Coelho journeys beyond Brazil
Flavia Coelho (6 p.m., Club Soda, 1225 St-Laurent Blvd., $34.25 to $36.25). The Brazilian singer draws on her native country’s samba, bossa nova and forro, but also makes heavy use of reggae and ska — the rhythmic thread that runs through her breezy, irresistible songs — as well as dub, hip hop and sassy keyboard pop. With last year’s Sonho Real such a killer disc and a reportedly exuberant stage presence, what are we waiting for?
Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley and Brian Blade: Still Dreaming / Danilo Pérez Trio (7 p.m., Maison symphonique, $58.75 to $73.75). Dewey Redman was the tenor sax player in Old and New Dreams (1976-1987), made up of Ornette Coleman sidemen. Dewey’s son Joshua, a sax-playing superstar in his own right, has assembled his own killer quartet to pay homage to that group of musical adventurers. Panamanian pianist and composer Pérez and his trio share what promises to be an outstanding double bill.
Bareto (8 p.m., Hyundai / CBC/Radio-Canada Stage, Clark Esplanade, corner of Clark and de Montigny Sts., free). The sleek cumbia rhythms of this terrific Peruvian band — which has been around for 14 years but is only now making its festival debut — are made for jazz fest summer nights. With the Latin beats so effortlessly mixed with reggae, we have ourselves the makings of a great evening.
Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires (8:30 p.m., Metropolis, 59 Ste-Catherine St. E., $41 to $45). Bradley, 68 and fighting stomach cancer, released his first album only six years ago, but there was a lifetime of experience and rough roads in that disc and its two successors. This classic, horn-driven soul music — heavy on the sweat-soaked, heart-onsleeve ballads — is always best experienced live. Opening act: the Brooks.
The Neil Cowley Trio (10:30 p.m., Gesù, 1200 Bleury St., $41.35). Hey, anybody who can play for Adele and also record a cover of the Beatles’ Revolution No. 9 is OK in our books. Cowley and his bandmates are restless seekers who seem not to care about being labelled. The classic jazz-trio instrumental lineup might fool you, but the pop-savvy, shifting soundscapes of last year’s Spacebound Apes showed a playful, sometimes hushed beauty that defied expectation.