There's a lot of fantastic music being made by Brazilian artists living in the United States. For sure, they have a large audience: it's estimated that over one million Brazilians have immigrated here over the past 25 years and there are sizeable Brazilian communities in cities all over the U.S. And that's not to mention the ever-growing legions of non-Brazilian fans of samba, capoeira, forró, bossa nova, choro, Brazilian jazz and other styles that are so important to U.S musical life. We'll hear many of the best Brazilian musicians living here: Jorge Alabé, master candomblé drummer and the godfather of many U.S.-based samba schools; Bebel Gilberto, daughter of bossa pioneer João Gilberto; singers Liliana Araújo, Katia Moraes, Luciana Souza, and Claudia Villela ; the quirky percussionist Cyro Baptista; the women's choir Brazilian Voices; capoeira master João Grande; the Assad Family; and one of the truly pioneering Brazilian musicians in the U.S., Sergio Mendes. They all have fascinating stories to tell. We'll listen to them in concert, visit with them in their homes, and hear songs from their records produced in the United States. New York University's widely published Professor of Music Jason Stanyek will be our co-host.

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