Grammy/Latin Grammy-nominated Céu to tour U.S. this Spring

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Brazilian, Céu, Female Vocalist

Céu

Brazilian phenomenon Céu is returning this Spring to the U.S. for a run of dates in Las Cruces, Miami, New York City, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Céu is truly radiant on stage and her live performances showcase a beautiful blend of Samba, Reggae, Electronica, Afrobeat and Jazz. She captivates her audiences with a laid-back yet mesmerizing disposition, not unlike the wonderfully light nature of her recordings reflected in the title of her album Vagarosa, which translates to “slow, easygoing, and leisurely.”

Watch Ceu’s new video for “Cangote” from Vagarosa | view here

Vagarosa won Céu widespread critical acclaim, from Brazil to the States to the UK (deemed “the finest Brazilian album of the year” by The Guardian in 2009). The Grammy/Latin Grammy-nominated singer first captivated music fans across the globe with her self-titled debut album in 2007, for which Céu came to be the first international artist featured in Starbucks’ Hear Music™ Debut series. Céu was also handpicked for the Starbucks’ Sweetheart 2010 compilation, which features her recording of Tim Maia’s “Eu Amo Você,” alongside artists including Jose Gonzalez, Spoon and The Avett Brothers.

The DeFrancesco Brothers -][- The DeFrancesco Brothers [Vectordisc]

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Jazz, The DeFrancesco Brothers

The DeFrancesco Brothers - The DeFrancesco Brothers

The DeFrancesco Brothers -][- The DeFrancesco Brothers –MP3– [Vectordisc, 2011]

With roots in the Philadelphia music scene, DeFrancesco became synonymous for some groovin’, greasy music with the Hammond B3 at its core. Although the gentics started with Papa John’s father -a wonderful big band saxophone player in his own right-his son Papa John decided on the Hammond organ. he listened and learned the music of all the famous organ cats from the Philly area. His sons, John and Joey, by osmosis, grew up listening to the old man’s records. When their young minds and souls were a clean piece of paper, the sounds of Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff were etched in.

As the sons grew older, Joey continued learning everything there was to know about jazz and the Hammond B3-the players, the repertoire, etc. John being a guitar player continued learning more about the blues, and was heavily influenced by several rock players such as Jimi Hendrix. Both John and Joey have been true to their musical interests, yet occasionally you would find the two of together on a track here and there on a track on a Papa John album, but those teasers were all you got.

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TWO ORCHESTRAL PREMIERES BY GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER MARIA SCHNEIDER BOTH FEATURING WORLD-RENOWNED SOPRANO DAWN UPSHAW

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aint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Jazz, Maria Schneider, Ojai Festival

Carnegie Hall with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra – May 13 and Ojai Festival with the Australian Chamber Orchestra – June 12

“She now has become entrenched among the ranks of America’s leading composers….For Schneider, the question is no longer whether she can sustain the heights she has attained on earlier recordings; it is now how far her musical journey will take her.” – James Hale, DownBeat

Maria Schneider

Maria Schneider’s music has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization.” For the past 20 years Schneider has written primarily for her own jazz orchestra, yet during those years she was pushing boundaries, augmenting the standard 17-piece band with an accordion here, or flamenco cajon there, mixing in Brazilian rhythms and birdcalls with her Midwest sensibilities. In recent years she has definitively embraced more classical forms and orchestras, blending unique sounds in her own recordings that include commissions from Peter Sellars and Vienna’s Mozart Festival, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and the American Dance Festival.

Now Carnegie Hall will host the New York premiere of “Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories” with Maria conducting Dawn Upshaw and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra on May 13, 2011. It was three years ago that Upshaw, then artistic partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, first brought forth the idea to have the orchestra commission Maria to write a work for voice and orchestra. Maria chose poetry by Brazilian poet, Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos, with English translations by Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Mark Strand.