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Aug 20, 2008:
We are excited to announce that our CD will be available for sale in the first week of Sept, 2008. You will be able to buy it right here on the website, and within a couple weeks it will be available on iTunes and other major E-retailers.
The CD features guest spots by Jovino Santos Neto, Mike Marshall, Michael Spiro, Jorge Alabe, and Eva Scow, and was produced by Michael Spiro. After almost a year and a half of working on it, we are very proud to release our first full length studio recording entitled "Viajando: Choro e Jazz".
The debut recording "Live at the Hillside Club" is also available for purchase.
Also, we will be touring in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area in support of the CD release, so check the Calendar page for details.
April 12, 2008:
We are wrapping up the mixing process of our upcoming CD and are expecting a late summer release. You will be able to buy the music on iTunes, CD Baby, and through other online outlets, as well as at our shows. Stay tuned for details!
In other news, our mandolinist Jesse Appelman is living in Rio for the next 5 months. Parabens cara! Jesse should be back in time for the CD release.
We also have some shows coming up with a different line up! We are excited to welcome guitarist Ricardo Peixoto to Falso Baiano for a couple shows. You may know Ricardo from his work with vocalist Claudia Villela. For our Healdsburg show, the line up will include Brian Moran on mandolin, cavaquinho and guitar, Ricardo on guitar, Ami Molinelli, percussion and special guest Dominque Gagne on flute. Zack Pitt-Smith will join that line up Sun April 20th at Anna's Jazz Island. We hope to see you out there!
April 17, 2007:
It's official: Trio Falso Baiano is now Grupo Falso Baiano! We are well on our way to recording our first full length studio CD. While a release date has not been set, you can expect an exciting and diverse recording, with special guests, new tunes, and some wild arrangements.
Thanks to everyone who came out on April 15 to Anna's in Berkeley for our show. Some of the tunes we played will no doubt be on the CD.
Also, we have pressed a short run of CDs entitled Grupo Falso Baiano: Live at The Hillside Club, which for now, you can purchase at our shows. The CD features 11 tunes from our Oct 6 performance at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, CA.
New Year's Eve! We're excited to announce that we'll be playing at Firefly Restaurant for N.Y.E. 2006, and Valentine's Day 2007. Check out the Calendar page for details.
Also, we have set the wheels in motion to record our first full length CD, a process we hope to be wrapping up by fall 2007, so expect an announcement when the final product is ready.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, we'd like to announce the newest member of the group: Mandolinist Jesse Appleman! Jesse is featured on the Music page, and has been playing with us for a few months now. Clearly, the name Trio Falso Baiano will require a change - stay tuned!
Dec 12, 2006:
Photos are here! Check out the Photos page.
New Year's Eve! We're excited to announce that we'll be playing at Firefly Restaurant for N.Y.E. 2006, and Valentine's Day 2007. Check out the Calendar page for details.
Oct 21, 2006:First, a big "thank you!" to everyone who came out to see Falso Baiano on Oct 6 at the Hillside Club, in Berkeley, CA. Our devoted fans made it a great show! Of course we couldn't have done it without the musical contributions of mandolinist, Jesse Appelman, and percussionists Brian Rice and Claudio Bebianno. If you missed it you can read more on the Press page of our site.
Second, we've added a couple features to the site, including an easy way to join the mailing list, so please leave your email address if you'd like to receive concert announcements, etc from us.