On Friday, June 9, Abbie Weisenbloom will present San Francisco-based Brazilian Jazz Vocalist Sandy Cressman with pianist Jasnam Daya Singh and trombonist Jeff Cressman in an intimate house concert setting.

Vocalist Cressman, who has recorded with such Latin Jazz fixtures as Ray Obiedo and Pete Escovedo, and has a natural affinity for Brazilian jazz that has been lauded by critics as well as Brazilian composers Filó Machado, Ivan Lins and Dori Caymmi, is on tour in support of her recently released CD "Entre Amigos”.

Cressman’s current tour began in Recife, Brazil, where she and her husband trombonist Jeff Cressman(longtime trombonist with Carlos Santana Band) performed at the  Paço do Frevo cultural center, and  at mainstage Carnaval events as part of a cultural exchange tour.  As founder and leader of Homenagem Brasileira, Cressman has had many opportunities over the last 20-plus years to forge creative partnerships with like-minded musicians from the Bay to Brazil. Her entrancing new album, Entre Amigos, which was released on February 3, marks the culmination of these relationships and is a celebration of her own deep history with the music and the players.

"Entre Amigos" features all original compositions which Cressman wrote in collaboration with friends from the world of Brazilian Jazz, including Antonio Adolfo, Jovino Santos Neto, Spok, Ian Faquini, Ray Obiedo and more. 

 The Portland show will feature pianist Jasnam Daya Singh, who was born in Rio but has lived in the US since 1987 and is based in Portland.  The Latin Grammy Award nominee has toured Europe and Japan playing his own compositions and collaborating with American, European and Brazilian Musicians.

In "World Music Report" (March 22, 2017) Raul da Gama describes "Entre Amigos" as:

 "…extraordinary musicians from Brasil and the American West Coast music scene that bring a winning combination of genuine excitement and bustling virtuosity to Entre Amigos. However, it is the radiant lyricism in the voice of Sandy Cressman, complete with the affective whisperings and exhilarating resonances that combine with the poetry of her music that make this recording quite unforgettable."