For some in the Christian faith, the Carnival season gives some freedom before Lent.
The birthday party is also known as Mardi Gras, but under any name, it’s all about rejoicing and joy.
“What a birthday party is, and what music is, is celebrating freedom and liberation and celebrating right before everyone has to adopt their most productive habit to make the sacrifices of Lent,” said Columbus singer Rachel Sepulveda, who will perform with Vaughn Wiester’s famous Jazz. Orchestrate at a concert next Monday at the Clintonville Woman’s Club.
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It’s not that anything goes wrong at Monday’s concert: music will be the star of the show (non-alcoholic drinks and snacks will be available, but those wishing to enjoy alcoholic beverages will need to bring their own).
Under the direction of Columbus jazz legend Wiester, the orchestra will perform music through Brazilian artists related to the musical taste of bossa nova.
“Bossa nova started in Rio de Janeiro around 1957 and took about five years to identify in North America,” Wiester said. “Around 1961 or 1962, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto had this good fortune with ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ which revived American interest in bossa nova. Worldwide interest was revived through a film in 1959 that was produced in Rio called “Black Orpheus”.
The composers represented in the program will come with Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Sergio Mendes.
“This music is the natural essence of joy,” Sepulveda said.
The songs will be sung in Portuguese, a language for its musicality.
“I sang in six other languages,” Sepulveda said. But of all languages, Portuguese is by far the rhythmic maximum. I’m amazed to see how the language imitates percussion instruments. “
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Among the top enthusiasts of Brazilian music on Monday Sepulveda singer Kelly Delaveris.
The daughter of Channel 4 sports host Jimmy Crum and longtime Columbus singer who returned to the domain in 2021 after about a decade in York, Pennsylvania, Delaveris brought Brazilian music through her parents.
“My mom and dad were big fans of Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, (and) they put records on the stereo,” said Delaveris, who began performing with the band Brasileira in 1996.
“I love making a song in Portuguese,” he said. You make a lot of sounds in front of your mouth. It is very different from English. English is a little in the middle of your head and Portuguese is in front of your mouth. I like it. “
Although the fact that he did a song would possibly recommend that he speaks Portuguese fluently, Delaveris does not speak the language.
“Sometimes I know the essence of a piece or I know a few words or a few words,” he said.
Wiester is full of praise for the singers.
About Delaveris, he said, “I would say it’s fair to say that she is the greatest representative of Brazilian music in Colón. “
And Sepulveda an “extraordinary talent. “
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For the orchestra, the music is also a welcome departure from their same old repertoire (which they have conducted every Monday night at the Clintonville Woman’s Club since 2014, with the exception of a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic).
“The core sound of the band is ’50s big band jazz, featuring Count Basie, Stan Kenton (and) Woody Herman,” Wiester said. “We’re not strict with that, but that’s the fundamental sound of the band. “
For this Brazilian music program, however, the organization’s 22 members will also perform in another language, one they will only be able to watch at a certain time of the year.
“I have a wonderful library of published music and recorded music by Brazilian artists,” Wiester said. “Once a year there is an excuse to do a show, which is, of course, Carnival week. “
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The famous Vaughn Wiester Jazz Orchestra and singers Kelly Delaveris and Rachel Sepulveda will perform Monday at 7:30 p. m. m. en Clintonville Woman’s Club, 3951 N. High St. Read more, Famousjazzorchestra. com.