Trombonist and singer/songwriter Natalie Cressman and composer, guitarist, and singer Ian Faquini have several shows scheduled in the coming weeks:

Jan. 31 at The Brightside, Dayton, OH; Mar. 2 at Occidental Center For The Arts, Occidental, CA; Mar. 8 at The Sound Room, Oakland, CA; Mar. 13 at Dazzle, Denver, CO; Mar. 14 at Chautauqua Community House, Boulder, CO; and Mar. 16 at Music on the Hill, Livermore, CA.

For more information and tickets, visit Natalie Cressman's website at www.nataliecressman.com.

Sandy Cressman & Homenagem Brasileira will perform Feb. 1 at Meyhouse Jazz in Palo Alto, CA. Meyhouse Jazz features Middle Eastern cuisine. The first seating is at 5:00 pm for the 6:45-8:00 show. The second seating is at 8:00 pm for the 8:30-9:45 pm show.

For details and tickets, visit www.meyhousejazz.com. Sandy Cressman's website is www.cressmanmusic.com.

Mark Moganelli & the Jazz Forum All-Stars will present “Celebrate Brazil!” Feb. 2 at Jazz Forum, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY. Shows begin at 4:00 and 6:00 pm.

Musicians include Mark Morganelli (flugelhorn), Eddie Monteiro (accordion and vocals), Roni Ben-Hur (guitar), and Dennis Bulhões (drums).

The event is also a book launch for SamBop NYC: Brazilian Jazz in New York City during the New Millennium by Marc Gidal. The book draws on interviews with over fifty musicians active between the years 2000 and 2020, including Eliane Elias, Dom Salvador, Eumir Deodato, Maúcha Adnet, Vinícius Cantuária, Luciana Souza, Duduka Da Fonseca, Romero Lubambo, Anat Cohen, and Cidinho Teixeira.

For more information about the performance and book launch, visit jazzforumarts.org. For more information about the book, visit the Oxford University Press website at global.oup.com.

Joyce Moreno Quartet with special guest guitarist Roni Ben-Hur will perform Feb. 6-9 at Dizzy's Club in New York City. The quartet is Joyce Moreno (vocals and guitar), Helio Alves (piano), Rodolfo Stroeter (bass), and Tutty Moreno (drums). Shows start at 7:00 and 9:00 pm on Feb. 6 and Feb. 8, at 7:00 pm on Feb. 7, and at 5:00 and 7:30 pm on Feb. 9.

Joyce Moreno, the celebrated Rio-born singer, composer, and guitarist, is a true icon of Brazilian music. With a career spanning over 400 recordings and multiple Latin Grammy nominations, she effortlessly bridges genres while honoring Brazil's rich musical traditions.

Dizzy's Club is located within Jazz at Lincoln Center, on the 5th floor inside the Deutsche Bank Center, Broadway at 60th Street. For more information and tickets, visit ticketing.jazz.org. Joyce Moreno's website is joycemoreno.com.

The Jazzschool at California Jazz Conservatory will present “Canta Brasil,” Sandy Cressman's 10-week course on Brazilian songs, Jan. 12 - Mar. 16, 10:30-12:00 noon, at the Conservatory, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley, CA.

The course will explore various genres of Brazilian songs, including samba, bossa nova, choro, baião and frevo. Participants will learn a song from each genre along with its historical and regional roots. The course covers the unique rhythmic feeling and phrasing of each genre, and incorporates some simple percussion instruments while preparing songs for a final student performance the weekend of March 22-23.

For more information and registration, visit jazzschool.cjc.edu.

Brazilian musician Luiz Simas has released his new song and music video honoring the indigenous peoples of Brazil. “Canção dos Povos Originários” (Song for the Original Peoples) was recorded in New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Porto Alegre, with Simas on piano, vocals and keyboards, Carlos Malta on flute, Julia Haughton on vocals, and Paulo Roberto Brandão on additional keyboards. Brandão also mixed and mastered the track.

The very unusual song lyrics consist solely of the names of a few of the hundreds of indigenous tribes of Brazil. The music video and animation were created by Leon Vilhena and Duda Ásfora of the Lisbon-based company, Intermitente.

You can watch the video on YouTube or listen to the song without the video on all streaming platforms, such as Spotify. Luiz Simas' website is luizsimas.com.

Seven-time GRAMMY®-winning saxophonist Paul Winter and Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann have released their performance of three new compositions, Three Orcas Island Songs, from their recent concert on Orcas Island, Washington.

“Lamento de Aioca” is named for the Goddess of the Waters in the Yoruba tradition of the people in the Northeast of Brazil. “Pina” is a song by Henrique inspired by and dedicated to legendary choreographer Pina Bausch. “Kalimba Rhapsody” is the finale of the Paul Winter Consort's new “Adventures in the Universe,” which was premiered at its recent Summer Solstice Celebration at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

You can listen to all three songs by visiting bandcamp.com. Paul Winter's website is paulwinter.com. Henrique Eisenmann's website is henriqueeisenmann.com.