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...Free! 2. ARTS First Harvard shows off its creative side with this annual showcase of student and faculty arts. There will be over 200 events going on, involving photography, film, dance, music, drama—you name it. All around campus, Thursday—Sunday. Free! 3. A.C. Jobim Tribute Escape to Rio de Janeiro with the music of Sergio Brandao at the nearby Regatta Bar. Brandao and his ensemble will be fusing modern jazz with Antonio Carlos Jobim’s classic tunes like “The Girl from Ipanema.” Regatta Bar, the Charles Hotel...
...soul--into futuristic music that echoes the past. On his debut album, Samba Raro (released last year on the Trama label), De Castro's lyrics, all in Portuguese, have an engaging, understated simplicity. The title song compares the movement of a beautiful woman to a samba (Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes made a similar comparison on their bossa-nova standard The Girl from Ipanema). Another song, Pra Voce Lembrar, tells the story of a man who breaks up with his lover during Carnaval. As the easygoing lyrics glide by, the focus for listeners is on De Castro's stuttering, intricate...
...Trama label are second-generation stars. Berklee College of Music graduate Jairzinho Oliveira and smooth-voiced singer Luciana Mello are children of Jair Rodrigues, an acclaimed samba vocalist. Bebel Gilberto (daughter of Joao) and Moreno Veloso (son of Caetano) have released widely acclaimed CDs on other labels. Daniel Jobim, grandson of Tom, appeared on Moreno's CD. While pop-music progeny sometimes face ridicule and suspicion in the U.S., they are often embraced in Brazil. Jakob Dylan would do well to brush up on his Portuguese...
...best music, no matter how far away its origins, makes you feel right at home and speaks directly to your heart. Tom Jobim's gentle Desafinado, once "exotic," now seems neighborly and familiar. If De Castro has his way, people around the world may soon know all about Sao Paulo. But they may forget that it's in another country...
...WAVE Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim combines jazz, classical music and samba rhythms to help launch the bossa-nova craze of the 1950s...