Brazilian drummer Sam Martinelli, presents a Brazilian Jazz concert featuring Houston Person, tenor saxophonist renowned for his soul jazz and hard bop performances. He has collaborated with notable musicians like Johnny Hammond Smith and vocalist Etta Jones. Person’s career spans over six decades, during which he has released more than 80 albums. He is known for his emotive and bluesy tenor sound, and his contributions to jazz have made him a celebrated figure in the genre.

Brazilian music and Jazz have a long history of music integration, especially after the Bossa Nova movement that took place in Rio in the late 50s and spread throughout the world after the Carnegie Hall concert in 1962, where Tom Jobim, Joao Gilberto, and many others were presented to the world.

Jazz and Brazilian musicians always had respect and appreciation for one another, and this performance is part of a series of interviews and concerts that Mr. Martinelli is developing with the goal of keeping this beautiful cultural exchange between these two music cultures – Jazz, a truly American art, and Samba, a truly Brazilian art.