Kyoko Saegusa returns to Don’t Tell Mama to sing the music of the Antonio Carlos Jobim. Saegusa also celebrates over six years and 13 different themed shows at Don’t Tell Mama. Joining her on Tuesday, April 30th at 7pm are musical director and pianist Russ Kassoff, bassist Ron McClure and drummer Arnold Wise. She’ll perform Jobim classics, such as “Triste,” “Wave,” “Dreamer,” “Meditation,” “Dindi” and, of course “Desafinado” in English and Portuguese because “Portuguese culture is part of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s music.”
Saegusa, a native of Japan, has been a resident of the United States for over 30 years. She’s an enthusiastic lover of the Great American Songbook, with a preference for singing and recording the works of the masters such as Cole Porter and others, as well as foreign-born composers, such as Brazilian Jobim, whose work has entered the canon of American music.
Don’t Tell Mama is located at 343 W 46th St, New York, 212-757-0788
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