September always begins for us at the Brazilian Day festival at Brasarte in Berkeley- a celebration of Brazilian music and culture.  Sandy will sing a set of bossa nova oriented music in tribute to João Gilberto with guitarist Rafael Amarante on the indoor stage, at 3:45 pm, with Jeff sitting in on trombone and Williams Martins on percussion....then it's off to Vienna for Sandy-- she will attend the FLOW Phonation Seminar and do a show on Sept. 16 at Club Zwe with the band Caoba...then it's back home for a gig with Ray Obiedo and Mistura Fina(with Jeff on Trombone) at the Sound Room in Oakland on Sept. 21...we end the month at Monterey Jazz Festival, where Natalie and Ian Faquini do their set Saturday Sept. 28 at 2 pm in Dizzy's Den; Jeff plays with Steven Bernstein's MTO West Saturday at 8:45 pm on the garden stage and then with Pacific Mambo Orchestra Sunday Sept. 29 at 1:50 on the Jimmy Lyon's main stage.  

The August issue of downbeat magazine features and article by Sandy Cressman called "Phrasing in Brazilian Vocal Jazz" in the Pro Session section of the magazine.  Get your issue now! 

I have added a new page with the English Translations of the lyrics from the "Entre Amigos" CD.  Click on TRANSLATIONS to access.  Aproveitam! Enjoy!

We have just released a Music Video for the song "Não Me Acorde Não" (Please Don't Wake Me), filmed in Recife, Brazil with Spok and members of SpokFrevo Orquestra.  The song tells the story of the wonderful and surreal experience of Carnaval in Recife that Sandy and Jeff experienced in 2015.  Spok arranged Sandy's composition, and in 2016, she returned to Recife to record the song for the "Entre Amigos" CD; and in February 2017, Sandy, Jeff and Natalie went to Recife to perform as part of a project "Do Jazz ao Frevo" (From Jazz to Frevo), performing with Spok and his musicians, and filming the video.  Click on "Não Me Acorde Não" to see the video (and it is also on our Photos/Video page).