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oba oba bossa nova! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:43:47 GMT http://bandzoogle.com Thanks to all! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=1170774 Thanks to all of our fans who attended the concerts at the Catherine Hickman Theatre and the Palladium Theatre Side Door and sold out both venues!  We had a great time and look forward to seeing you at our next concert. best, David & Andrea
Thanks to all of our fans who attended the concerts at the Catherine Hickman Theatre and the Palladium Theatre Side Door and sold out both venues! We had a great time and look forward to seeing you at our next concert.

best,

David & Andrea
]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:43:47 GMT CFE4DEE762C53CE3E8D368AFA9BC83D6 Great Time in Gulfport! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=1131357 We had a wonderful time performing in Gulfport at the Catherine Hickman Theatre on Sunday, July 24!  Gulfport is a very special town with the historic Casino, a beach on the intercoastal, great restuarants and shops and best of all... its people. The theatre was sold out and we look forward to a return to Gulfport for another concert.

We had a wonderful time performing in Gulfport at the Catherine Hickman Theatre on Sunday, July 24!

Gulfport is a very special town with the historic Casino, a beach on the intercoastal, great restuarants and shops and best of all... its people. The theatre was sold out and we look forward to a return to Gulfport for another concert.]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:15:00 GMT A45613CA076B4CF639825C614BA5C6D7 Oba Oba Bossa Nova! July 24, 2011 http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=1102677  O Som Do Jazz performs in Gulfport on Sunday, July 24 for Oba Oba Bossa Nova!  This will be at the Catherine Hickman Theatre at 4 PM.  The program includes our favorite Brazilian songs by Tom Jobim, Baden Powell, Toquinho and Moacir Santos plus some original selections form our upcoming CD to be released in October. Gulfport is a very hip and funky town with great restaurants and a wonderful public dock leading out into the intercoastal.  There's even a sandy beach near the historic Casino. Come join us for the concert and then relax in beautiful Gulfport!
The program includes our favorite Brazilian songs by Tom Jobim, Baden Powell, Toquinho and Moacir Santos plus some original selections form our upcoming CD to be released in October.

Gulfport is a very hip and funky town with great restaurants and a wonderful public dock leading out into the intercoastal. There's even a sandy beach near the historic Casino.

Co

me join us for the concert and then relax in beautiful Gulfport!
]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:03:07 GMT FDB73727027B0DF87BF08E35A9DF2E0D Dunedin 7/24 http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=360147 On Saturday, July 24 -  quartet version of O Som Do Jazz will be playing at a new venue in downtown Dunedin called the Cafe Cabana.  It is a very nice craft wine & beer cafe owned by the Casa Tina folks... perhaps the best Mexican restaurant in the Tampa Bay area.  We will be performing outside on a deck area covered with trees.  We will cover our favorite bossa nova & samba tunes, as always. I hope to see some long-lost classmates from Dunedin High School... as long as they don't remind me how thin I used to be!
I hope to see some long-lost classmates from Dunedin High School... as long as they don't remind me how thin I used to be!
]]> Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:38:06 GMT F93FA54D299AD95AFFBF7DE137CA3787 Busy Weekend! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=344548 Oba Oba! - O Som Do Jazz has two concerts this weekend on July 9 &10 The Friday concert (7/9) is at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts located in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg near the Pier.  The new MFA Café will be open for dinner and there will be a cash bar available for beer and wine.  See the following link for more info: <a href="http://www.fine-arts.org/calendar/events.php?y=2010&m=7&d=10&details=171&instance=2010-7-9">Jazz at the MFA On Saturday evening (7/10), we provide music for the Chihuly Collection’s Carnivale of Glass. This benefit event requires reservations. See the following link for more info: <a href="http://www.400beachseafood.com/calendar.html#chilhuly">Carnivale of Glass.  Here's a little secret!  We will be playing outside of 400 Beach Seafood & Taphouse facing the bay.  Just drop by and hear us and save yourself the $200 event ticket. Oba Oba! - O Som Do Jazz has two concerts this weekend on July 9 &10

The Friday concert (7/9) is at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts located in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg near the Pier. The new MFA Café will be open for dinner and there will be a cash bar available for beer and wine. See the following link for more info: Jazz at the MFA

On Saturday evening (7/10), we provide music for the Chihuly Collection’s Carnivale of Glass. This benefit event requires reservations. See the following link for more info: Carnivale of Glass. Here's a little secret! We will be playing outside of 400 Beach Seafood & Taphouse facing the bay. Just drop by and hear us and save yourself the $200 event ticket.

