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Bay Area Vocalist Sandy Cressman Reaffirms Her Deep Connections With Brazilian Music On New CD "Entre Amigos"
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Terri Hinte Publicity
As founder and leader of the group Homenagem Brasileira, San Francisco-based vocalist/educator Sandy Cressman has had many opportunities over the last 20-plus years to forge creative partnerships with like-minded musicians from the Bay to Brazil. Her entrancing new album, Entre Amigos, which will be released on February 3 by her Cressman Music imprint, marks the culmination of these relationships and is a celebration of her own deep history with the music and the players. Though the new CD is her ...
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Letters to NARAS: Sandy Cressman Writes About the Latin Jazz Grammy
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
On Wednesday April 6th, The National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences announced a “restructuring" of The Grammy Awards, a move that included the elimination of the Latin Jazz Grammy. This unfortunate decision undermines the integrity of Latin Jazz and disregards its importance as a major piece of the cultural landscape in the United States. I would encourage all LJC readers to protest this decision and demand that NARAS reinstate the Latin Jazz Grammy immediately—you can do this by sending ...
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The Jazz Hang: Sandy Cressman and Homage to Brazil
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Sandy Cressman is a San Francisco jazz vocalist, who has devoted the majority of her career to the study and performance of Brazilian music. This Saturday, Sandy will be appearing at along with the Jovino Santos Neto Trio and together they will perform her Homage to Brazil- a musical journey through the world of Brazilian jazz at Bakes Place. Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sandy about her career and about Brazilian music. She was warm and ...
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