Jazz at Johnstown Valentine’s Special

‘Tall and tan and young and lovely

The girl from Ipanema goes walking and

When she passes, I smile but she doesn’t see.’

 

Year after year, the Jazz at Johnstown Valentine’s concert sells out, and there is one reason why: love is in the air. Celebrating Valentine’s Day which falls on Friday, February 14, Jazz at Johnstown has secured the voice of one of the best jazz singers in Ireland, Luisa Annibali. Bossa Nova, which was made famous by The Girl from Ipanema, is considered the irresistible lovechild of jazz and samba.

 

The first thing you will notice about boss nova is its calm, syncopated rhythm, marrying the coolness of American jazz with the rhythmic quirks of samba.

 

Few singers on the Irish jazz scene can bring together such coolness and rhythmic quirks as Luisa whose distinctive and breathy vocals give her singing a languid intimacy, ideal for a Valentine’s Day concert. Join Luisa and her exceptional quartet of musicians, blending music from her native Italy with Brazilian influences, for a night of romance, bossa nova style – with George Gershwin classics added to the mix – on Friday, February 14^th at 8 p.m.