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:56:07 GMT 08C35DDBCCB9D7B353174019C712ACCC in the studio http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=243228 I'm sorry for being silent lately.  It has been a busy couple of months with the "day job." Next week we finish an electro-bossa cut with Andrea's voice and some keyboard tracks.  That project (and related tracks) are earmarked for licensing, but one or two may wind up on a CD. A Turkish label has asked to include our version of Manhã de Carnaval on a compilation lounge recording that they are releasing.  That is good news! David
Next week we finish an electro-bossa cut with Andrea's voice and some keyboard tracks. That project (and related tracks) are earmarked for licensing, but one or two may wind up on a CD.

A Turkish label has asked to include our version of Manhã de Carnaval on a compilation lounge recording that they are releasing. That is good news!

David

]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:19:40 GMT 28216792987EE391013DEB1C87A098DA Feliz Ano Novo! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=148424 We are visiting family in Rio de Janeiro and enjoying the pool ( it is very hot here!).  On Saturday we heard the king of sambalanço - Orlandivo at the Cariocando club in Lapa. It was quite a show! Have a wonderful New Years Eve! David & Andrea
Have a wonderful New Years Eve!

David & Andrea

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:33:23 GMT 1F0AD0018266A81CB9D653F4D4CA7BA7 getting better! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=67684   Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:19:49 GMT B11C11D47473D22A79F3738E66BAAC8F festivals abroad http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=47488 With the economy collapsing in Florida, it is getting very difficult to find performances here.  If you can recommend festivals abroad that might have interest in O Som Do Jazz, please write us with contact information.   Thanks!
Thanks!]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:47:55 GMT 8DBB3A8AAC3EA84BDC6FA39D23A4F31E caipirinhas! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=45771 Well... it's going up to 100 F today, here in Florida. It's time to break out the cachaca and make some caipirinhas!
Well... it's going up to 100 F today, here in Florida.

It's time to break out the cachaca and make some caipirinhas!]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:32:15 GMT 27729C79D015D96D4B176E30609B2933 summertime blues http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=42900  Well... it is summer and all of the performances seem to have evaporated in Florida.  Now is a good time to complete our second recording project of originals.   Wed, 20 May 2009 00:33:00 GMT 69D1D291851EE2EF601F0B557110CCC6 New Tunes? http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=37882 We keep adding new tunes to our repertoire.  Right now I am arranging Piano na Manguira by Tom Jobim and Dig This Samba by Manfredo Fest. What songs would you like us to add to our list? Curtis Ross (Tampa Tribune), had this to say about "Infinita Bossa" in the March 26 newspaper - "Supple, sophisticated sounds from a local outfit well-versed in Brazil's wonderfully diverse music. Take a listen to the lively “Berimbau” and be hooked immediately."
What songs would you like us to add to our list?

Curtis Ross (Tampa Tribune), had this to say about "Infinita Bossa" in the March 26 newspaper - "Supple, sophisticated sounds from a local outfit well-versed in Brazil's wonderfully diverse music. Take a listen to the lively “Berimbau” and be hooked immediately."]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:20:00 GMT CD5F8442340637623B6430A5BF709A6B Tampa Tribune http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=37101 The Friday, March 26 Tampa Tribune will include O Som Do Jazz' release "Infinita Bossa" in its local music feature. The CD was recorded to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Bossa Nova. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:14:57 GMT C1C42627EE16C742CA89F80A46563A31 SPC Jazz Festival http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=35026 O Som Do Jazz enjoyed performing on the first SPC Jazz Festival. It was great to have the full 7-piece band together again with Alfredo on guitar.  Songs include Garota de Ipanema, So tinha de ser com voce, Upa Neguinho, Summer Samba, Noa Noa, Berimbau, Consolacao & Pontieo. Our next concert is FREE!  We perform on Saturday, March 14 from 1-3 PM at the Kenwood Art in the Park event.
O Som Do Jazz enjoyed performing on the first SPC Jazz Festival. It was great to have the full 7-piece band together again with Alfredo on guitar. Songs include Garota de Ipanema, So tinha de ser com voce, Upa Neguinho, Summer Samba, Noa Noa, Berimbau, Consolacao & Pontieo.

