SpokFrevo Orquestra, Support: The Ronnie Scotts All Stars Tuesday 20th July - Wednesday 21st July

Recife's most amazing big band beats time to the rhythm of the carnivals of North-East Brazil

Launched in December 2004 and funded by Funcultura/State of Pernambuco (Brazil), SpokFrevo Orquestra's first album, "Passo de Anjo" (Via Som Records), was considered by indutry critics the beginning of a new era in the history of frevo.

The 22-piece Spok Frevo Orchestra, enhance traditional frevos with blistering new arrangements and opening spaces for jazzy solos and improvisations. They've also added electric guitars and the forró-associated accordion to the nimble-fingered, frenzied rhythms of trumpets, piccolos, clarinets, trombones and saxophones - an intoxicating blend.

The Frevo is, outside Brazil, one of the least-known of its dance rhythms. It’s also, quite possibly, the most infectious. Frevo comes from the Portuguese word ferver (to boil) and is a kind of super-charged Polka and has its own umbrella-wielding dance.

The orchestra proposes to give frevo a different treatment with modern arrangements and refined harmonies.  The musicians exploit the freedom of expression in improvisations with clear influences from jazz.

"Frevo is a unique rhythm, different from all others, cheerful and with a special magic: the one to transmit happiness," Spok explains.

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INALDO ALBUQUERQUE – SPOK - Saxophone

CARLOS SILVA - Saxophone

GILBERTO PONTES - Saxophone

RAFAEL SANTOS - Saxophone

GILMAR BLACK - Saxophone

CARLOS LIMA - Trompet

JAILSON SILVA – Trompet

JOSÉ LIMA FILHO  - Trompet

GERMERSON SILVA NETTO - Trompet

CLEBER SILVA -Trombone

MARCONE NASCIMENTO - Trombone

MARCILIO SILVA - Trombone

JOSÉ SOUZA - Trombone

RENATO SILVA - Guitare

JOSÉ SILVA - Bass

ELIZÂNGELO OLIVEIRA –  Percussions

ADELSON SILVA  - Drums- Percussion

AUGUSTO SILVA – Drums- Percussion