Friday 15th November 2024
MARIO BAKUNA & BAND
Mario Bakuna is a London-based Brazilian composer, arranger, singer and guitar player, with twenty years of professional experience. A graduate of the Free University of Music in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he studied with musicians such as Olmir Stocker, Roberto Sion and Roberto Bomilcar (the pianist who played with Frank Sinatra during his visit to Brazil). In Brazil, Mario Bakuna has played alongside the trombonist Itacir Bocato, guitarist Renato Consorte, and pianist Nelson Aires, just to name a few.
Mario Bakuna's study focuses on the development of a music repertoire inspired by the greats of Afro-Brazilian Music, Samba, Jazz and Bossa Nova. In addition to developing new arrangements of music by enshrined Brazilian artists as Tom Jobim, Dorival Caymmi, Paulo Moura, and João Donato, in recent years he has been working on reinterpretations of Samba Jazz: a musical genre that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s and was led by musicians like Luiz Eça, Tamba Trio, and Edson Machado. Their repertoire was based on Brazilian Standards with more sophisticated harmonies inspired by the Post-Bossa Nova movement.
Since settling in London Mario Bakuna has become one the most prominent names and a reference of Brazilian Music in England. Mario widely performs in Europe at distinguished stages together with artists such as Jean Toussaint, Liam Noble, Ricardo dos Santos, Edmundo Carneiro, Cacau Queiroz, Alain Jean Marie, Dudu Penz, and Filó Machado.
Website: www.mariobakuna.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MarioBakunaMusician
Instagram: @mariobakuna
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/mariobakuna
Latest release: Brazilian Landscapes:
Bandcamp: https://mariobakuna.bandcamp.com/album/brazilian-landscapes
Mario Bakuna Band Live in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTFpgxhm1w
Mario Bakuna Band Live in Budapest: https://youtu.be/H05zFGAHmk4
Mario Bakuna Quartet Live in Mannheim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yJfwQ0TnvA
Mario Bakuna Band Live in Copenhagen: https://youtu.be/82FYN4T-YS0
Previous album: Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia:
Bandcamp: https://mariobakuna.bandcamp.com/album/where-rio-de-janeiro-meets-bahia
Video clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8PYMunrk7c
Video clip 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFTu8GBFocE
Sunday 17th November 2024
KAREN HEYWORTH... JAZZ DIVA & SOLUR JAZZ BAND
With a foundation in Musical Theatre, Karen has cultivated her vocal prowess through engagements with The National Youth Jazz Orchestra. From commanding stages at renowned venues like The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London to captivating audiences in intimate piano bars in Paris, she brings a "refined artistry to every performance".
Solur Jazzband
Piano Maestro & Compoer(Peter Garvey)
Guitar Phenomenon(Hide Takemoto)
Sax(Henry Kwaku Knudsen)
Sax(Ibi)
MC JAYCEE LA BOUCHE
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