OPEN SOUND: BILLY NEWMAN QUINTET

WEDNESDAY JULY 20,  7:00pm

Open Sound @ Open Source: 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Free to the Public (donations greatly encouraged)

Billy Newman and his ensemble had performed for 7 years at Cornelia Street Cafe , Various local festivals and colleges in the Northeast as well as in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  His latest ensemble recording released this year is “Voce Esta Convidada”.  This Brooklyn-born guitarist/composer has lived and performed in Brazil,  received MacDowell and Yahoo residencies and continues to play his  own personal mix of  Jazz and Brazilian music. Samba, Bop, Choro, all find their place in a rich and varied musical repertoire that combines structure and arrangement with free-flowing jazz improvisation. Influences range from the swinging, cerebral tunes of Andrew Hill, to the kaleidoscopic inventions of Hermeto Pascoal.