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Open Sound: Billy Newman
September 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
An active Guitarist, and Composer for over 30 years, Billy Newman has worked on exploring the parallels within American Jazz and Brazilian Instrumental Music. His music is a confluence of Modern Jazz, Choro, Music of the Brazilian Northeast, Samba and bop. He has travelled throughout Brazil and most recently did a 4 city tour in 2023 playing his original compositions. Billy has been awarded Composers residencies at Yaddo, VCCA and MacDowell Colony (3 times). He has performed his music and many styles of Brazilian at the Cornelia Street Café, Joes Pub, Jazz Forum, Barbes, and Triboz/ Rio & has 5 recordings as leader.
