Trio Ginga: Press

Trio Ginga, a swinging Brazilian outfit. The Trio is tight, spare and very danceable while avoiding the same old samba clichés.

When Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann and a host of other jazz musicians made the pilgrimage to Brazil in the early and mid ‘60’s, they began a series of collaborations that have helped make that nation’s numerous styles an influential part of the American popular and improvisational fabric. Nashville’s Trio Ginga have been offering their own variation on the Jazz/Brazilian mode over the last four years, in the process skillfully mixing elements of familiar American fare (R&B, Jazz and the Blues) with everything from bossa nova and samba to forró and even MPB, Brazil’s own mixture of traditional rhythms converging with rock and pop. Nylon string guitarist Otto Stoy, multi-instrumentalist Hubert Knight (various reeds and bass) and percussionist Dann Sherrill, will be joined by the group’s latest member, vocalist Debora Brazil, in what promises to be a spirited and inventive concert. 7 PM Nov 20 – 21 at Swank’s Martini Bar Doubletree Hotel.