Grupo Bossa! is an exciting new jazz ensemble specialising in the subtle and emotive music that is bossa nova.
“Grupo Bossa encompass a truly authentic flavour and traditional passion in their music, providing the perfect backdrop to Carmelia’s compelling, no nonsense vocals. A joy of a performance.”
Andy Shaw, Promoter, Matinee Shows, Garibaldi Hotel, Northampton
Featuring the vocal talents of Portugal’s Carmelia Marques, backed by specialist ensembles including Porto’s own maestro of jazz, Fino Lopes (guitar/bass), Midlands based World music percussionist, Lee Boyd Allatson (drums), Leeds Jazz alumni, Ryan West (tenor sax) and the Leicestershire jazz scene’s go-to pianist, Peter Houtman.
Grupo Bossa! showcase traditional songs by the likes of Consuelo Velázquez, Osvaldo Farrés and of course, the ‘father of bossa nova’, Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as the infectious rhythms of bolero and samba. The band also perform Latin American reworks of jazz standards and pop tunes, as well as the Portuguese folk style of ‘Fado’: a traditional music unique to the Iberian peninsula, with melodies echoing the Moorish history of the region.
Grupo Bossa Present A Brand New Theatre Show Celebrating the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim and the Birth of Bossa Nova.
The bossa nova (or ‘new trend’) is a relaxed style of samba which was first seen in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pioneered by Antonio Carlos ‘Tom’ Jobim – alongside genre defining recordings made with Joao and Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and Elis Regina, the music soundtracked the rise of a nation, bringing international recognition to this intimate art-form and the arrival of one of the most recorded songs in history. Featuring specially assembled groups of musicians, fronted by the fabulous Portuguese singer, Carmelia Marques, and highlighting repertoire from the albums Elis and Tom, Getz/Gilberto and Wave, Grupo Bossa! present the most authentic history of bossa nova this side of Rio!