Sultry Brazilian Jazz Coming to Grand Rapids

Great Jazz returns to Grand Rapids next week!

St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) will bring Grammy Award winning Jazz Vocalist Luciana Souza to the Royce Auditorium Stage on Thursday, March 5.

Luciana Souza has been releasing acclaimed recordings since 2002 - including her six Grammy nominated records Brazilian Duos, North and South, Duos II, Tide,Duos III, and The Book of Chet. At St. Cecilia she will bring her program called “The Book of Longing” performing alongside Chico Pinheiro and Scott Colley for a night of sultry Brazilian jazz.

Concert tickets for Luciana Souza are $40 and $45 and can be purchased by calling St. Cecilia Music Center at 616-459-2224 or visiting the box office at 24 Ransom Ave. NE. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.scmc-online.org. A pre-concert reception for $15 at 6:30 pm, with wine and hors d'oeuvres, is available by reservation in advance (reserve by Friday, February 28). A post-concert party with dessert, coffee and wine is open to all ticket-holdersto meet the artists, obtain autographs and CD purchases.