TONIGHT: Pandeiro Repique Duo @ 7165 Lounge

POSTED: Friday, December 7, 2012, 9:00 AM

Filed Under: Music Show

The Philly-Brazil connection runs deep, with the major local movers in the scene traveling frequently to study with players in Rio and beyond.

The Pandeiro Repique Duo — see my album review — are part of that cultural exchange. Alex Shaw (Alô Brasil) studied with Bernardo Aguiar (pandeiro, a frame drum with jingles) and Gabriel Policarpo (repique, tenor drum) and introduced them, knowing these two young men would make a good team. Check the video to see that his instincts were correct. Another AB member, Jim Hamilton, got to hear the unadorned audio tracks they had laid down and decided right away that the world had to hear them. He also knew that the recording needed to have something for those who don't appreciate just drums and voice, so a second CD is part of the package, with tracks from the folks like Carlos Malta, fifer, with whom they played Carnegie Hall last week as part of Pife Muderno. The CD was launched Tuesday night, on Hamilton's Tension Rod label. Malta loves these young men enough to have come to Philly and played with them at Underground Arts — quite a distance from Carnegie Hall — for the release party of their self-titled CD. Better yet, those who lingered after the formal presentation got a chance to bang out rhythms batuque na cuzinha style on anything that could make an audible sound with Malta dancing and piping like a Brazilian Kokopelli.

All this week the PRD has been giving master classes at places like University of the Arts and Julliard. Sooner or later they must return to Rio, but not without Philly sambistas will giving them a farewell party of epic proportions. Members of Alô Brasil, Capoeira Roda and DJ Ginga will take part in Brasil in Philly, showcasing one final performance by the PRD.

TONIGHT, Fri., Dec. 7, 8 p.m. $10, 7165 Lounge.

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