Jazz Around the World - South America

As early as the 1920’s jazz was traveling the world, influencing and being influenced by musical traditions on every continent.  Join us as we explore each of these places individually, with a series of special guests who will play and talk about how their music is part of an international continuum.

Born to a Bolivian mother and Italo-Argentinian father, opera and jazz virtuoso Gian-Carla Tisera has a voice that will knock you off your feet and simultaneously bring you to tears. As a conservatory-trained opera singer Gian-Carla has found jazz to be the most effective space to use what she has learned as a classical musician to express her South American heritage via Afro-Latin rhythms and vocal improvisation. She eloquently states that jazz is the reason she is able to fuse her Bolivian roots, socio-political commentary, and classical training. Gian-Carla is extremely knowledgeable of the South American jazz scene and will speak to the exchange going on between New York and South American jazz music. She is also intrigued by the indigenous elements present in the music of leading South American jazz artists. Join us Tuesday, October 23rd, for this inspiring discussion and performance!