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05/04/11 Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis
Read More05/06/11 SF Jazz Festival, San Francisco 05/07/11 El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles 05/14/11 Virada Cultural, Brazil 05/15/11 Virada Cultural, Brazil 05/30/11 Feira do Livro, Brazil From just looking at her short nine national dates, I was happy to see Céu (pronounced "say-you" by the announcer)...
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It's been a year, but Céu made her return to the Dakota Jazz Club last night, May 3rd. It was completely what I was expecting: great food and a wonderful easy-going Brazilian pop/jazz music of Céu.
Opening up for Céu was Chris Koza, a bit of a surprise since there was no formal announcements. We've covered Koza a few times, so it's always a pleasure to see him perform. Songs from his set includes songs from his Rogue Valley project, including "Hummingbird" and "Rope Swing Over Rogue Valley". I didn't know the last song played, but it was about Koza's grandfather's old pickup truck.
Like last year, most of her live material consists of her second album, Vagarosa (which roughly means easy going): "Comadi", "Papa", "Sonâmbulo", "Cangote", "Espaçonave", "Grains de Beauté", etc. These songs comes out so easily with each note sung by Céu. It didn't matter if you didn't speak a word of Portuguese, people were just loving it.
The rare English song was a cover of "It Takes Two to Tangle", which was also the highlight for me last year.
As for the encore, two songs were played. The second and last song was Bob Marley's "Concrete Jungle". The song appeared on Céu's debut self-titled album and it would explain why someone kept yelling out "Bob Marley!"
If you live in Minneapolis, she returns to the Dakota Jazz Club to play a second night. Judging from full dinner tables, especially on a Tuesday night, you'll want to get there early to secure a seat before it fills up.*
Fans of world jazz, reggae, and bossna nova should want to fall in love with Céu. Her album, Vagarosa, is out now on Six Degrees Records.
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Like last year, most of her live material consists of her second album, Vagarosa (which roughly means easy going): "Comadi", "Papa", "Sonâmbulo", "Cangote", "Espaçonave", "Grains de Beauté", etc. These songs comes out so easily with each note sung by Céu. It didn't matter if you didn't speak a word of Portuguese, people were just loving it.
The rare English song was a cover of "It Takes Two to Tangle", which was also the highlight for me last year.
As for the encore, two songs were played. The second and last song was Bob Marley's "Concrete Jungle". The song appeared on Céu's debut self-titled album and it would explain why someone kept yelling out "Bob Marley!"
If you live in Minneapolis, she returns to the Dakota Jazz Club to play a second night. Judging from full dinner tables, especially on a Tuesday night, you'll want to get there early to secure a seat before it fills up.*
Fans of world jazz, reggae, and bossna nova should want to fall in love with Céu. Her album, Vagarosa, is out now on Six Degrees Records.
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