Celebrate Mia’s return to the stage and a milestone birthday with her all-star band of Brazilian and jazz musicians!
Friday August 22
Chromatic Studios, 71 Oneil St, Kingston NY
Doors at 7:00 PM, music 7:30
Free admission, suggested donation $25
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/mia-brazilian-jazz-ensemble-tickets-1511134878099
Mia is a jazz vocalist enchanted by the music of Brazil. With her warm voice, adventuresome arrangements and this ensemble of world class musicians, she’ll take you on a journey into the creative conversation between these two traditions as she delights in singing beautiful Brazilian melodies, playing in the waves of its rhythms and scatting her way back to jazz. You’ll hear Bossa Nova classics in English and Portuguese, pieces by contemporary Brazilian composers and her vocal scat versions of instrumental music. Mia will also perform new material from her studies in Sao Paulo of the rhythmic voice as she’s joined by old friends Matt King on piano and Itaiguarra Brandao on bass, and new collaborators Mark Dzuiba on guitar, Connie Grossman on flute and Chris Eddleton on drums. Come join us and be moved, grooved, soothed and uplifted!
Mia has performed with Brazilian Jazz masters Itaiguarra Brandao, Rogerio Boccato, Nanny Assis, Eduardo Belo, Renato Consorte, Cafe and Denis Bulhoes, as well as jazz masters who share her love for the Brazilian sound, including Matt King, Paul Meyers, Jason Ennis, and Anton Denner. She’s performed or recorded jazz with Donny McCaslin, Frank London, Roberta Piket, Nikki Parrot, Ratzo Harris, Pamela Fleming and Diane Moser in venues ranging from The Jazz Forum and the Cornelia Street Cafe to Casa Francisca in Sao Paulo. Mia’s CD “Encantada”, co -produced with pianist Matt King, was described as “irresistible, inspired and extremely enjoyable” by jazz critic Scott Yarrow.
Itaiguarra Brandao, a native of Rio de Janeiro, is one of the most sought-after bassists in the NorthEast. He has played with world class artists including Dianne Reeves, Ivan Lins, Roberto Menescal, Leny Andrade, Joyce, Randy Brecker and Paquito D’Rivera. Brandao has toured and played internationally from Oslo, where he played at the Nobel Prize concert, to Moscow, Madrid and Sydney. He received the Marvin Hamlisch Award in 2019. A consummate studio musician who has played on thousands of recordings, Itaiguarra released his recording as a front man, “Awakening”, in 2016.
Mark Dziuba is a guitarist, improviser and composer who heads the Jazz Studies program at SUNY New Paltz. He has performed with a Who’s Who of Jazz, Blues, Rock and Bluegrass musicians internationally, and is a featured soloist on numerous recordings. He was part of the internationally acclaimed National Guitar Workshop for 25 years and part of the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival since its birth.
Chris Eddleton has performed with Brazilian artists including Cidinho Texeira, Cyro Baptista, Vanessa Fallabella, Nilson Matta, Romer Lubambo, and Claudio Roditi, and jazz artists Antonio Hart, Roy Hargrove and Dave Valentin. Chris toured with Jazz vocalist Lizz Wright and played at the JVC Jazz festival, the North Sea Jazz festival and festivals in New Orleans, Montreal, Toronto and Telluride. Chris performed in David Byrne’s Broadway show American Utopia.
Connie Grossman is a multi-award-winning flutist and educator who has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, West Africa and Cuba. She has performed and recorded in a variety of genres with artists such as Yomo Toro, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Valentin, Tito Puente, Arturo O’Farrill, The Latin Jazz Coalition and Cocomama. Connie released her debut album as a solo artist, Chasing the Rainbow, in 2021. Connie has appeared with Lavar Burton on Reading Rainbow in a feature on jazz musicians.
Matt King is a multi award-winning pianist, composer and music director. He has performed with jazz legends Chris Potter, Billy Hart, Rufus Reid, Chuck Loeb, Benny Golson and Brazilian artists Leny Andrade, Nilson Matta and Claudio Roditi, as well as household names Phoebe Snow and Blood, Sweat and Tears. He has played widely in festivals from New Orleans to Cape Town. King re-imagines classic and lesser known Theolonius Monk compositions with a Brazilian tinge together with top tier Brazilian musicians on his 2017 recording entitled Monk in Brazil.