This avant-garde big band wryly named Orquestra may sound grandiose, but is really more about a multi-generational good time. It brings together veteran members of the mangue beat scene in Pernambuco and an older generation of master players who have spent decades polishing the frevo carnival music of Brazil’s Northeast.
Together, they transform some of the region’s signature African rhythms and Latin melodies into a full-on funk and rock-inflected party, abounding with both experimental and roots-heavy moments.
Buy the band’s debut album:
- In North America: Orquestra Contemporanea De Olinda
Festival line-Up
- Chamber Music: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal (U.S. debut)
- Creole Choir of Cuba
- Diblo Dibala
- Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole (NYC solo debut)
- La-33
- Novalima
- Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda
- Pedrito Martinez Group
- RAM
- Red Baraat
- Rhythm of Rajasthan
- Yoro Ndiaye (U.S. debut)
The one-night festival includes three U.S. debuts and one New York debut. Tickets are $35 if purchased by November 30, $40 thereafter, including at the door. ($35 for members of World Music Institute) (www.ticketmaster.com or by phone through World Music Institute box office: 212-545-7536).
globalFEST 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Webster Hall
125 E 11th St., New York, NY
between 3rd and 4th avenues
Links:
- globalFEST 2011
- Webster Hall, venue website (not for tickets)
Author: World Music Central News Room
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