Philadelphia Jazz Project & WRTI
Present
Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz
w/ guests Arturo O'Farrill & Steve Berstein
and
Another Holiday For Skins
w/ Pablo Batista, Luke Carlos O'Reilly and others
Friday, July 31st, at 7:30pm
Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, the percussion and woodwinds big band, Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz embark on their very first U.S. tour debuting Friday, July 31, 2015, in Philadelphia. They are joined by Afro-Cuban Jazz pianist and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill, trumpeter and musical adventurer, Steven Bernstein.
Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz weds rhythmic Afro-Bahian roots to Jazz harmonization. In 2006, saxophonist, composer and bandleader, Letieres Leite founded Rumpilezz. The sound is "governed" by the rigor of African-Bahian percussion and marked by the influence of jazz. One might say that Orkestra is a "break in the barriers of Brazilian instrumental music.”
The opening act for the evening will be the Philly-based, Art Blakey-inspired percussion ensemble, Another Holiday For Skins with Pablo Batista, Luke Carlos O'Reilly, Mike Boone and others. Another Holiday For Skins performed in February at the International House to a sold out crowd featuring an all star ensemble of Philadelphia drummers, percussionists and other musicians.
This event is produced through a collaboration between Phila Jazz Project & WRTI.
Philadelphia Jazz Project is a sponsored project of the Painted Bride Art Center, with funding provided by The Wyncote Foundation.
TPAC/Temple Performing Arts Center
1837 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tickets $10 in advance / $15 at the door
For tickets: www.philajazzproject.org
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