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SFJAZZ Spring Season 2007 • March 8-June 23, 2007
Cesaria Evora; Tcheka

"Sounds of Cape Verde"

Cesaria Evora; Tcheka

Saturday, June 9 • 8pm

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    • “Noble and heartbreaking.”—The New York Times

    The "Barefoot Diva" returns to the Masonic Center with her definitive interpretations of Cape Verde's traditional morna. The New York Times noted that "Evora sings with a liquid melancholy, gliding up to notes and lingering as if each one held memories of a tearful farewell."Up-and-coming Cape Verdean guitarist and singer Tcheka plays an alluring hybrid of traditional Cape Verdean music and sun-kissed jazz. Read Complete Program Notes

      

    Personnel:
    • Cesaria Evora, vocals
    • Antonio Pina Alves, cavaquinho
    • Ademiro Jose Paris Miranda, percussion
    • Domingos A. Gomes Fernandes, saxophone
    • Fernando Jose Lopes Andrade, piano
    • Joao Jose De Pina Alves, guitar
    • Julian Coralles Subida, violin
    • Virgilio Julio Duarte, bass

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