Shows at 7:30pm & 9:30pm:

Brazilian-American Clarice Assad is a Grammy-nominated composer, pianist, and vocalist of musical depth and ability.  Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a serious triple threat”, Assad is equally comfortable as a performer and band leader.  Her music is vibrant, diverse, soulful, colorful. Carefully crafted textures permeate her musical world, which embraces a wide variety of styles, including her own original concepts.

“Her multi-faceted talent uncontainable as she energetically bends music to her will and reshapes it with fascinating results.” – JAZZ IMPROV MAGAZINE

“…Clarice Assad sings with intonation as precise as any digital device. She improvises cascading scales that take on sparkling lives of their own.” – TUCSON CITIZEN

“A virtuoso at the piano and the vocal cords – a classically trained natural talent, whose charismatic voice lifted all the brilliant vocal elements of meditative pleasure.” – UNT.SE (Sweden)

“vigorous, fresh, and totally unique composing voice.” – MANDOLIN MOMENTS

Clarice Assad – vocals
João Luiz Rezende – guitar
Shin Sakaino – bass
Keita Ogawa – drums