Join us at Lestats West for a special double bill of Brazilian Choro music. San Diego's Choro Sotaque will be joined by Choro Bastardo on tour from Boston!
Choro is the traditional Brazilian instrumental music from the beginning of the 20th century. Choro, a traditional Brazilian instrumental music from the late 19th century/early 20th century, is a lively music with intricate melodies that evolved with mixed roots of African and European styles.
Choro Bastardo combines the traditional Choro style with each of the band members' different musical and cultural backgrounds to create a sonority that is different from the original, yet loyal to the playful spirit of that music. Using Baroque, early Jazz, and Contemporary Classical music as springboard, Choro Bastardo explores the different streams of music that can somehow share elements with the Choro tradition, recreating the atmosphere of cabarets and vaudeville in Rio de Janeiro. Mixing Jelly Roll Morton and Pixinguinha, Darius Milhaud and Ernesto Nazareth, John Cage and Jacob do Bandolim, Choro Bastardo represents a groundbreaking transformation in the realm of Contemporary Improvisation associated with neo-folklorist practices. Find them at chorobastardo.com.
Choro Sotaque is a San Diego based quartet exploring the choro world both traditional and contemporary. Choro Sotaque features Stefanie Schmitz on clarinet and saxophone, Marcus Alcantarilla on guitar and vocals, Gabriel Arce on cavaco and bandolim, and Halysson da Silva on percussion. Their debut album released in the last year was called "charming and sweet" by the San Diego Troubadour and is available at chorosotaque.bandcamp.com.
The Portuguese word sotaque means accent, and refers to the way Choro Sotaque plays this Brazilian style with their own unique San Diego accent. Find them at chorosotaque.com
Age limit: All ages