Chicago Symphony Center presents The String Concert Featuring Jaques Morelenbaum & Bem Gil featuring Jaques Morelenbaum on cello and Bem Gil on guitar.
Gilberto Gil carries out a fundamental role in the constant modernization process of Brazilian popular music. Partaking of this scene for 46 years, he has developed one of the most relevant and renown careers as a singer, composer and guitar-player in this field.
Rhythms from the northeast of Brazil like the baião, apart from samba and bossa-nova were fundamental in his formation. Using them as a starting point, Gil forged his own music to which he incorporated rock, reggae, funk and rhythms from Bahia such as afoxé.
Gil's importance to the culture of his country goes back to the 60's, when he and Caetano Veloso created Tropicalism.
Location
Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, ILUnited States
