SARA SERPA Comes To Corneila Street Cafe Tonight

Tonight At Cornelia Street Café-Tue Sep 21st 8:30PM BLUE TUESDAYS: SARA SERPA 

(Sara Serpa, vocals; André Matos, guitar; Kris Davis, piano; Ben Street, bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums)

Born in Lisbon, Sara Serpa is currently living in New York, this being her 5th year in the United States. Her reputation as an innovative vocalist, improviser, and composer, has been growing for the past couple of years, since she initiated a collaboration with alto-saxophonist Greg Osby, with whom she recorded his latest album "Nine Levels" and performed at the Village Vanguard. Sara Serpa has recently recorded with Danilo Perez for his new release "Providencia" and, a duo album with Ran Blake "Camera Obscura". Serpa has been keeping a regular activity as a leader of her own quintet in New York and Europe. Serpa has performed in such venues as The Village Vanguard, The Jazz Standard, The Cornelia Street Cafe, Joe's Pub, Panama Jazz Festival, Hot Clube de Portugal, Centro Cultural de Belem Teatro S Luiz, Casa das Mudas ,Regatta Bar, Ryles Jazz Club, Berklee Performance Center, Jordan Hall ,Kennedy Center, Blues Alley.

Among her collaborations are Ran Blake, Danilo Perez, Ben Street, John Hebert, Thomas Morgan, Tyshawn Sorey, Esperanza Spalding, John Lockwood, André Matos, Jesse Chandler, Ferenc Nemeth, Matt Pavolka, Pete Rende, Kris Davis, Logan Richarson, Nick Falk, Peter Slavov, Aruan Ortiz, Leo Genovese, Albert Sanz, Masa Kamaguchi, Vardan Ovsepian and Greg Osby. The press describes her as "Unique beyond words" Boston Globe, "the freshest voice on the scene" All About Jazz, and "a bright young Portuguese singer" New York Times.

Julie Hardy, Host. Cover $10 http://www.saraserpa.com