Milton Nascimento

June 28-29, 2011

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley

2033 6^th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121

COST: $40.00 (Price includes a 4.50 handling fee per person)

Doors open at:

 6:00 pm on Tuesday and 5:30 pm Wednesday.

Note: This show is assigned seating, you may either purchase On-line or by Phone. To make your purchase by phone call 206-441-9729.

 

Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents with contributing sponsor Show Brazil Productions Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Band members joining Mr. Nascimento are Lincoln Continentino (keys), Wilson Lopes (guitar), Gastavo Villeroy (bass) and Lincoln Cheib (drums).  Set times are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm. 

“Milton Nascimento is probably the greatest Brazilian composer since Jobim/Gilberto.”-Paul Simon

After dedicating himself to the tour for his album Novas Bossas, which celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the Bossa Nova with the Jobim Trio, and the release of an album recorded in Paris with the Belmondo Brothers and the Ille de France National Orchestra, Milton Nascimento returns to the stage in a solo show, presenting new songs and his greatest hits. “I like to sing and I don’t care if I’m the composer or not, when I sing a song, I feel like the song is my own.” says Milton, who has one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music. As Elis Regina use to say, “If God sang, it would be with Milton’s voice.”

Beyond old hits, Milton also includes more-recent compositions composed with friends both old and new and performs the works of other composers, putting his own special touch on the repertoire with every presentation. “I have traveled a lot, met a lot of good people, and seen many incredible things, and I was to sing about them.” Because of this, every new day is a surprise because Milton Nascimento allows himself to surprise the public. As such, he never disappoints.

More than fifty years ago, he began his career with the Luar de Prata group while still just a child among the hills and echoes of Minas Gerais. He has completed thirty-seven albums, not taking into account his countless participation on the albums of other artists, anthologies of sound tracks for movies, theater pieces, and ballets. He has be honored with hundreds of prizes and awards, like the Tenco, Europe’s highest prize for music, delivered to Milton at the San Remo Festival in Italy in 2008 as well as Grammies and so many others.

It is mainly, the enthusiasm to take the stage like someone taking it for the first time. The desire to raise his voice on the road, to be in contact with public, and to bring his music to the four corners of the world and the dances of life. “I feel like an 18-year-old kid, and I was to keep on experiencing this magic for another 200 years.”  More information at www.miltonnascimento.com

This is an advance sale/pre-pay show with reserved seating. All purchases are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.  Vouchers, donated gift certificates, student discounts, senior discounts, children under 12 free discounts and 2 for 1 cards are not applicable for this show.  All shows are all ages. The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin.