So Brazil Duo is having a gig tomorrow night which will be fully enjoyed as a sort of my return to playing bass onstage, after a few years playing my beloved instrument by myself, in quiet corners, and more recently, in our garage. Last time I went onstage for playing the bass was in Washington, DC, and that happened as a guest musician for the South American Jazz project Cantare, and also as the bassist in a Brazilian Jazz duo with French-American guitarist Alex Martin.After dusting the cobwebs off the old bass gear, I figured it would be OK for this So Brazil performance tomorrow to use the little Peavey amp rigged onto a 12 inch external speaker. The combination sounded pretty forte with a six-string SDGR bass and the welcome mediation of an Alesis nano compressor.
Our idea is to play a first set with me playing the guitar, Juliana cantando and one of our guests for the night, Rick Goncalves, playing mostly percussion, and also his main instrument, the cavaquinho. We'll be starting a second set featuring other guest musician, Mike Boase, drummer and percussionist who created his own samba school in Perth, Beleza. Mike would bring in a smallish kit, so I heard, plus other Brazilian percussion bits.
I look forward to that second half of the gig, where I would count on Mike and Rick, so that I can finally be back to bassics.
