Maria Jameau & Blue Brazil
Posted on Sunday, June, 19, 2011 in Brazilian Music Spotlight | Comments Off on Maria Jameau & Blue Brazil
Gema (Challenge Records)
Maria Jameau & Blue Brazil is a soulful world music quintet based in Sonoma County, California. Comprised of longtime performing artists, Bob Afifi (flute), Nate Lopez (bass & guitar), Jacob Harris (percussion), Pablo Rodriguez (guitar and vocals), and Maria Jameau (award-winning lead vocals and percussion), Blue Brazil creates sounds that make the spirit dance and the mind relax. While the musical backgrounds among them range from latin, jazz, r & b, and funk to Spanish flamenco, north Indian and eastern European, Maria Jameau & Blue Brazil performs a mix of Brazilian, African, Latin and French music that enchants the soul. Their music is classy, organic, bohemian, soulful, and multicultural
The VOCAL SOUND OF JAZZ began airing on 89.5 FM (now WHRV-FM) on January 4th 1980. Originally a 30 minute program that aired on Friday evenings, the program expanded to it current 60 minute format and moved to Saturday evenings during the 90s. It was also aired over WUOM in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a five-year period in the late 1980s.
Produced and hosted by Jack Frieden since its premiere broadcast, the program has always attempted to spotlight both jazz vocal music’s post 1950s history, as well as the new singers and songs that will continue to play an increasingly prominent role in the music’s future. With the internet’s ability to attract and entertain jazz vocal fans globally, Jack looks forward to broadening the mission and reach of the “Vocal Sound of Jazz” in coming years.
Email Jack Frieden
Vocal Sound of Jazz LLC
1056 Downshire Chase
Virginia Beach, Va. 23452
Ph: 757 438 6785