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Tom Bergeron Brasil Band & Orquestra Brasil at

Courtesy of Tom Bergeron | Posted on April 13, 2014

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Thu, May 15, 2014
7:30 pm

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Brazilian Jazz in Portland
On Thursday 15 May, the Tom Bergeron Brasil Band will be featured at The Secret Society in Portland. The quintet comprises master saxophonist and WOU music professor Tom Bergeron; the singer and native of Rio de Janeiro, Rosi Bergeron; pianist Cassio Vianna – also from Rio de Janeiro; bassist Tim Gilson; and drummer Jason Palmer.
Opening the show will be Orquestra Brasil, a 16-piece Brazilian repertoire orchestra led by Tom Bergeron and Cassio Vianna.
Both Brasil Band and Orquestra Brasil play an eclectic range of Brazilian styles: the virtuosic instrumental choro that was popular in the early 20th Century, the romantic song-samba from the 1930s & 1940s, the sultry bossa nova, lively contemporary hits, original compositions, and the shake-your-booty-style samba popular today in Rio’s trendy Lapa district....

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