Photo: Alice Bracchi

Rita Maria: voice; Filipe Raposo: piano

The voice and piano duo is not uncommon in jazz, but the project that brought together singer Rita Maria and pianist Filipe to explore the “art of song”, since the release of their 2020 album “The Art of Song Vol. 1: When Baroque Meets Jazz”, started as an unconventional approach. Although this is not a novelty (there are other such examples in the history of jazz), it illustrates the vast possibilities that still exist in this area by relating these two musical styles from different times and geographies (jazz and ancient music) having as basis what they share in parallel: improvisation. While last year the pandemic prevented the duo from presenting their interpretation on stage, they are now able to delight us at last with their work.