Our next concert is FREE! We perform on Saturday, March 14 from 1-3 PM at the Kenwood Art in the Park event.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:55:00 GMT 93F018FD03332C5F692B198D0AB0111A First Night was great! http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=33368 O Som Do Jazz had a great time at First Night St. Petersburg!  The event was managed perfectly by Pat Mason and Allen Lloyd.  The venue's sound engineer (Frank) was very attentive and gave us the best outdoor concert mix that we have ever had! To all who came out and heard us at the Plaza Courtyard - THANKS!!! O Som Do Jazz had a great time at First Night St. Petersburg! The event was managed perfectly by Pat Mason and Allen Lloyd. The venue's sound engineer (Frank) was very attentive and gave us the best outdoor concert mix that we have ever had!

To all who came out and heard us at the Plaza Courtyard - THANKS!!!

]]> Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:50:00 GMT 1AEEED3929B087FD2169A68DEF62FB7A OSDJ on jazz festival http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=32839 The next performance of O Som Do Jazz is January 30 on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival.  Cuban-jazz band Manigua opens for O Som Do Jazz.  For more information, see <a href="http://www.emitseries.org">www.emitseries.org .

The next performance of O Som Do Jazz is January 30 on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival. Cuban-jazz band Manigua opens for O Som Do Jazz. For more information, see www.emitseries.org .]]> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:09:10 GMT 432BD3A250A7843D796F8753B07094B6 ... a great Brazilian musician here in Florida http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=31534 A few weeks ago I was delighted to see online, that legendary keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer Antonio Adolfo is living in Florida.  If you don't know his work, then check out this web site for a short description: <a href="http://progreso-weekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=401&Itemid=1">progreso-weekly . He is a major figure in Brazilian bossa nova, samba-jazz and MPB.  He is also a dedicated educator, sharing the rich music of Brasil in Rio and in Florida. On a lark, I sent his a copy of our CD last week and he called my answering machine today.  That kind of openess and interest in music seems to a wonderful trait of Brazilian musicians.  We'll talk tomorrow!  I hope that we can have him over to the Tampa Bay area for a concert. A few weeks ago I was delighted to see online, that legendary keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer Antonio Adolfo is living in Florida. If you don't know his work, then check out this web site for a short description: progreso-weekly . He is a major figure in Brazilian bossa nova, samba-jazz and MPB. He is also a dedicated educator, sharing the rich music of Brasil in Rio and in Florida.

On a lark, I sent his a copy of our CD last week and he called my answering machine today. That kind of openess and interest in music seems to a wonderful trait of Brazilian musicians. We'll talk tomorrow! I hope that we can have him over to the Tampa Bay area for a concert.

]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:55:00 GMT AEC395E23F592BB8F6179F74362DF8ED the holidays and ... http://osomdojazz.com/blog.cfm?feature=496508&postid=31279 O Som Do Jazz is navigating the holidays and preparing for two performances. We have a wedding in a couple weeks followed by First Night St. Petersburg on New Years Eve.  That evening, the band will be performing at The Plaza Courtyard, next to Baywalk. Progress is slow but consistent for the new CD.  Rather than a classic approach to bossa nova, this is an electro-bossa project with all original tunes. With little luck, we should be able to finish recording in January. O Som Do Jazz is navigating the holidays and preparing for two performances. We have a wedding in a couple weeks followed by First Night St. Petersburg on New Years Eve. That evening, the band will be performing at The Plaza Courtyard, next to Baywalk.

Progress is slow but consistent for the new CD. Rather than a classic approach to bossa nova, this is an electro-bossa project with all original tunes. With little luck, we should be able to finish recording in January.]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:10:00 GMT 15D6EB8714F915B765D9C141BCF6E69A