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Event
1ST FRIDAY @ GALERIA WEST Music Series Event with The BOSSA BRASIL Quartet in Concert
The popular bi-monthly 1ST FRIDAY @ GALERIA WEST music series continues with a special music concert performance by the BOSSA BRASIL Quartet on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 7:30pm at the wonderfully intimate Galeria West Art & Music Gallery, located at 111 Quimby Street in downtown Westfield, NJ. Enjoy a wonderful evening of superb Brazilian jazz fusion as performed by percussionist Mauricio De Souza and his talented guest artists; Anton Denner on alto sax, Jerry Weir on vibraphone and bassist Gary Mazzaroppi.
BOSSA BRASIL performs the most sophisticated Brazilian music. The repertoire includes compositions from Brazil's most outstanding artists such as Tom Jobim, Egberto Gismonti, Roberto Menescal, Milton Nascimento,Edu Lobo, Victor Assis Brasil, Hermeto Pascoal, Baden Powell, Luiz Eça, and Pixinguinha. Some of the more exotic rhythms explored by the group include "Baião" and "Maracatú".
Born in Brasília, Brazil, Maurício de Souza is a jazz drummer who easily performs in both traditional jazz and Brazilian jazz styles. His good taste and finesse have allowed him to play in numerous settings with various accomplished musicians. Maurício studied with world renowned jazz drummer and master teacher Joe Morello for eight years. He also had a year of private studies with distinguished all-round percussion teacher Glenn Weber. Aside from the inspiration of Mr. Morello, other influential performers include Buddy Rich, Airto Moreira, Dave Weckl, Roy Haynes, and Bill Stewart.
Coming from a musical family, de Souza began playing the drums at the age of eleven. Within a few months, he began performing with numerous local groups in his hometown. Always interested in evolving as a musician, he joined the youth percussion group at Brasília's "Teatro Nacional" (National Theater, home of Brasília's Symphony Orchestra). De Souza's attraction to elaborate music eventually brought him to Jazz. While a junior in high school, he used his summer vacation in Brazil to study with Joe Morello in New Jersey. Upon graduating from high school, de Souza came back to the US to continue his studies with Mr. Morello and attend college.
Since settling in Northern New Jersey in 2004, de Souza has been very active in the NY/NJ metropolitan area.
He has performed at some of the finest jazz venues mostly as a band leader with his two groups: Bossa Brasil
(Brazilian Jazz) and The Maurício de Souza Group (Straight Ahead Jazz).
In New Jersey, de Souza has performed at NJPAC's Sounds of the City, Trumpets Jazz Club (Montclair), Priory (Newark), Cornerstone (Metuchen), Salt Creek Grille (Princeton), Delta's (New Brunswick), Cecil's Jazz Club (West Orange), Tomaso's Jazz Room (Edgewater), Cross Roads (Garwood), Chico's House of Jazz (Asbury Park), Mohawk House (Sparta), Giamano's (Bradley Beach), Moonstruck (Asbury Park), and Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (Madison) to name a few.
In Philadelphia, he has been heard at Chris's and Ortlieb's Jazz clubs. De Souza has also performed at Cubata in Waterbury, Connecticut and Lily Pad in Massachusetts.
Festival appearances include: 2011 NJPAC's Sounds of the City, 2012 Morristown's Music Without Borders, 2012/2013 Westfield's Sweet Sounds Downtown Jazz Festival, 2011 Morristown's First Night, 2011 Morristown Festival, 2010/2011 Keyport International Festival, 2011 EAP Hispanic Heritage Month Lunchtime Series, 2008/2009 Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival, 2006/2007/2008/2009/2010 Church St. Music Festivals (Montclair, NJ), 2009/2010 Journal Square Summer Series (Jersey City), 2009 Long Branch (NJ) Jazz and Blues Festival, 2007/2008 Artes Latinas Festival (Westampton, NJ), 2005 Burlington County (NJ) Music Festival, the 2005 Chester (NJ) Music Festival, and the 2004 Campbell Music Festival in Camden, NJ.
Internationally, de Souza has performed in Brasília, Brazil with his quartet/quintet at Gate's Pub, Velvet Pub, Restaurante Feitiço Mineiro, Schlob Bar e Restaurante, C'Est Si Bon, and Jazz Cafe.
In his numerous performances as a guest percussionist with OSTNCS (Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro de Brasília - Brazil), de Souza performed in the Brazilian premiere of Puccini's opera La Boheme and in the world premiere and recording of Cláudio Santoro's 9th and 11th Symphonies. De Souza has also performed as a percussionist with the Bergen Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Orchestra in New Jersey.
In 2010 de Souza released his first commercial record entitled, "Here. There..." (Pulsa Music). The album features both Maurício de Souza Group and Bossa Brasil with special guests: Mike Stern (guitar), Andrew Beals (alto sax), Gregory Rivkin (trumpet), Carl Viggiani and Noah Haidu (piano), Jerry Weir (vibes), and Morrie Louden (bass).
With the release of Here. There..., de Souza reached a much wider audience. The album reached #40 of the top 50 new releases in the Jazz Week chart for national radio airplay, it ranked #17 of the top 30 jazz albums by Music Choice, and it was elected #1 Jazz Album by WWPV 88.7 FM (Burlington, VT). Here. There... was also elected "album of the week" by Solar Latin Club (Colombia). It was featured countless times on WBGO 88.3 FM (#1 Jazz radio station in the US). Pandora internet radio and Sirius XM satellite radio have added "Here. There..." to their music libraries.
To date, the album has been reviewed in Jazz Times Magazine, All About Jazz (online), All About Jazz NY (newspaper), Jazz Inside NY Magazine, JazzChicago.net, Sea of Tranquility (online), and The Midwest Record among others.
De Souza was featured in a one hour interview with Awilda Rivera for WBGO. He also recorded a radio interview at the BBC Studio in New York with Ken Bader (NPR, PRI, BBC) for his show, "The World". Please visit the "Articles" page to view the files for the reviews and interviews.
In the Fall of 2013, de Souza released his new album, "Different Directions" (Pulsa Music), featuring both Maurício de Souza Group and Bossa Brasil. The album made it into Jazz Week, it has been frequently played on WBGO FM and Music Choice on cable TV, it was officially released at Blue Note Jazz Club in NY (Nov 2013), it was featured in a review in the January, 2014 issue of Hot House Jazz Magazine (de Souza is featured on the cover), it got reviewed on All About Jazz, de Souza did a one hour interview for Rádio Nacional FM (Brasília, Brasil) and was featured in two blocks during the show, "Jazz Brasil" for the same station.
The outstanding musicians on the album are: Mike Stern (guitar), Marc Copland (piano), John Lee (electric bass), Gary Mazzaroppi (acoustic bass), Greg Gisbert (trumpet/flugelhorn), Sharel Cassity (alto, soprano, tenor saxes, flute), Ben Winkelman and Miho Nobuzane (piano), and Jerry Weir (vibes).
Bossa Brasil has recently appeared on a live TV show for Citizens TV in New Haven, Connecticut. The Jazz show, "Bourbon Street" went on the air on August 11th, 2014 to half a million households on public access television. The show featured live renditions of music from both "Here. There" and "Different Directions" and a short interview with Andrew James (host and producer of the show).
1st Friday @ Galeria West event proceeds benefit
programming efforts at TEATRO Si, a 501(c)3 not for profit organization.
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LocationGaleria West Art Gallery (View)
111 Quimby Street
Westfield, NJ 07090
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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| Owner: TEATRO Si |
| On BPT Since: Apr 15, 2008 |
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