Veronneau\u2019s highly anticipated follow-up to their first album Joie de Vivre has arrived! Jazz Samba Project was inspired by the bossa nova music of Brazil paired the sound of American jazz and fits perfectly within their current band\u2019s format. The group features Ken Avis on acoustic guitar and vocals, Lynn Veronneau on vocals, David Rosenblatt on acoustic guitar and Pete Walby on drums alongside guest musicians Jeff Antoniuk on tenor sax, Alejandro Lucini on percussion and Jim McFalls on trombone. <\/p>\n
The program explores the world of bossa nova and includes classics from Borroso, Jobim, Powell, Ben, as well as their own bossa treatments to some contemporary songs by Marley, among others, as a celebratory tribute to the original Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd 1962 album\u2019s golden anniversary. Throughout the program, Lynn Veronneau\u2019s vocals are longing, sensual, soft, sad, happy, and layered within the samba rhythms and jazz elements. She sings in Portuguese on \u201cE Luxo So,\u201d (\u201cSo Luxurious\u201d), in French on the beautiful \u201cSamba Saravah\u201d and \u201cAutumn Leaves,\u201d and in English. All of the songs are absolutely beautiful and the arrangements are stellar and translate well from the original compositions. <\/p>\n
Among the standouts are Veronneau\u2019s dreamy vocals on \u201cSo Luxurious,\u201d David Rosenblatt\u2019s melodic and harmonic sense on \u201cSeptember Moon,\u201d that also features easy brush strokes by Pete Walby. Antoniuk\u2019s masterful saxophone solo raises the energy on \u201cOne Note Samba\u201d while Ken Avis\u2019 guitar on Baden Powell\u2019s \u201cSamba Saravah\u201d with its repeating chords is like waves washing over a beach! The group ends the program with Antonio Carlos Jobim\u2019s revered \u201cWave\u201d which features the fresh energy of traditional Brazilian instruments \u2013 surdo drum, pandiero and shakers \u2013 and takes us back to the roots of bossa nova. This is Jazz Samba at its best. <\/p>\n
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