Clarice Assad, composer/vocalist with Eileen Mack, clarinet at the ACA Festival 2010Clarice Assad will be performing an all new program at the Caramoor Jazz Festival -- an homage to some of her favorite Brazilian artists
such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Caetano
Veloso, Sueli Costa, among others. The
show was crafted to showcase different rhythmic nuances of Brazilian music, mixed with pop and jazz
elements. Assad will be joined by percussionists Keita Ogawa & Yousif
Sheronick.
For more information on this amazing young composer/performer, see
Directions
to the festival:
Caramoor
is located at 149
Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York 10536 in Westchester County, 40 miles
northeast of New York City.
By Car - Take I-684 to Exit 6. Go east on
Route 35 to the traffic light (.3 mile). Make a right turn onto Route 22 south,
and travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road. A green “Caramoor”
sign is posted at this junction. Continue on Girdle Ridge Road to the Caramoor
gates (.5 mile), which are located on the right. Parking is free.
For detailed directions from other points in the
tri-state area, please call the Box Office: 914.232.5035, press 2, orclick here for Directions to
Caramoor.
By Train - From Grand Central Station, take the Harlem Division of
the Metro-North Railroad to Katonah, New York. Click
here for the current Train Schedule.
Taxi service from the station to Caramoor (five
minutes away) is available by calling Sam’s taxi at 914-232-4949 or Katonah
Taxi at 914-232-5772.
