WED 8 & 9:30 Fabio Gouvea Quintet w/Jerome Sabbagh, Helio Alves, Gili Lopes, Alex Kautz
About This Event
The Fabio Gouvea Quintet — with Jerome Sabbagh, Hélio Alves, Gili Lopes and Alex Kautz — plays at Bar Bayeux, bringing together Brazilian-rooted jazz and elements of free improvisation. Lopes’ ensemble-centered approach, built on close listening and quick shifts in rhythm and harmony, and Sabbagh’s background as a French saxophonist, composer and band leader in New York point to a focus on group interplay and compositional direction.
About the Artists
Helio Alves
Hélio Alves is a jazz pianist with deep roots in Brazilian and Latin jazz traditions, raised in a household of working pianists. In New York City he appears at small-room venues such as Bar Bayeux, often in collaborative settings that leave space for risk and response.
Gili Lopes
Gili Lopes is a jazz musician working at the edge of free improvisation, with roots in Brazilian jazz. In New York City, Lopes appears at Bar Bayeux, including sets with Marcio Philomena alongside Kiku Freitas and Hélio Alves.