OTHER PROJECTS

DANCING WITH ELEPHANTS - GAIA WILMER & RA-KALAM BOB MOSES

 TREM DAS CORES - GAIA WILMER & JAQUES MORELENBAUM

Trem das Cores is a project led by Gaia Wilmer and Jaques Morelenbaum that pays homage to Caetano Veloso’s life and music. Besides the deep love and appreciation they both have for this artist, the idea was to honor him as a composer, beyond his amazing work as a poet and singer - the reason for an instrumental version of it.

Jaques Morelenbaum is a cellist, composer, arranger and producer who have worked with some of the most important people in the modern history of Brazilian music, such as Tom Jobim, Gilverto Gil, Egberto Gismonti and Caetano Veloso himself.

Gaia Wilmer is a saxophonist and also a composer, arranger and producer, and has active both in the Boston/NY Jazz scene and in Brazil. She has been carving herself a niche in these scenes working with the likes of Egberto Gismonti, Ra-Kalam Bob Moses, Frank Carlberg and, of course, Jaques Morelenbaum.

This album is a celebration of Caetano’s 80th birthday and was released in August 2023 with a mini-tour in the southeastern part of Brazil with a 10-piece band and, most of the times, a guest singer for a couple of pieces. 

RAMA TRIO

With three musicians from different parts of Brazil with different accents and influences coming together in Rio de Janeiro, the trio was created with the intention of approaching the richness and variety of the Brazilian music as its main starting point. With a chamber sound, the main characteristic of Rama is the flow between classical and popular music, walking freely through different rhythms and genres of Brazilian music.

Created in 2010 the trio bases its work on the research of the contemporary repertoire of Brazilian composers both from popular and classical origin. Its influences come from classical music to choro, from Bach to Hermeto Pascoal, Villa-Lobos to Egberto Gismonti, Sergio Assad to Guinga, and with original arrangements and compositions by Egberto Gismonti, Sergio Assad and Jayme Vignoli the group released its first album in 2020.

GAIA WILMER - saxophone

ELODIE BOUNY - classical guitar

MAYO PAMPLONA - bass

TUNGO

Comprised of seven young musicians with different musical experiences and backgrounds inside the Brazilian music realm, Tungo walks freely between traditional and modern language. In its musical blend of the old and the contemporary, the group incorporates an intensive study of choro and other rhythms and styles that make up the diverse panorama of Brazilian music and culture. With an emphasis on the acoustic and chamber sound, the intention of these musicians is to play beautiful choros carefully chosen and arranged for this line-up. 

Supported by some of the biggest names of contemporary choro, Tungo released its first album in August 2014 in partnership with one the most important record labels in Brazil for MPB (Brazilian popular music) and Brazilian instrumental music, Biscoito Fino. The album has compositions, arrangements and special guest participation by the prominent composers Maurício Carrilho and Jayme Vignoli, musical direction by Jayme Vignoli, and original compositions and arrangements by Tungo group members.

JEFERSON SOUZA - flute

FREDERICO CAVALIERE - clarinete and clarone

GAIA WILMER - soprano, alto and baritone saxophone

BERNARDO DINIZ - cavaquinho

LUCAS PORTO - 7 strings guitar

MAYO PAMPLONA - bass

THIAGO KOBE - drums and percussion