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For bookings please contact: +61 (0)400456946
Email: bossanegra "at" gmail.com
We cater to weddings, private & public functions as well
as live music venues & festivals.
Bossa Negra is a new band that conveys and invokes the
excitement of Brazil's crazy carnivals, football, beautiful beaches and the
exhilarating nightlife of Rio de Janeiro.
Formed in Melbourne
by drummer Howard Lee, this band is dedicated to the performance of Brazilian
music. After almost 2 years traveling in Brazil
and studying the numerous Brazilian music styles from Recife down to Rio
de Janeiro, he has complied a
repertoire that includes the styles of samba, frevo, maracatu, forro, MPB (Brazilian
pop) as well as the famous bossa nova that dominated the world since the 1960s.
Songs made famous by well known Brazilian composers and
musicians such as; Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio
Mendes, Jorge Ben Jor, Joao Gilberto, Elis Regina, Djavan, Milton Nascimento, Luiz Gonzaga and Pixinguinha are all
included in the bands repertoire.
From a large ballroom to a small café, Bossa Negra are flexible in adapting to all occasions, venues and
budgets in the following formats:
8 Piece with Vocals
Vocals,
Saxophone, Bass, Drums, Guitar, piano, percussion x 2
7 Piece with Vocals
Vocals,
Saxophone, Bass, Drums, Guitar, piano, percussion
Sextet
(with vocals)
Vocals, drums, bass, guitar, saxophone,
percussion
Quintet
(with vocals)
Vocals,
drums, bass, guitar, saxophone
Quartet
(Vocals/Instrumental)
Vocals/Saxophone,
drums, bass, guitar
Trio
(Vocals/Instrumental)
Vocals/Saxophone,
bass, guitar
Duo
(Vocals/Instrumental)
Vocals/Saxophone,
guitar
Roaming-Duo
& Trio (Instrumental)
Duo -
Guitar, saxophone / Trio - Brazilian Tambourine, Guitar, saxophone
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