Gustavo De Morais Quintet

About this event

The Dublin Jazz Co-Op in collaboration with DCU Jazz Society present 'Gustavo de Morais Quintet' in the Vintage Room of the Workman's Club.

Gustavo de Morais is joined by Kasia Eliasz (Vocal), Tom Maxwell (Piano), Miles Ronayne (Drums) and Maciej Bliziński (Bass) for a performance that features the music of great Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Gustavo is a Brazilian guitarist based in Dublin. While in his homeland, he had the opportunity to perform professionally with many different music groups of different styles rooted in the Afro-Brazilian music tradition, including Axé, Forró, Samba, Samba-Rock, Samba-Funk and MPB. As a student of Jazz performance at DCU, his playing is influenced by a fusion between his Brazilian heritage and contemporary music, drawn from musicians such as João Gilberto, Daniel Santiago and John Scofield.

Kasia Eliasz is a performing musician, music teacher and yoga instructor. She recently performed Brazilian Jazz at various events in Ireland, i.e. Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone and Culture Night 2021 supported by `Kildare County Council. She has been studying Jazz at Newpark Music Academy, Hindustani Vocal at Swanadi School of Indian Classical Music, and Sound Healing at Celtic Sound Healing School.

Tom Maxwell is an Irish pianist. As well as studying jazz in DCU, he is an organist and plays weekly in St Brigid’s Parish, Stillorgan, where he also directs the choir. His influences naturally include Bach, as well as more recent musicians like Red Garland, Oscar Peterson and Emmet Cohen”

Miles Ronayne is an emerging jazz drummer from Meath. Studying BA in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance in DCU, he has performance and recording experience with the Kasia Eliasz Quintet and DCU JAZZ who covered “Lingus” by Snarky Puppy. His style encompasses traditional approaches from the likes of Elvin Jones and Max Roach and fuses it with contemporary influences such as Bill Stewart and Nate Smith.

​​Code wrangler by day, bossa nova aficionado by night. Maciej grew up in a musical family, listening to jazz, fusion, and Brazilian music from an early age.

The Gustavo de Morais Quintet will bring to the Workman’s club a selection of compositions by Jobim, in an energetic atmosphere and unique style of playing added from each of the group’s members.