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Wednesday 24 March 2010

Events – Australia

JORGE BEN JOR - ONE NIGHT ONLY!


Brazil’s best known alchemist of funk, rock, samba and bossa-nova is finally heading to Sydney for one exclusive and intimate performance at The Enmore Theatre. Ben Jor has invented samba-rock, an acclaimed genre that fuses bossa-nova’s samba beat with electric guitar’s swing. Simply vivacious.
Renowned for his singular and incomparable style, his impressive career spans 45 years of performances in Europe, USA, Africa, Asia, and of course South America, also including 34 albums and more than 700 original songs. Jorge Ben Jor composed the classic ‘Mas Que Nada’,a hit that has been recorded by hundreds of international artists including Ella Fitzgerald and Black Eyed Peas.
His album ‘Africa Brazil’ recorded in 1976, includes the hit ‘Taj Mahal’, and was elected by Rolling Stone magazine in 2002 as the 22nd coolest album of all time.
Song-writer and guitarist extraordinaire, this musician has an exceptional gift of creating explosive compositions that are part of Brazil’s vivid music heritage. Since the beginning of his career, Jorge has been original. He’s innovative, avant-garde and keeps experimenting with music.
Jorge Ben Jor and his sophisticated and furiously high energy band hail from Rio de Janeiro and deliver an impressive musical set featuring some of the smoothest and deepest funk that would shake anyone’s body.
This concert promises a night of dancing and serious grooving!
Don’t miss the opportunity to experience a non stop sunny energy from Rio de Janeiro’s tropical beaches without leaving Sydney.
Book now and guarantee your ticket to this rare opportunity to see and hear something different that will revitalize your soul.

Source: enmoretheatre.com.au