Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra

Hidden away amidst the bustle of Rio de Janeiro’s Catete neighbourhood is a small alleyway behind a cast iron gate. At its end is Bairro Saavedra, the courtyard surrounded by Neo-colonial houses where Brazilian guitar virtuoso Fabiano do Nascimento spent much of his childhood. Built in 1928, this secluded neighbourhood with its wooden shutters, tiled floors and tranquil benches, provides the inspiration for the title of Do Nascimento’s new album VILA, a collaborative project with a sixteen piece orchestra led by trombonist and arranger Vittor Santos.

𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙤 𝙙𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙑𝙄𝙇𝘼 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙘. 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤'𝙨 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙭, 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙨’ 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨: 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜; 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

Like the eclecticism of the architecture Do Nascimento grew up surrounded by, his music straddles many worlds at once. He is known as a Brazilian acoustic guitar master and as such has collaborated with Arthur Verocai, Airto Moreira and Itibere Zwarg. But equally at home in Los Angeles's jazz and experimental music scenes, Do Nascimento is also known for his work with artists like Sam Gendel and Carlos Nino.

Vittor Santos is an arranger and Trombonist who has worked extensively with many of the greats of Brazilian music, including 𝙅𝙤ã𝙤 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙨 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚, 𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙤 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙡𝙯𝙖 𝙎𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨.