The American singer performed on the last night of the festival in SP. In the repertoire, in addition to songs from his Grammy-winning album, bossa nova and Djavan
If there’s one genre within popular music where audiences are still devoted to paying undivided attention to what’s happening on stage, it’s jazz. And, in this case, the organization of the C6 Fest, which took place in São Paulo this weekend, made the right choice in awarding the concert of the American singer Samara Joy inside the Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sunday evening, 21.
Grammy winner for New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album, Samara arrived in Brazil – on the 19th she performed in Rio de Janeiro – wrapped up in the curiosity of having beaten the Brazilian Annita in awards.
Samara is so much more. And the public who went to see it in the capital of São Paulo had precisely this idea, and it was very different from the one who attended the other two stages of the festival: a covered tent and the outdoor area of the Ibirapuera Auditorium.
Less noisy, with cell phones tucked away, without a festival atmosphere, the public concentrated on the Samara corner.
With an incredible vocal maturity, at the age of 23, the singer is one of the heirs of traditional jazz. follower of Sarah Vaughanas she revealed to Estadão, Samara wandered between improvisations and brushed against her voice in opera singing.
The band played bass – recently, singer Dionne Warwick spoke about this option in Estadão -, Samara’s voice stood out.
before singing I can’t get out of this state of mind, one of her biggest hits, she said the song sums up how she’s been feeling since winning the Grammy earlier this year. “Crazy” (Louco), he said, not before releasing a “boanoite” in Portuguese, just as he did when he introduced the trio of piano, bass and drums that accompanied him.
“I love Brazil,” she said later. She captivated the audience even more by singing the bossa nova classic No more nostalgiaby Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, in practically perfect Portuguese – Poetinha’s “peixinhos” and “beijinhos” are not so easy for a foreigner.
From their second album, Wait a little’Grammy winner, Samara has performed songs such as Nostalgia, of which she is one of the composers, ‘Round midnight AND Sweet Pumpkin. Composed by Stevie Wonder, lately got a jazz version of Samara, one of the highlights of the show – here in Brazil, the song also became famous with the recording of Gal Costa For Just thiswith version signed by Ronaldo Bastos.
Friendly to the audience, Samara closed the show with Fleur-de-lissong by djavan which has been part of their tour for some time now.
Upon leaving the show, the singer-songwriter Tim Bernardeswho had presented a tribute to Gal at the C6 Fest a few hours earlier, told the Estadão report that he was “a bit unaware” of Samara’s presentation, which he called “impressive”.
“She is an instrument. She manages to convey a lot of emotion, without showing her technique,” he said.
Tim, who has performed to outside audiences, accompanied only by guitar, said that even in his solo work he prefers to perform in theaters rather than concert halls. “With the audience silent, it’s possible to go deeper,” he summed up.
On Sunday evening, the last of the festival, there were still performances Caetano Velosoby the American singer Weyes Bloodfrom rock band The War on Drugsamong other attractions.
On Saturday, Jon Batiste invited Lia de Itamaracá
the american singer Jon Batista was one of the highlights of C6 Fest on Saturday the 20th. Debuting in Brazil, Batiste was awarded the 2022 Grammy for his blend of jazz, soul and blues in vigorous performances.
Accompanied by the band, she sang freedom AND Everything is fineboth from his repertoire and from the classical S. James Infirmary Blues, in addition to the Brazilian Tico-Tico No Fubawho played the piano.
Batiste, who asked the audience to participate at all times – he performed in the covered tent – got what he really wanted when, returning for an encore, he invited the cirandeira Lia of Itamaraca perform with him. Playing the piano, Batiste accompanied the Brazilian in the song Janaína.
The singer danced the ciranda with Lia to the sound of St. George and, at the end of I saw Mama Oxum at the waterfall, stepped off the stage and walked across the audience playing a melodica. He left with an ovation, which perhaps would not have happened if Batiste had been placed on the outer stage, with an even more dispersed audience than inside the marquee.
Saturday night had other nice surprises, including the African guitarist Modou Moctar. That day the attractions that attracted the most public, evidently over 30 and with greater purchasing power, were the electronic music bands Kraftwerk AND Underworldwho performed in the outdoor area, using the wall of the Ibirapuera Auditorium for the projections.
Source: Terra
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