Locals experience Brazilian jazz at Bear's Place

The dim lighting of the back room at Bear’s Place Ale and Eatery added to the mellow mood of the cool jazz music.

The crowd of about 40 people was mainly older in addition to some music school graduate students.

The Jazz Fable’s Concert Series performance yesterday featured guest performer and Jacobs School of Music alumnus Marcos Cavalcante.

Cavalcante has worked with many of the other musicians in last night’s show for years, but new to the band was Jacobs School of Music graduate student Bruno Cabrera.

Cabrera has studied classical and popular percussion throughout the years, but he has only been in Bloomington for a short while.

Prior to the performance, Cavalcante spoke enthusiastically about the skill of young Cabrera. He mentioned the connection between the student and himself in the sense that both are Brazilian natives.

“He is awesome,” Cavalcante said. “I just met him, and he is a great kid. He’s beyond potential — he’s the real thing.”

Cabrera expressed equal appreciation for the chance to play with Cavalcante.
“He’s a very nice person and very nice musician,” he said.

The performance received applause throughout many of the pieces.
The musicians provided the audience with Brazilian-inspired and classical jazz, some of which were Cavalcante’s original compositions.

Audience member and Bloomington resident Jenny Perkins said he appreciated the music.

“We come here every Thursday,” Perkins said, speaking of her and her husband. “We are dedicated jazz fans.”

Perkins mentioned that she and her husband try to absorb all the different types of jazz music that are presented at Bear’s Place and have grown to appreciate all kinds of jazz music.

“I hope that the crowd has fun and that they notice that I play with people I love,” Cavalcante said. “I hope they feel good about the music.”