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BRBQ Band
Incredible virtuosic playing with standing ovations and a total sell out audience!
People were literally dancing in the aisles and flooding in the doors to hear BRBQ throughout the gig! Please come back again, Glasgow can't get enough of Brazilian jazz!
Jazz
Instrumentation
- James Brady - Trumpet / Flugelhorn / Melodica
- Paul Towndrow - Whistles / Sax
- Ed Rice - Piano
- Mario Caribe - Double Bass
- Stu Brown - Drums / Percussion
Repertoire
Our music is upbeat and sunny. We play both authentically Brazilian repertoire, our own works and arrangements. Repertoire includes:
Amazonas 2 - Arnaldo Antunes & Joao Donato
Aquarela do Brasil - Ary Barroso a. Eliane Elias
Coisa Feita - Joao Bosco
Hermeto's Hideaway - James Brady
Guaruja - Randy Brecker
Flor de Lis – Djavan
Minha Saudade – Joao Donato
A Ra - Joao Donato
Palhaco – Egbero Gismonti
Double Rainbow - Tom Jobim
Photograph – Tom Jobim
Madalena – Ivan Lins & Ronaldo M. de Souza
Bebe - Hermeto Pascoal
Sao Jorge – Hermeto Pascoal
Serelepe – Jose ‘ze’ Paulo Thaumaturgo Becker
Ana Maria - Wayne Shorter
Misturada – Geraldo Vandre / Airto Moreira
Biography
BRBQ Band is a quintet specialising in authentic Brazilian jazz. Combining flowing melody, rhythmic grace and open, breathing improvisation, BRBQ brings a freshness and authenticity to playing the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, João Bosco and other giants of Brazilian jazz. Four distinctive voices in the Scottish jazz scene, James Brady (trumpet/flugelhorn), Paul Towndrow (whistles/sax) Mario Caribé (bass) and Stu Brown (drums/percussion), join forces with one of the UK’s leading interpreters of Brazilian piano styles, Ed Rice.
Since its inception in 2022, BRBQ has thrilled audiences across Scotland and beyond, including sell-out shows at Glasgow's Jazz at the Merchants House, Edinburgh's Jazz Bar and Aberdeen's Blue Lamp, as well as receiving UNESCO funding to develop new material in 2024.
See our UNESCO funded full length video of Armchair Traveller on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/940821009/55f1bfb3eb
Our Youtube Channel is: https://www.youtube.com/@BRBQband
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