/15/2013
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
Stanford Shopping Center, Clock Tower Plaza
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Stanford Shopping Center’s 27th annual Summer Jazz Series
Group Fake Baiano is a choro group que offers a window into the history and diverse culture of Brazil. Choro is one of Brazil’s earliest popular musics, dating back to the late 1800s, and, similar to jazz, it reflects the melding of African rhythms with the melodic and harmonic structure closely resembling Baroque Classical music.
GFB’s exploration of choro spans Nearly 100 years, including everything from the traditional to more contemporary versions and jazz influenced reinterpretations. In addition to performing and touring, Group Fake Baiano has worked in collaboration with the Pasadena Pops Around the World Music Program, Young Audiences of Northern CA, and Youth in Arts, and cry to bring Brazilian music to students throughout California.
From vintage mid-1900s blues and jazz to gypsy swing and a band that promises to put the “fun” back in “funk,” this summer’s jazz season at Stanford Shopping Center’s Clock Tower Plaza looks to be a must-do for Thursday nights… at least from June 20 through August 29.
The 27th annual free (as in “no admission”) evening concert series includes performances by classic jazz and blues faves Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, trombonist/bandleader Wayne Wallace, the gypsy jazz sextet Gaucho, saxophonist Michael Zilber, the jazz-meets-funk-meets-fun two saxophonists and a drummer ensemble Mo’Fone, San Francisco-based Brazilian Choro ensemble Grupo Falso Baiano, and a wondrous musical hybrid of chamber music with global rhythms and sounds in the music of the Musical Art Quintet.
The ten-week concert series is hosted by the Stanford Shopping Center and produced by SFJAZZ.
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Free Admission