Album DescriptionThis is a live recording of a sold-out concert at the Consulate of Poland in the spring of 2003 in New York City, given a week after the concert at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with the same program. Some of the pieces feature Luiz Simas on solo piano, while other songs have also Barbara Blonska on flute, Steve Kowarsky on bassoon and Jorge Amorim on percussion. The material encompasses a wide range of Brazilian styles, from choros (Brazilian ragtime) to bossa-nova, classical and Brazilian jazz. It features works by Ernesto Nazareth, Villa-Lobos, Jobim, Simas and many others.