On 29 September 2024, the Balakumbala Duo featuring Leandro Irarragorri kicked off the seventh Zurich Jam Session by La casa de nadie.
Balakumbala Duo lineup: Viviane de Farias (vocals), Mauro Martins (e-bass), special guest Leandro Irarragorri (piano)
The daring combination of voice and bass has rarely been undertaken in Brazilian music. Although there are so many excellent singers and also a host of highly skilled bass players, this unusual teaming up is rarely to be found. Viviane de Farias and Mauro Martins have not only accepted the challenge – they have come up with an innovative duo performance.
Balakumbala is a vivid, tongue-in-cheek play on words so significant in Brazilian culture. The word comes from a well-known song by João Bosco and Aldir Blanc, where the speaker tells of visiting the cinema and enjoying himself while the heroes on the screen get into a duel. They start to fight bullet for bullet (bala com bala), then knife for knife, fist for fist and then eventually they measure their strength with words.
Balakumbala is a breathtaking tête-à -tête, which adds to contemporary Brazilian music a thoroughly new and captivating perspective, stripped down to the extraordinary talent and ingenuity of two people.
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