Tue Sep 10
Livestream - Guilherme Monteiro: Brazilian Jazz Guitar Series
7PM / Free | Fees Get Tickets
Guilherme Monteiro
A collection of originals, Brazilian songs and a few surprises that will for sure please DC's unsuspecting listeners. Joined by Julian Shore on piano, Gili Lopes on bass and Alex Kautz on drums, expect wizardry and fireworks from music that also makes you feel like dancing.,
Born in Rio de Janeiro in the early seventies, while Brazil was still living in a dark period of it's military dictatorship, Guilherme had an early fascination for music and improvisation. At the early age of 7 he went after his neighbor's music teacher so he could start lessons. By the age of fifteen he was performing in jazz clubs and teaching privately in the city of Belo Horizonte, soon becoming one of the most prominent musicians in town. As a teenager in Belo Horizonte Guilherme cut his teeth on the complex harmonies and rhythms of the music from Minas Gerais, playing with Toninho Horta and Tavinho Moura.
In 1995 he relocated to the US and worked R'n'B dives and Jazz clubs in Minneapolis and Boston (where he attended Berklee) until 1999, when he was accepted to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, a highly selective program that accepts only eight students of each instrument after auditioning musicians from all over the world. At the Institute he studied privately with Clark Terry and Jimmy Heath, also performing and teaching clinics with these legends.
Living in New York City since 2000 Guilherme had a typical NY rough start but soon was playing and recording with some of the most respected musicians in town, such as Ron Carter, with whom he recorded an album for Blue Note: Jazz & Bossa and toured around the world along Mr. Carter’s long time collaborator, Stephen Scott. Other notable artists he recorded with on those early days were Kenny Werner, Grady Tate, Harry Allen, Slide Hampton, Claudio Roditi, Bernard Purdie and Johnny Alf to mention a few. On September 2007 Guilherme and Lionel Loueke performed in a duo setting at the 3rd International Guitar Festival in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Throughout the years he has been living in New York, Guilherme has lent his distinctive sound to help shape the music of a vast array of artists. He is featured on Kurt Elling’s release, “Night Moves” alongside Christian Mc Bride and Bob Mintzer; Eliane Elias’ record “Dreamer”, with Mark Johnson and Michael Brecker and Luciana Souza’s acclaimed release, “Duos II”, which won her a nomination for the Grammy of best Jazz vocalist of 2004. Guilherme was also one of the special guest soloists alongside Paquito De Rivera on Arturo O’Farril’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s album: “Two Acres and a Burro”, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2011. He also held the guitar chair on Anat Cohen’s Anzic Orchestra and on Duduka Da Fonseca’s Quintet. As a member of Lila Downs’ band, he toured for four years and recorded three albums. The first one (One Blood) won a Latin Grammy for best Folk album.
7PM / Free | Fees Get Tickets
1. Final sale, no refunds, not transferable.
2. $15 food/beverage minimum per person not included in ticket price.
3. Seating first come at the door. Doors open 6 PM & 8:45 PM respectively.
4. Photography or Recording of any kind is prohibited during the performance.
5. Keep conversation to a minimum during the performance.