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Guinga

Vera’s Heartbeat presents virtuoso Brazilian guitarist and composer Guinga and master arranger, clarinetist & saxophonist Nailor “Proveta” Azevedo in an overview of Guinga’s 50 year career.

Widely considered one of Brazil’s greatest and most important living composers, Guinga’s songs have been recorded by stars including Elis Regina, Michel Legrand, Sergio Mendes, Leila Pinheiro, Chico Buarque, Clara Nunes, and Ivan Lins. For years Guinga made his living as a dentist, and lived through his music, performing and composing a deep and sophisticated bench of songs connecting his love of jazz to Brazilian forms including samba, frevo, modinha, bossa nova and rural baião.

Nailor Proveta and trumpeter Walmir Gil formed the acclaimed Banda Mantiqueira in 1992, acknowledged as the best big band in Brazil for masterfully combining Brazilian, jazz and classical music. The band has toured the world and won two Latin Grammy Awards, for Best Latin Jazz Performance in 1998 and Best Instrumental Album 2006. They have also backed artists like Guinga and Eduardo Gudin in recordings and live performances. 

This is an age 21+ event

Guinga

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