Vocalist Stacey Kent and musician-vocalist Danilo Caymmi play a tribute to Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim to benefit the Instituto Dara at The Town Hall on Saturday, April, 12 at 7 PM.
The concert, A Tribute to Tom Jobim, commemorate the 30th anniversary of Jobim’s death. Caymmi was a longtime member of Jobim’s band and is of a renowned Brazilian family of musicians and singers. Music for the concert will have no piano, bass, or drums, but instead, the three flutists (including Caymmi), guitar, cello and the tenor saxophone of Kent’s British-born husband, musical partner and producer, Jim Tomlinson.
It was in 1964 that the Rio-born composer Antonio Carlos Jobim conquered the world with “The Girl from Ipanema,” the song that made bossa nova one of Brazil’s most famous exports. As America’s greatest pop and jazz singers adopted his compositions—“Wave,” “Waters of March,” “Corcovado” (Quiet Nights), “Desafinado,” “One Note Samba,” “Meditation”—Jobim was likened to Gershwin and idolized by jazz players.
The show will benefit Instituto Dara, a valued Brazilian organization that combats poverty and safeguards the needs of families afflicted by it. A Tribute to Tom Jobim is the first presentation in Dara’s The Art of Brazil, a series that will celebrate the gems of Brazilian culture while drawing attention to the problems Dara addresses.
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The Town Hall is located at 123 W, 44th St., NYC
