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“Beautiful melodies, contagious rhythms and impassioned improvisations.”
- Guitar Player / Brasil
- LaBella Strings Endorsing Artist
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Trio Brasileiro at Broadway Library Brazilian Jazz World Cup Celebration!
Sat. July 18, 200pm
40-20 Broadway, Astoria
(near Steinway St.)
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FREE ADMISSION !
ENTRADA FRANCA !
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- Richard Boukas
guitar, vocals
- Jeff Fuller bass
- Rogério Boccato
drums, percussion
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Featured Composers
- A.C. Jobim, Johnny Alf
- Luiz Bonfá, Bororó
- Hermeto Pascoal
- Milton Nascimento
- Sérgio Santos
- Luiz Gonzaga
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"It is very rare to find an American musician who embraces our music and culture with such passion and authenticity. Richard Boukas is one of these exceptional artists. His diverse talents as a guitarist, vocalist, composer and educator lend him an artistic passport into almost any musical style."
Paquito d'Rivera
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"Very few musicians today can be so adept at the arts of composition, arrangement and performance of a musical language that they were not born into. Boukas is one of these rare individuals, and I heartily recommend his work in all its multiple forms. He definitely has captured the soul of Brazilian music in his heart."
Jovino Santos Neto
three-time Grammy nominee
former member, Hermeto Pascoal Grupo
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"Richard Boukas has composed an impressive and prolific body of work for Diálogos Duo. Having dedicated my career to the art of Duo performance, I know the artistic chemistry required to make exceptional Brazilian music. Arques and Boukas possess this unique connection and a complete command of their cutting-edge repertoire. I am certain that Boukas's present and future works will be a perennial contribution to contemporary clarinet-guitar literature."
Dr. João Luiz Rezende Lopes
Brasil Guitar Duo / Naxos recording artist
Director of Chamber Music
Hunter College of CUNY
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"If I didn't know Richard Boukas I would certainly think he was a Brazilian from Pernambuco. When playing his works, we observe the refinements of a well-crafted language which has a Brazilian identity imbued with a mastery of our culture.
Crisóstomo Santos
Professor of Clarinet
Federal Institute of Pernambuco
Recife, Brazil
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