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The Joe Carter Samba Rio Trio
June 14, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
The Joe Carter Samba Rio Trio will be performing in concert as part of the 50th Birthday celebration of the Trumbull Public Library on Saturday, June 14th at 11:00 AM. The event is free but registration is required. See here for details and registration information:
https://trumbull.libcal.com/event/14737952
Joe Carter – guitar, David Finck – bass, Graciliano Zambonin – drums
The Joe Carter Samba Rio Trio celebrates the music of Brazil – Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro, Baiao and more. Their repertoire features songs by Brazil’s classic composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Moacir Santos, Jacob do Bandolim, Luiz Bonfa, Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, Ary Barroso and others. The Trio takes things a step further by using their Jazz backgrounds to add Jazz improvisation into the tunes, creating a sound that blends the best of both worlds. In other words: the best of Music from “Both Sides of the Equator”.
Owen McNally (the Hartford Courant) says:
“A guitarist whose playing is graced with clarity and speech-like lines in his phrasing, Carter has chosen to express his embrace of both North and South America in an intimate trio setting. This chamber music format is ideal for Carter’s conversational, story-telling mode of playing. His artistic voice especially flourishes in the challenge of dialogue. Mutual exchanges act as a catalyst for his fresh ideas that unfold in clean, crisp, lyrical lines.”
“Listen carefully! If this kind of music ever disappears we are in trouble. Subtlety, especially on the guitar, is not especially in demand these days, but substance of the Carter variety is worth a lot more than all the others’ decibels.” – Owen Cordle, JAZZTIMES Magazine, U.S.A.
“His show is a gift to those who, tired of noise, want to listen to music played in a sensitive and intelligent way.” – Chico Nelson, JORNAL DO BRASIL, Brazil
“Subtle, elegant, dynamic, lyrical, WONDERFUL!” – THE AFTERNOON DESPATCH & COURIER, India
“One can feel that Joe Carter plays only to create beauty.” – Francois Postiff, France
Joe Carter
www.joecartermusic.com
