JSN in Europe May/June 2009

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Jovino Santos Neto

Hello friends,



I hope this finds you well and enjoying the springtime weather, wherever you are…I am glad to be returning to Europe, this time doing a series of educational events and also performing my music with a great group. For most of May I will be artist-in-residence at the Birds Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland, presenting workshops and lectures to a wide variety of participants, from schoolchildren to music students to music teachers. I will also perform music from the CD Alma do Nordeste (Soul of the Northeast), which was released in 2008 by Adventure Music. You can check out music samples and read reviews of that CD by visiting the link below:

http://www.jovisan.net/AlmadoNordesteCD.htm



I am playing with a fantastic Quartet, including Rodrigo Botter Maio on flute and saxophones, Stephan Kurmann on bass and Mauro Martins on drums. Here are our dates:



Ø Monday, May 18 at 20:30 at Gasthaus Schützen, Schützenallee 12, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany - http://www.jazzkongress.de

Ø Friday, May 29 at 16:00 at the Tinguely Museum, Basel - http://www.roche-n-jazz.ch/en/index-future/bs-jz-event.htm

Ø Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30 at 20:30 at the Birds Eye Jazz Club in Basel – www.birdseye.ch

Ø Monday, June 1 at 16:00 at the Nijmegen Music Meeting Festival, Park Brakkenstein, Nijmegen, The Netherlands – www.musicmeeting.nl

Ø Wednesday, June 3 at 20:30 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam – www.bimhuis.nl



Ø In addition, from June 8 to 12 I am also doing 6 concerts around London, England, in duo with the Brazilian accordion virtuoso Chico Chagas. The dates, times and venues for those performances are listed on my website and on my MySpace page, just click!



Brazilian-born Jovino Santos Neto worked as a pianist, flutist and producer with the legendary Hermeto Pascoal from 1977 to 1992. He is a Professor of Music at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts. He has released several recordings as the leader of his own ensemble and also in collaboration with other musicians. He has received several jazz and chamber music commissions. His 2 most recent CDs, Canto do Rio (2004) and Roda Carioca (2006) were both nominated for a Latin Grammy. His latest release is Alma do Nordeste, inspired by the music of Northeastern Brazil.



I hope to see you at one of these events. If we do not come close to where you are, I invite you to visit me on the Internet and maybe next time we’ll meet!



Obrigado,



Jovino Santos Neto

jovino@jovisan.net

realengo@comcast.net

web site: www.jovisan.net

www.myspace.com/jovinosantosneto

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