Beco Do Choro Trio

Brasilian music to warm up the CO winter (this is LOCAL warming, not global!)  We have two special evenings in store with a different configuration of Beco:

Joao Junqueira, Kailin Yong, Dexter Payne

The beauty of playing music with great artists is the blend, the give and take - and so with each variation in line-up there are new flavors, new colors and and textures coming from the kitchen. Joao, Kailin and I have performed together many times, but never in this configuration, and I am very excited to show you what we have started cooking!

If your wallet is slim, or you just can't break away from other plans Friday, then come down to the Blending Cellar tonight (Thurs, Jan 28) at 7pm and you can hear it all come together.

The real deal will take place at Dan & Diane's House Concert Friday, and I know there will be some folks who will have to hear both nights!

See you there!
Dexter

Here is Dan's invite:

Announcement From Hosts Dan and Diane:
Hello All! Please join us for a concert at our home.

Beco Do Choro (Trio) in Concert
Friday, January 29th, 2009 8PM
(Pot luck 6:30PM)
Come enjoy a fantastic concert with Beco do Choro!
Beco is a pre-eminent ensemble of musical artists in our region playing Brazilian music. Clarinetist/

percussionist Dexter Payne and violinist Kailin Yong join the incomparable guitarist, singer and Brazilian music scholar Joao Junqueira to create a synergistic presentation of music from the width and breadth of Brasil, including Choro, Baião, Maracatu, Frevo and other branches of the huge Brazilian musical tree.



Group: Beco do Choro Trio
Date: This Friday, January 29th, 2010
Place: 330 S. 39th St., Boulder [call or email for directions]
Time: 6-8pm pot luck (bring anything or nothing), 8-10pm or beyond, music
Suggested donation: $15 per person (100% goes to the musicians)

Members of the group:
Joao Junqueira - Brazilian Guitar, percussion, voice
Dexter Payne - Clarinet, percussion
Kailin Yong - Violin, percussion

We love this group, and we're sure you will, too!

Please rsvp by email (dhf2000@comcast.net) to reserve a place and to get directions.

Thanks for supporting Boulder's amazing, moving musicians.

Dan Fairchild And Diane Rabson

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Beco do Choro (Choro’s Alley) is Brazilian music at its best: instrumental virtuosity combined with traditional folk elements to generate fresh and exciting arrangements of old and contemporary songs of Brazil, including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, Jorge Benjor, and Caetano Veloso. Beco does not stop there - their original compositions are strikingly beautiful and also deeply rooted. The members of Beco combine instrumental virtuosity on violin, clarinet, saxophone, acoustic guitars, cavaquinho (Brazilian Ukulele) with an authentic infectious singing style and the irresistible rhythm of traditional batucada (percussion ensemble): surdo (the largest drum), pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine), tamborim (the smallest drum), ganzá (shaker), tan-tan (mid-size hand drum), reco-reco (scraper), and repinique (the lead drum in the batucada/samba-school style). Beco’s songs present a high level of poetry and vibrant Afro-Brazilian rhythms, portrayed by traditional percussion instruments, which energize listeners from a diversity of communities.

See http://www.myspace.com/becodochoro

We are very fortunate to this kind of music available to us in Boulder. I have been told that even in many Brazilian towns and cities you cannot easily find music of this quality and tradition.

If you have not been to a house concert here, they're a lot of fun and you are very welcome to join us. We start with a potluck - bring what you like or nothing at all. One of the lovely things about these concerts is meeting new people as well as seeing friends again.
We invite musicians who are local and that we love to listen to ourselves. Boulder's pool of musical talent is world class, but there is a lack of opportunity to hear them in intimate, acoustically friendly venues. We try to do our part to rectify this situation.

We are fascinated by musicians with something unique and challenging to present, often with musical influences outside the norm--whether geographically, culturally, or stylistically. We often hear from the musicians that this is an inspiring setting.

D&D

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Dan Fairchild / Diane Rabson
330 S. 39th St.
Boulder, CO 80305

dhf2000@comcast.net

303-886-9887 (Dan)
303-875-4102 (Diane)

St julien tonight

Its another late night in a new year. Lots is new, school, recording and... which Ill tell you about - when its not such a late night!

Writing now just to say come on down to the St Julien Wed for the Dexter Payne Quartet, with Bill Kopper, Francisco Marques, Raoul Rossiter. An evening of Brasil in Boulder, even forro dance numbers! That's all for now. Come, enjoy and lets get this new year going with some good vibes!

WED Jan 20, 6:30-9:30pm   St Julien Hotel
Dexter Payne Quartet

See you there,
Dexter

January is always new

Life never fails to surprise, just when I think I know the pattern it skips a stitch, or reverses completely! Had a lovely Christmas and holiday season - in spite of myself! Focused on the gates of doom closing around us all, I was repeatedly surprised by the ringing phone and found myself with opportunities to present a variety of music to all kinds of people. Isn't that what a musician lives for? (Say amen somebody!)  From the heart of Aurora to Snowmass, it was good, and now it's over. Actually, several new gigs hold promise for repeating!

January is a whole new picture. Several recording projects to work on: composer Sebastian Albu, songwriter George Inai, a new project with my very special friend, Michael Stanwood. A previous project with Dawn and David Kimble is finally coming to fruit with a new CD. Breaking new ground for this young fella is a new collaboration with another good friend, the very talented Scot Ray (Gut Puppet, Active Vapor Recovery). Doing this at home, surrounding myself with gear I barely understand and climbing the steep part of the learning curve - adding my musings and reflections to a couple of Scot's musical journeys. Ask me about it in a week or two!

Meanwhile school is in, literally. Monday was the first day of classes at Naropa University, where I am once again the fearless Director of the Afropop Ensemble. No way to know what is possible til the first day - looks like an enthusiastic crew, and with the addition of at least one "continuing ed" community member, it promises to be a rewarding adventure. Surprise of surprises, dream of dreams: I am hoping to take a semester of Musicianship from the amazing Bill Douglas. Yes, it's back to school with lots to learn!

Gigs, you say? When will I play for you? Coming right up next WED!
Don't miss it! Start a new season with the Dexter Payne Quartet featuring Bill Kopper, Francisco Marques, Raoul Rossiter: music of Brasil!


WED  Jan 20th  St Julien Hotel   (9th&Walnut, Boulder) 6:30-9:30 pm

Come in and say HI. So danca samba! Forro tambem!

Have a great week - See you next WED!
Dexter
www.dexterpayne.com
www.dexofon.com