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Sara Serpa
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As a native of Lisbon, Portugal, and currently living in New York, vocalist and composer Sara Serpa has lived around music all her life. While in her teens she attended the Conservatory of Music in Lisbon, studying piano and singing, setting the basis of her musical vocabulary. When facing the challenge of choosing a career, Serpa entered a Psychology College, graduating in Social Work. Her musical desires remained alive during this period and soon she encountered jazz at Hot Clube Jazz School in Lisbon. Serpa’s aspirations of seeking more knowledge and challenges eventually brought her to Boston where she attended Berklee College of Music and later the New England Conservatory, where she received her Masters in Jazz Performance in 2008
New Releases Plus A Special Birthday Shoutout For A Broad Spectrum
by Mary Foster Conklin
Happy fifth birthday to A Broad Spectrum! Nice to celebrate a milestone after almost a year of remote broadcasting but better times are coming. Music remains a healing force. This broadcast includes new releases from Roseanna Vitro, Out To Dinner, Peter Eldridge, Charles McPherson, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent and Idit Shner with birthday shout outs ...
A Look Back at Notable Recordings Composed by Women in 2020
by Mary Foster Conklin
Happy New Year! The broadcast begins 2021 with a look back at some of the notable 2020 releases made despite the disruption of the pandemic and all of its difficulties. Thanks for listening and please continue your support of the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown.Playlist Anne Sajdera ...
Imagined Sky
By Matt Gold
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2020
Track listing: Augusta Fairgrounds;
Queen Anne;
Crimes;
Between the Four Seas;
Truehearted;
Dollarama;
Always Starting Over;
Petrichor;
Bottom of the Barrel.
Recognition
By Sara Serpa
Label: Biophilia Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Lei do Indigenato, 1914; Occupation; The Multi-racialism Myth; Free Labour; Beautiful Gardens; Mercy and
Caprice; "Civilizing Influence"; Queen Nzinga; Absolute Confidence; Control and Oppression; Propaganda;
Unity and Struggle.
Lei Do Indigenato, 1914
Album: Recognition
By Sara Serpa
Label: Biophilia Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 4:15
Matt Gold: A Guitarist in Songwriter's Disguise
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Combining improvisational concepts with Americana aesthetics is one thing, but enveloping this blend in a songwriter approach is another story entirely. The first concept is common practice these days, the second however represents the unique character which the up and coming jny: Chicago-based guitarist Matt Gold has to offer on his compelling debut effort, Imagined Sky ...
Sara Serpa: Recognition
by Jerome Wilson
A lot of people have started to come to grips with shameful parts of their national heritage in recent times. In America, that has meant protests against displays of the Confederate flag and monuments to Confederate Civil War generals. For Portuguese-born vocalist and composer Sara Serpa, dealing with her heritage has taken a more personal form ...
Whit Dickey, Sara Serpa & Stanley J. Zappa
by Maurice Hogue
This first July show features the debut of a new record label with a focus on improvisation: Tau Forms. The artistic director is drummer Whit Dickey, and it happens that his new Expanded Light is one of first two releases by the label; the other comes from pianist Matthew Shipp. Good luck to Tao Forms! I ...
Gemini Jazz - Birthday Celebrations for Irene Higginbotham, Hazel Scott, Geri Allen and More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Included are mid-June birthday shoutouts to Irene Higginbotham ("Good Morning Heartache"), and pianists Hazel Scott, Kenny Barron, Monika Herzig and Geri Allen, along with new releases from La Lucha, Dena DeRose, Sara Serpa and a final recording from Larry Willis. Thanks for listening and please continue to support all of these fine musicians -buy their recordings ...
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