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Brazilian Experience - Saturday February 6 2016 (Carnaval)

Title/Artist/Album

Dois de fevereiro/Gal Costa/Dorival Caymmi

Alô Alô Carnaval/Carmen Miranda/Hoje

O Gas Acabou, Mundo Bom/various/Garra Brasileira

Vassourinhas/Sivuca & Guitars Unltd./Let's Vamos

Lágrima de Folião/Spokfrevo Orquestra/Passo de Anjo

Lá Vem Ela/Beth Carvalho/Nos Botequins da Vida

A Saga de Ogundana/GRES Unidos da Viradouro/Samba de Enredo 2016 Serie A

Matimba/Claudia Leitte/Sette

Amiga Parceira/Pikeno e Menor/(single)

Muriçoca/Rei da Cacimbinha/(single)

Vassourinhas/Sivuca & Guitars Unltd./Let's Vamos

Paredão Metralhadora/Vingadora/Vem Ne Mim

Cadê Dalila/Ivete Sangalo/Ao Vivo no Madison Square Garden

Mulher Brasileira (Toda Boa)/Psirico/Ao Vivo Em São Paulo

Rebolation/Parangolé/Rebolation

Ai Se Eu Te Pego/Michel Telô/Na Balada

Aquele 1%/Marcos e Belutti + Wesley Safadão/(single)

Dandalunda/Margareth Menezes/Axé Bahia 2003

Requebra/Olodum/O Movimento

Chuê...Chuá...As Aguas Vão Rolar/GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel/Sambas de Enredo Grupo Especial Carnaval 91

Onda Leve/Grupo Batuque/Samba de Rua

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A Honolulu native, Sandy Tsukiyama grew up in a musical household. She discovered Spanish language and Music Theory at her alma mater, Roosevelt High School and received a BA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. At UH she continued in Spanish and began studying Brazilian Portuguese. Fascinated by bossa novas on radio jazz programs, she embarked on a quest to further investigate the music of Brazil. Her first vocal gigs were with Brazilian-inspired group, “Ohta-San’s New Thing” and the Ebbtides, in 1975. She began studying voice with Marilyn Kim and was backup singer and percussionist for Nohelani Cypriano. In 1980, recipient of a Rotary Post-Graduate Fellowship for International Understanding, she studied Brazilian folk music traditions and voice at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Escola de Música. During her three-year stay there, she became immersed in the vibrant musical culture of the city. Fortunate to perform backup for Marku Ribas and Robertinho do Recife, along with numerous, well-known artists, Sandy appeared at various venues from posh piano bars such as Chiko’s Bar, Rive Gauche, and national TV broadcasts on Rede Globo. She was house vocalist for two years in the piano bar at Restaurante Antonino in the Lagoa District, where Lisa Ono, who later became Japan’s primary bossa nova exponent, would occasionally sit in. At the “Todos os Cantos” music festival, in Curitiba, Paraná, in 1981, she was accompanied by the yet unknown, Eliane Elias. While married to percussionist Carlinhos “Pandeiro de Ouro” de Oliveira, she befriended countless household names on the Brazilian music scene.
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