Equilibria Brasil
Equilibria Brasil Equilibria Brasil! features a number of unique instrumentalists performing original music as well as standards by great Brazilian composers such as Jobim, Joao Donato, and Joao Bosco. On keyboards will be David Kaffinetti, best known for his role as "Viv Savage" in the cult movie "This Is Spinal Tap." Damien Masterson has been listed as one of "the world's finest chromatic harmonica players" and described by Philip Elwood as "a remarkably versatile player." Among the most in-demand rhthym sections for Brazilian jazz in the Bay Area, electric bassist Scott Thompson and drummer Phil Thompson have backed up such renown Brazilian artists as Toninho Horta, Leny Andrade, Chico Pinheiro, Marcos Silva, Jovino Santos Neto, and many others. The band is led by guitarist and Brazilian music lover Dave Ridnell, who has played live and recorded with members of such legendary acts as The Meters, James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone, and Santana, as well as jazz great Melvin Sparks. Special guests this evening will include cavaquinho player Marcos Calatayud and guitarist Ian Faquini, plus other well known faces from the Brazilian music community.