SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET
Alvorada had the pleasure of filming a couple of videos for the London Latin Music Conference, in connection with the London Latin music festival, La Linea . It was great to get to return to Rich Mix for the session, even if just to play in the empty space rather than a live gig.
For anyone interested in attending the online conference, with discussion panels and performances, it airs on September 11th, and is free to sign up to.
Our Garden Special gig was a joyful occasion! It was great to get to play together again. Thanks to everyone who watched and all the lovely comments. You can watch back on our YouTube channel.
If you enjoyed the show and would like to make a donation to the band, please go to:
www.paypal.me/alvorada
Excited to announce that Alvorada are going to do a live gig – our first one in months! It will be a socially distanced outdoor concert on August 2nd – with a limited ticketed audience and live streamed online, free to watch. We’re very excited to be getting to play together again!
Audience tickets will be available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alvorada/t-kermja
Watch live online (free to view): https://youtu.be/i94rjq0mcew
Donations welcome at www.paypal.me/alvorada
Another remotely recorded lockdown video with Alvorada – this time ‘Amphibious’ by Moacir Santos (who I think of as a kind of Brazilian Duke Ellington).
A lockdown collaboration with Gabriela Kozyra.
Gabi is one of my favourite singers to play with, we share a love of a certain kind of deep, soulful, heartfelt music. I suggested doing something together, and she chose this beautiful song, ‘Duas Contas’ by Garoto.
If you enjoy this, then check out Gabi’s album ‘Noites Brasileiras’, featuring the absolute cream of choro and samba musicians from Rio. Happy memories of playing those tunes for gigs in London and Poland last year, I hope we’ll do it again some day…
Another video recorded remotely in lockdown, this time with the wonderful Jacque Falcheti. We played together earlier this year when she was in London as part of her European tour. Delighted that we’ve now made this collaboration between here and Riberão Preto in Brazil.
This is a choro-samba called ‘Engomadinho’ – meaning smart, dapper, dressed up…!
Alvorada have put together a new video – all recorded remotely while in Covid-19 lockdown.
Today is National Choro Day in Brazil, and marks the birthday of Pixinguinha. This is our version of ‘Gostosinho’, by another great choro composer, Jacob do Bandolim.
I’m using some of my time at home to learn some software skills for audio and video editing. This is a cover of an Aphex Twin tune, Avril 14th, which I re-arranged for clarinets.
Performances sadly cancelled due to Covid-19:
March 29th – London Vocal Project @ Pizza Express, Soho
March 29th – Roda de choro @ The Harrison, Kings Cross
April 3rd – Alvorada @ The Post, Seven Sisters
April 9th – Alvorada @ Future Inn, Bristol
April 10th – Alvorada @ Royal Festival Hall Central Bar, Southbank
May 19th – Alvorada & Luciana Rabello @ Pizza Express, Holborn
June 7th – Alvorada @ Florence Works, Islington
June 12th – Alvorada @ Fleece Jazz, Colchester
August 7th-31st – Showstopper @ Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh Festival
August 12th – Alvorada @ Lake District Summer Music International Festival
August 13th – Alvorada @ The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
September 6th – Alvorada @ London Folk Festival, Cecil Sharp House, Camden
This Friday, February 21st, I’m looking forward to playing with Telecoteco, a duo exploring samba and choro. I first met singer and pandeiro player Jacque Falcheti in Brazil in 2014, and so it’s a pleasure to get to play with her and guitarist José Miranda on this date, part of their 2020 European tour. The gig is at the intimate Basement Bar at the Green Note: www.greennote.co.uk/production/telecoteco
