It has been a week since Brasilian composer/arranger Arthur Verocai performed in Los Angeles. To have Verocai come to Los Angeles once for Timeless was incredible but getting him back for a reprise is pure magic. Arthur arrived on Monday afternoon after a long flight from Rio. After some needed rest we began rehearsals on Tuesday morning. The delight in the faces of the musicians as the music struck up was palpable.
After some re-arrangements and adjustments the advertised band of 12 became 14. They added electric guitar player Woody Aplanalp and master percussionist Krishna Booker. The band is a Timeless All-Star group with mostly musicians who had played in the original series, many from the original Arthur Verocai concert.
Unforgivably, early Thursday morning, we all convened in Santa Monica at KCRW. Morning Becomes Eclectic has been playing Verocai’s music since the Timeless concert series. It was through host Jason Bentley and producer Ariana Morgenstern’s efforts that the live performance there became a possibility.
That morning the 11 o’clock hour of MBE was truly electric. Halfway through the performance the band sang Arthur happy birthday. June 17th, wasn’t just Arthur’s first live performance on radio in the US, it was also his birthday (the performance is archived in the link below…).
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