Theater Location
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Harriet Himmel Theater 700 S Rosemary Ave - CityPlace
West Palm Beach, Fl 33401
The Living Room Jazz Series @ The Four Seasons Resort - Rose max
Performing at Jazz Arts Music Society ot Palm Beach (Apr 2 - Apr 2)
Synopsis
The temptation to compare Brazilian singer Rose Max and her guitarist husband Ramatis Moraes with Astrud Gilberto and Joao Gilberto is hard to resist, and one wonders whether the younger musical duo wouldn’t have achieved a similar degree of popularity if they, instead of the Gilbertos, had come to the United States decades earlier. That’s because Max won the Brazilian Press Award for Best Female Brazilian Singer Residing and Performing in the USA three times – in 1997, 1998 and 2001. The brand of music performed by her and Moraes is bossa nova, samba and Brazilian jazz, the same fare that wowed American audiences in the Gilbertos’ collaborations with Stan Getz in the 1960s and as a duo in their own right in the ’70s. The sensuous appeal of the highly rhythmic music is timeless, and, plied by consummate artists such as Max and Moraes, never fails to delight. Max moved from Brazil to Miami in late 1993, where she has maintained a full performance schedule ever since, all the while continuing to develop her musical prowess. Her first solo CD was Rose Max–Brazilian Jazz, released in late 2002. It consisted of Brazilian classics in the bossa nova and samba styles, and was directed and produced by Moraes. The Miami New Times newspaper has been enthusiastic in its praise for Max and Moraes, declaring that they deliver “Brazilian jazz, samba and bossa so rich, you’ll think you just stumbled in off the streets of Rio de Janeiro.” JAMS presented this group to close out last season in April 2011. Their performance was sold out and now they are back by popular demand to conclude our second season here at The Four Seasons. Rose and Ramatis appear as a quintet with bass, percussion and piano.
Theater Information
Jazz Arts Music Society ot Palm Beach
(JAMS) was formed to encourage the performance, promotion, preservation and perpetuation of America's original art form; jazz. This art form has been recognized by the United States Congress as a national treasure. JAMS members are a group of jazz enthusiasts who believe that the music should be defined in broad enough terms to include all eras, styles and artists, which together comprise the elements that define jazz.
JAMS goals
- Monthly concerts November to April
- Special touring artists
- Free community performances
- Educational programs including master classes, seminars, gifts of books, tapes and CD's to our libraries and film & lecture series
- Youth programs, including scholarships for music education, free music instruction, and artist-in-residence program to bring top musicians to area schools
- Annual jazz artist competition
- Newsletters filled with news of club activites and the world of jazz
The Jazz Arts Music Society of Palm Beach, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and is dependent upon dues, ticket sales, grants and donations. All contributions to JAMS will be tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.