Catching Up

Comings and Goings

Hello,

Thanks for the gift of your subscriptions to my posts here on Substack. This past week my Quinteto with Ben Thomas on vibraphone and bandoneon, Tim Carey on bass, Mark Ivester on drums and Jeff Busch on percussion packed Seattle’s premier jazz venue, Dimitrious’ Jazz Alley for two nights. We had over 600 folks enjoying our music. Below are some images from the shows:

JSN Quinteto at Jazz Alley, August 20 & 21, 2024

Tomorrow I am going to the beautiful redwoods of Sonoma County, California. I’ll be spending the week teaching and playing at California Brazil Camp, celebrating their 25th anniversary of bringing music and dance from Brazil to the West Coast. Last year I composed a bunch of new music there, and I expect to write some more this year. As usual, I post free scores of my music at this link. Check them out!

Once I am back, I will continue to post more Hermeto Pascoal stories. I appreciate your support that enables me to do that. If you are a paid subscriber, you will have access to the entire post archive.

For my paid subscribers, I am posting below a video of the entire performance of my composition Primavera Em Flor, originally recorded in the Latin Grammy-nominated album Canto do Rio from 2004,with vocalist Flora McGill. Below you see how the Quinteto played it last Wednesday: