Brazilian Landscapes - The Mario Bakuna Band
Brazilian Landscapes - featuring The Mario Bakuna Band
£15 in adv / £18 OTD
An evenng of Afro-Brazilian music, Samba, Jazz and Bossa
Mario Bakuna on guitar and vocal
Yoav Yenon on electric guitar
Felippe Oliveira on bass
Uccio Gaeta on drums
After a very successful season performing at international festivals and prestigious music venues in Europe, Africa, and Brazil, promoting his previous album Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia, Mario Bakuna's latest release is Brazilian Landscapes.
Conceived by Mario Bakuna, Brazilian Landscapes features new arrangements by Mario Bakuna, Matheus Nova, Marcinho Pereira, and Sam Watts of material by great composers such as Emilio Santiago, Marcos Valle, Claudio Bertrami, Rique Pantoja, Gilberto Gil, Djavan, João Bosco, Arismar do Espirito Santo, and the 'forrozeiros' Dominguinhos and Luiz Gonzaga.
Brazilian Landscapes is a tribute to the culture and memory of Brazilian people and it's the result of years of inspiration Mario Bakuna drew upon while traveling through Brazil, experiencing its rhythmic and harmonic richness.
From the arid landscape in the north-east that's brought to the chorus of songs of forró, baião, and xaxado, to the African influence found in Ijexá, the popularity of Samba and the sophistication of Bossa Nova, Mario and his musicians celebrate the most musically rich territory on Earth.