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Brazilian Experience February 13 2016 - Roger and Ariel

TITLE/ARTIST/ALBUM

Tereza My Love/Antonio Carlos Jobim/Stone Flower

Alvorada/Cartola/Cartola

Revendo o Passado/Henrique Cazes & Familia Violão/Desde Que O Choro É Choro

Trem Da Historia/Olodum/Filhos do Sol

João e Maria, Feira de Mangaio/Yamandu Costa & Dominguinhos/Yamandu & Dominguinhos

Sampa 67/Trio da Paz/30

A Rainha do Axé/Daniela Mercury/Virtual Vinyl

Se Eu Quiser Falar Com Deus/Cesar Camargo Mariano & Pedro Mariano/Piano e Voz

O Que Sera (A Flor da Terra)/Chico Buarque & Milton Nascimento/Minha Historia

Rejoicing/Aaron Aranita/One Day

Promesa do Pescador/Sergio Mendes/Celebration

Procurando Tú/Lázaro do Piauí/Forró Universitario

Tum-Tum-Tum/Jackson do Pandeiro/Forró Etc.

Bom Demais/Jorge de Altinho & Dominguinhos/ Forró Etc.

Doce Presença/Carol Saboya/Belezas

Jeca Total, Tenho Sede, Refazenda/Emilio Santiago/Brasileiríssimas

Leste/Guilherme Dias Gomes/Leste

Valsa Brasileira/Djavan/Ária

Por Um Sorriso/João Bosco/Na Onda Que Balança

Anjo da Velha Guarda/Kenia/Simply Kenia

Being Cool/Kenia/Simply Kenia

Amor Perfeito/Clara Nunes/Nação

It's The End/Ricardo Silveira, Vinicius Cantuaria/RSVC

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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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