The Boîte presents Agua e Vinho
Fri, 23 May
|Mark St Hall
Australian Jazz guitarist Doug de Vries and recorder player Rodney Waterman perform a special concert at Mark St Hall performing a mix of Brazilian repertoire and original music.
Time & Location
23 May 2025, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Mark St Hall, 1 Mark St, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia
About the Event
Australian Jazz guitarist Doug de Vries and recorder player Rodney Waterman perform a special concert at Mark St Hall performing a mix of Brazilian repertoire and original music.
ECM recording artist and Carmo Records founder Egberto Gismonti was astonished, but also very pleased, to receive, in 1998, an album by the unorthodox Melbourne-based duo of Rodney Waterman and Doug de Vries: “I’m still surprised by the instrumentation,” Gismonti confessed. “I didn’t expect to hear this much music from recorder and guitar!”
It was Gismonti’s playing and composing which, back in 1995, provided the impetus for the musicians’ collaborative work: “Doug played me Gismonti’s album ‘Alma’,” Waterman recalls. “I was completely blown away by the music and especially Gismonti’s amazing ability as a performer. Our duo began as a result of this meeting.”
Out of that initial meeting came Agua e Vinho (Water and Wine) a recording of Brazilian and other…