| Performance Notes | After a very successful season performing at international festivals and prestigious music venues in Europe, Africa and Brazil, promoting his previous album 'Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia', Mario Bakuna brings his latest release 'Brazilian Landscapes. Conceived by Mario Bakuna, 'Brazilian Landscapes' features new arrangements of material by great Brazilian composers such as Marcos Valle, Claudio Bertrami, Rique Pantoja, Gilberto Gil, Djavan, João Bosco, Arismar do Espirito Santo, and the forrozeiros Dominguinhos and Luiz Gonzaga, and is a tribute to the culture and memory of Brazilian people. From the arid landscape in the northeast to the chorus of songs of Forró, Baião and Xaxado, to the African influence found in Ijexá, the popularity of Samba and the sophistication of Bossa Nova, Mario Bakuna and his musicians celebrate the most musically rich territory on Earth. |