Jazz in the Streets, an initiative integrated into the AngraJazz festival, kicks off tomorrow in Angra do Heroísmo with Sónia Pereira Trio, Bruno SebastienQuartet, Wave Jazz Ensemble, and the Formoso/Raro/Barbosa/Marrucho quartet, made up of four musicians from Coreto Porta Jazz.
The AngraJazz festival concerts at the Angra do Heroísmo Cultural and Congress Center are scheduled for October 4, 6, and 7. Still, since last Friday and for nine days, These are free concerts in cafés and public spaces in the city.
The main aim is “to get jazz off its natural stage and into the city,” according to the Angrajazz Cultural Association, which is organizing the initiative.

“The aim is for the city to experience its festival in an intense way and for even those who don’t go to the cultural center to experience jazz. The aim is for both locals and tourists to be surprised by the jazz ‘just around the corner’,” he said in a press release.
“Angrajazz and Jazz na Rua complement each other perfectly, maximizing their joint impact and optimizing production costs,” he said.
The AngraJazz association points out that the initiative “leads to a much greater involvement of the population in the festival, the attraction of new audiences, and the promotion of jazz and the festival among the population, but also tourists, in a captivating, immediate and friendly way.”

Nine days of music

Jazz na Rua kicked off last week with the Sónia Pereira Trio at Verde Maçã.
The singer from Terceira, accompanied by Antonella Barletta on piano and Roberto Rosa on trumpet and flugelhorn, will perform again on Monday at the Loja do Gelado in Quinta dos Açores at 18:30.
On Saturday, at 6 p.m., the Bruno Sebastien Quartet performed in the bar of the Hotel do Caracol. They will perform again on Tuesday, at the same time, at the Angra do Heroísmo Museum.
A percussion teacher at the Angra do Heroísmo Conservatory, the vibraphone player is accompanied by Micaela Matos on alto saxophone, Eduardo Enes on double bass, and Luís Bettencourt on drums.
The Wave Jazz Ensemble, a quintet made up of Paulo Borges (trumpet/flugel), Rui Melo (alto/tenor saxophone), Antonella Barletta (piano/keyboards), Antero Ávila (electric bass) and Nuno Pinheiro (drums), will be performing at Café Aliança on Sunday at 6pm and at Pastelaria Central on Friday at 6pm.

The line-up is completed by the quartet Formoso/Raro/Barbosa/Marrucho, which includes four musicians from the Porta Jazz Association in Porto: Ricardo Formoso (trumpet), Hugo Raro (piano), José Carlos Barbosa (double bass) and José Marrucho (drums).
The band will perform on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and on Thursday at the same time at the Expert store before taking part in a jam session at Casa do Sal at 10 p.m. They will also perform at Verde Maçã on Saturday 7th, at 6pm.
The group will also participate in events for students at the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library (on the 4th) and the Tomás de Borba School (on the 6th).
There will also be a training session for musicians, mainly from the island’s philharmonics, at the cultural center on the 7th.
The initiative, organized by the AngraJazz Cultural Association, is supported by the Regional Directorate for Culture and the Angra do Heroísmo City Council.

News story in Diário Insular-José Lourenço, director

All photos from the very talented photographer, Fernando Pavão.

Translated to English as a community outreach program from the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) and the Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures Department (MCLL) as part of Bruma Publication and ADMA (Azores-Diaspora Media Alliance)  at California State University, Fresno.