Savassi Festival 2014 NY
(Published: September 02, 2014)
Originating in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, since 2003 Savassi Festival has focused on jazz and instrumental music. Beginning as a street festival associated with the musical activities of Café com Letras restaurant, it developed into a matrix of musical activities that includes contests, recordings, artistic collaborations, exhibitions, artistic residencies and a host of live concerts, representing the full spectrum of jazz, from jazz-symphonic pieces to eletronic music+jazz performances.
In the last 12 years it promoted 465 concerts, 53 workshops, 141 DJs performances to an audience of 220 thousand people. To gain access to the main event - the open-air street festival - one should donate 1kg of non-perishable food, fully destined to help people in social risk.
In 2013, Savassi Festival promoted its first New York edition. Completely focused on Brazilian instrumental music, featuring Brazilians and non-Brazilians, a wide range of music was performed, from that of Hermeto Pascoal, Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta and Paulo Moura to the most current wave of Brazilian and Brazilian-inspired composers.
In its second edition, Savassi Festival 2014 NY will showcase 13 concerts in various jazz clubs and one workshop at Columbia University. The program includes performances of artists such as Abelita Mateus, André Mehmari, Andre Vasconcelos, Chico Pinheiro, Cliff Korman, Edmar Castanheda, Kevin Hays, Paula Santoro, Scott Feiner, Sergio Krakowski and Tulio Araujo and Dobradura Project.
Savassi Festival NY is produced in collaboration with America's Society.
Savassi Festival 2014 NY Program
Sunday, 9/7
Concert
Drom, 6:00 PM
Sergio Krakowski and Edmar Castanheda Duo
Monday, 9/8
Concert
Subculture, 7:30 PM
André Mehmari and Chico Pinheiro Duo
Concert
Subculture 9:00 PM
Scott Feiner &Pandeiro Jazz
Tuesday, 9/9
Workshop
Columbia University, 7:00 PM
André Mehmari on Jazz and Brazilian Instrumental Music
Concert
Cornelia Street Cafe, 8:30 PM
Paula Santoro Quintet
Concert
Smalls Jazz Club, 9:00 PM
Cliff Korman Trio
Concert
Cornelia Street Cafe, 10:00 PM
Paula Santoro Quintet
Concert
Smalls Jazz Club, 10:30 PM
André Mehmari Trio
Concert
Smalls Jazz Club, 11:59 PM
Kevin Hays Quartet plays Milton Nascimento, Guinga, Caetano Veloso and others
Wednesday, 9/10
Concert
Cornelia Street Cafe, 8:30 PM
Chico Pinheiro Trio
Concert
Cornelia Street Cafe, 10:00 PM
Abelita Mateus Quintet
Thursday, 9/11
Concert
The Bitter End, 10:00 PM
Tulio Araujo Group, "East" CD launch
Concert
The Bitter End, 11:00 PM
André Vasconcelos Quintet, featuring Seu La
Friday, 9/12
Concert
Peter Norton Symphony Space, 7:00 PM
Egberto Gismonti
Venues' addresses
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: 112 Dodge Hall - 2960 Broadway, NYC
www.music.columbia.edu
CORNELIA STREET CAFE: 29 Cornelia Street - Greenwich Village, NYC
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
SMALLS JAZZ CLUBE: 183 W 10th Street, NYC
www.smallsjazzclub.com
DROM: 85 Avenue A, NYC
www.dromnyc.com
Peter Norton - Symphony Space: 2537 Broadway at 95th St, NYC
www.symphonyspace.org
SUBCULTURE: 45 Bleecker Street, NYC
www.subculturenewyork.com
THE BITTER END: 147, Bleecker Street, NYC
www.bitterend.com
More Information: http://www.savassifestival.com/
