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The collaboration of Guilherme Monteiro & Helio Alves and their UNITY Quartet has been a mainstay on our bandstand. The group has just completed a new recording of music which they are presenting tonight. Expect a diverse sampling of Brazil’s rich musical culture filtered through the jazz lens of two masters. Check out this lineup:

Helio Alves ~ Piano
Guilherme Monteiro ~ Guitar
Gili Lopes ~ Bass
Alex Kautz ~ Drums

Guilherme Monteiro is a jazz guitarist from Rio de Janeiro who has played with Toninho Horta, Ron Carter, Grady Tate & Randy Brecker to name a few. We know him through his band Forro In The Dark, who has backed up David Byrne and Bebel Gilberto, as well as achieving notoriety for their own records and performances.

Helio Alves is a jazz pianist and son of pianists. He has collaborated for many years with Claudio Roditi, including on the Grammy nominated Brazilliance X4 (2007). He was the featured soloist on Then Again as a member of the Paul Peress Trio. He was a member of the band Circlechant led by Santi Debriano, and has worked with Rosa Passos, Joyce, Duduka da Fonseca, Airto Moreira, and Maucha Adnet. In 2003 he was pianist on the Grammy-winning album of Obrigado Brasil by Yo Yo Ma Big Band by Joe Henderson and Brazilian Dreams by Paquito D’Rivera