{"title":"DownBeat July 2023 MVD Co-Op ad","description":"These four titles are featured in the July 2023 issue of DownBeat.  Available here, distributor direct, or at your favorite music store! \u003cbr\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ben-sher-samba-for-tarsila-cd","title":"Ben Sher - Samba For Tarsila (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: 04\/07\/23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px 0 6px 0; margin: 0; color: #000000; background-color:#f2f2f2;\"\u003eOn this Brazilian fusion jazz quartet project, Sher pays musical tribute to Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (1886-1973), a Brazilian modernist painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 10px; padding: 3px 0 0 0; margin: 0; color: #333333;\"\u003eTo know Ben Sher is to recognize a virtuoso. An acclaimed jazz guitarist who hails from Pittsburgh, Sher has toured the world as an artist and now resides in New York. That he has crisscrossed the globe is evident in his music, which is a beautiful blend between jazz and classical that draws upon traditions from across the Americas.\u003cbr\u003eWhen you listen closely to his performances, you hear the influences of Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Kenny Burrell and legendary Brazilian guitarists like Baden Powell, João Gilberto, and Raphael Rabello. In Sher, we have an example of the student becoming the teacher: He is now a Professor at Berklee College of Music and Kutztown University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamba for Tarsila is a marvelous mashup of familiar and feel-good songs fashioned as Brazilian jazz fusion. Let's start with unpacking the title: Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (1886-1973) was a Brazilian modernist painter. Tarsila is considered a leading Latin American artist of the twentieth century. Her paintings often involved long and colorful shapes with vibrant natural elements from Brazil's topography. Indeed, her landscapes inspired Sher's soundscapes. 'Her portrayal of Brazil thorough abstract semi-literal images was the inspiration for this very album,' said Sher.\u003cbr\u003eSamba for Tarsila is eclectic and electric, entertaining, and enlivening. And the musicians are absolutely world class: They are a cohesive group that navigate the obstacle course of syncopation with dexterity and grace:\u003cbr\u003eGary Fisher is a seasoned New York jazz pianist, performing around New York with Vincent Herring, Monte Croft, Eric Alexander, Joe Farnsworth and others.\u003cbr\u003eGregory M. 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I was very influenced by the music of Yucatecan composer Armando Manzanero as well as the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Burt Bacharach. The music I write today is inspired by those styles of music which led to the title Bossas and Boleros.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Year is a Bossa Nova composition that features the beautiful colors of the trumpet of Jim Seeley and the trombone of Jay Ashby with the voices sharing the melody. I wrote this in honor of the year 2021 and the opportunity it brought of a new beginning after the difficult year 2020 around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmelia- my niece Cecilia had twins in 2019, tragically lost one of the babies, Amelia, at 27 weeks. I was inspired to write this composition shortly thereafter. Kim Nazarian wrote the lyrics to this composition inspired by and dedicated to the memory of Amelia. 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