Sounds of Summer Bill Beach & Brasil Beat August 4

This band will include Bill Beach on piano & vocals with his quartet performing music from Brazil sung in Portuguese as well as some original compositions mixed with a few blues and jazz standards.

Pianist/vocalist Bill Beach has performed with many jazz legends including Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Harris, Nat Adderley, Mark Murphy and Howard Roberts. He has studied with Marian McPartland, Jack DeJohnette and Warren Bernhardt and has performed in Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and many European countries. In 2002 Bill began serious study of Brazilian music and the Portuguese language and has released 3 CDs on the Axial Records label featuring some of his own compositions and lyrics in Portuguese.