Manaus Ágil tourism and culture of the AmazonThe Carioca musician has become recognized on the international Latin jazz circuit and has established himself as one of the brightest and most virtuosic of Brazil's bossa nova-influenced generation
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Revered as a brilliant diffuser of samba-jazz abroad, trumpeter Cláudio Roditiwho passed away in January of this year, will be honored by the Amazonas Band with a special concert, this Thursday (02/20), 8pm, at the Teatro Amazonas Theater. The event, held by the State Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, has free admission.
With a long career that began in 1960, Cláudio Roditi became recognized on the international Latin jazz circuit and established himself as one of the most brilliant virtuosos of the Brazilian generation influenced by bossa nova. The musician from Rio de Janeiro, who had lived in the United States since the 1970s, died at the age of 73, in New Jersey, victim of a cancer that had kept him away from the stage for more than two years.
Roditi left a work associated with the Latin universe, with more than 30 albums released, and helped found a style derived from the fusion between samba and jazz. He also recorded and played with great names such as Paquito D'Rivera, Herbie Mann, Harris Simon, Bob Mover, Michael Franks, and Charlie Rouse.
The tribute paid by the Amazonas Band will remember his passage through Manaus, during the 2014 Amazonas Jazz Festival. In addition to performing with the orchestra, the trumpet player had arrangements written by the artistic director and conductor, Rui Carvalho. Among them, "Guataca City" and "Baião D'Rivera", which will be present in the repertoire.
The special concert also includes the song "Samba for Jimmy", a composition by Roditi in honor of the American composer and saxophonist Jimmy Heath, who also died in January at the age of 93. Nicknamed Little Bird, the musician has his name in jazz history as an essential part of the generation that united the classic style of the big bands with the more exploratory and free bebop style.
Completing the evening's repertoire are the songs "Piccolo Blues", by Cláudio Roditi; "Gdansk", by Paquito D'Rivera; "A Felicidade", by Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes; "O Pato", by Neuza Teixeira; and "Dindi", by Tom Jobim and Aloysio de Oliveira, with an arrangement by Rui Carvalho.
With information from the press office
