Three-time Emmy-nominated pianist/composer Steve Sandberg leads the Steve Sandberg Quartet, featuring violinist Zach Brock, whose concerts combine performances of Chopin, Ravel, Bartok, Debussy, and Liszt with improvisations on original compositions that are based on these pieces and also draw from Latin, African, Balkan, jazz and East Indian traditions.
He grew up playing classical piano, then became part of New York’s vibrant Latin music scene. His mentor in the field of jazz and Latin music was reedman Mario Rivera, a member of the Dizzie Gillespie, Tito Puente, and George Coleman ensembles. Steve has performed with Rudy Royston, Boris Koslov, Jay Hoggard, Vitor Goncalves, Bebel Gilberto, Ruben Blades, David Byrne, and many others, and currently teaches from his private studio in New York City and online. He is excited to play for the first time tonight in a duo concert with Vinicius Gomes.
“A bountiful creative spirit, elevated by very fine musicianship.” -- Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
http://stevesandbergmusic.com/
Vinicius Gomes
Born in São Paulo - Brazil and currently living in New York, Vinicius is a guitarist and composer that explores the dialogue between modern jazz and Brazilian music, as registered on his debut album, Resiliência (2017). His second album, "Changes", in collaboration with spanish saxophonist Santi De la Rubia, featuring drummer Jorge Rossy and bassist Doug Weiss was recently released in 2021.
His career includes collaborations with saxophonist Seamus Blake (with whom he toured south America in 2019),, grammy Award winner drummer Edu Ribeiro’s trio, accordionist Toninho Ferragutti (recording two albums including the Brazilian Music award winner “A Gata Café”), mexican singer Magos Herrera, Zizi Possi (as a guitarist and musical director), Thiago Espirito Santo and many others.
Vinicius was part of the Focus Year Program in Basel- Switzerland, where he had the opportunity to collaborate with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Billy Childs, Dave Liebman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Guillermo Klein, Mark Turner, Julian Lage, Norma Winstone, John Hollenbeck, Jim Black and others. With the Focus Year Band Vinicius won the 2019 Keep An Eye Award in Amsterdam.
He has been performing extensively in Europe, Latin America and the U.S. in festivals such as Vienna Jazz (Austria), Offbeat (Switzerland), Riviera Maya Jazz (Caribe - Mexico) Portón del Jazz (Spain), Savassi Jazz (Brazil), Festival de Jazz de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Capão Jazz (Brazil), Jazz a la Calle (Uruguay). Vinicius has performed with his own project and as a collaborator in important venues such as Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Smalls (NY), National Sawdust (NY), Blue Note (NY), JazzForum (NY), Duc Des Lombards (Paris), Sunset Sunside (Paris), Hot Club de Lyon, B-Flat (Berlin), Zigzag(Berlin) Bird’s Eye (Basel), Porgy And Bess (Vienna), Washington D.C, San Francisco, Budapest Jazz Club, Lisboa, Zurich, Luzern, Kohln, London, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Colombia, Paraguay and Chile.