Teresa Ines Quartet
When:
Saturday, Apr 22, 2017 8:00p -
11:00p
Saturday, Apr 22, 2017 8:00p -
11:00p
Where:
Thelonious Monkfish
524 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Admission:
Unknown
Categories:
< 21, Alcohol, Date Idea, Food, Music, Performing Arts
Teresa Ines, vocals & guitar
Nando Michelin, piano
Ebinho Cardoso, electric bass
Tiago Michelin, drums
We have structured our jazz spot and restaurant on the supper club model. Eating and drinking is how you help us to maintain our weekly offering of Boston's premier jazz artists! Bon Appétit!
ABOUT THELONIOUS MONKFISH:
We're passionate about ethnic flavors & jazz, and so we’ve branded our unique take on sushi & Asian specialties: Thelonious Monkfish. Nothing warms the palate like an explosion of flavor or the heart like a burst of song! Chef Ginger loves to jam on Asian culinary themes! Her menu reflects both gustatory tradition and a sense of play and innovation.
Live jazz, sushi, and our personal interpretation of Japanese, Thai, Chinese + Vietnamese cuisines are the mediums through which we hope to disperse kindness + loving service. Nestled in Central Square between MIT and Harvard University, we serve Cambridge + Boston's hungry students, professors, professionals, tourists + business people. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, Boston's top jazz performers create a cool vibe on our Jazz Baroness Room stage–one of the many ways we aim to enhance your dining experience!
ABOUT TERESA INES:
Teresa Ines, who was named a great Latin diva by the Boston Globe newspaper started her career in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where a rich blend of African and Portuguese-derived styles, such as the earthy, percussive samba and its jazzier, coolly intellectual cousin, bossa nova, are constantly fusing, branching out and evolving.
After being awarded with a scholarship to attend the famed Berklee School of Music she moved to Boston and became“ the most well-known Brazilian vocalist” on New England’s scene (World Rhythm) . During the last 10 years, Ines has taken the music of her country throughout the United States, Europe and South America. In 2003, Ines was invited to be the open act for the Bossa Nova Master João Gilberto concert in Boston and to sing at the “40 years of Bossa Nova” event sponsored by the Brazilian Consulate. Ines has grafted specific American jazz influences onto her inclusive yet eclectic vocabulary of Brazilian melodies and rhythms. Her warmly crooning voice with its clarinet-like overtones, which has been compared to that of her great countrywoman, Nana Caymmi, is further enhanced by sophisticated phrasing, an elegant delivery and a magnetically charismatic, unselfconsciously sensual stage presence.
As a bandleader, Ines has been able to tailor her arrangements to the exact timbre of her voice. Her band, which typically features a piano, woodwinds, guitar, bass and drum kit, plus Brazilian percussion like the pandeiro and berimbau , intuitively shadows her vocals through quicksilver runs, smoldering torchers and languid balladry. The ensemble’s membership hails from all over South and North America and their fierce chops and cosmopolitan outlook provide a perfect showcase for Ines’ own tropical city-girl roots.
Her newest CD, Ave Rara (Rare Bird), is accompanied by a fine group of musicians and offers a selection of yearning, soulful songs like the title tune, which was composed by Edu Lobo & Aldir Blanc and demonstrates a mellow yet upbeat aspect of Ines’ personality. Another highlight is her funky arrangement of Tuaregue e Nagô by composer Lenine. Among Ines’ own compositions, Cores Frias, is couched in a classic bossa nova style, while Com Sabor, her thoughtful portrait of the warmth of a woman’s heart, is sung over a lush string quartet. A lyrical choro called Marambaia displays her virtuosity and elegance while Pra que discutir com Madame, a classic song by the renowned bossa nova maestro João Gilberto, is given a more lively and playful reading.
Ines’ live shows are a richly staged cornucopia of spirited Brazilian sexiness, soul, saudade (loosely, homesick languor), humor and unashamed emotion. Her beauty, passion and beguiling gentleness can chill out a blazing summer afternoon or illuminate the darkest, bitterest winter night. Since the mid-90s, Ines has sung lead with the cream of Boston’s Brazilian jazz groups including Brasileirinho and Zabumbatuq. With theTeresa Ines Quintet, she has performed at Ryles and the Regattabar and headlined at the Cafe Teatro Series at the Villa Victoria Cultural Center, First Night Boston, and the Cambridge River Festival. Ines’s international bookings have taken her to Brazil, Suriname and throughout Europe.
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