Brazilian Music Friday Feature #26
Today's pick is from the pianist and flutist André Marques, who I just discovered, despite the fact that I love Hermeto Pascoal, and he's been playing with Hermeto's band for over 20 years! But, that will be remedied, because I'm in San Francisco right now to see them (along with the rest of the band) play at SFJazz tonight.
I got stuck in a pretty serious YouTube rabbit hole while trying to choose a song to feature, and, well, I couldn't choose. So, here's André Marques with John Patitucci and Brian Blade playing Bebê from their album Vivo Hermeto, and below that is his performance on SESC Instrumental Brasil, which features some of his originals, and many diverse Brazilian rhythms.
Bebê (Hermeto Pascoal) André Marques: Piano John Patitucci: Baixo Acústico Brian Blade: Bateria CD Viva Hermeto Resultado do projeto realizado pelo músico e produtor André Marques em parceria com a Borandá, com repertório exclusivamente do grande compositor brasileiro Hermeto Pascoal.
Através de trabalhos com Hermeto Pascoal, com o Trio Curupira e Vintena Brasileira, André Marques fez uma grande pesquisa por todas as regiões do Brasil e começou a criar a sua música a partir de diversos ritmos brasileiros como: catira, ciranda, toada, baião, jongo, chamamé, maracatu, maxixe, caboclinho, entre tantos outros.
Enjoy the song, and your weekend!
