Oakland Samba Revue is the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere banda de gafieira. Featuring a full horn section with tightly crafted original arrangements featuring 3 vocalists, O.S.R. draws on the sounds of samba de gafieira; an eclectic form of traditional samba from Brazil. O.S.R.’s unique brand of samba de gafieira includes heavy does of jazz, funk, forró, bolero and more.\

O.S.R. is a product of Grupo Falso Baiano co-founder Brian Moran – “Morangão” (guitar/cavaquinho/vocals and arrangements), backed by a rotating cast of some of the Bay Area’s best jazz and latin jazz musicians. For this event, the band will feature Brazilian pianist Marcos Silva, vocalist Catia Machado Lund, Zack Pitt-Smith (reeds), Erik Jekabson trumpet, Jeff Cressman (trombone), Brendan Neutra (bass), Fabio Reis (drums).

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