Camila Meza & The Nectar Orchestra (Live) | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
Some musicians don’t have to expend much effort to achieve radiance. Camila Meza is one of these — a singer-songwriter and improvising guitarist originally from Santiago, Chile, and now a luminous fixture on the scene in New York. Ámbar, her major-label debut, just out on Masterworks, captures the deep synthesis in her music, with a chamber-jazz cohort she calls the Nectar Orchestra.
For this Jazz Night in America concert video, Meza convened the Nectar Orchestra in a Brooklyn loft for a small audience of friends. The intimacy of the setting perfectly suits her jewel-like vocal tone, as well as the breathing string arrangements by bassist Noam Weisenberg.
Bookended by originals “Kallfu,“ written in tribute to the indigenous Mapuche people of Southern Chile, and “Ámbar,“ a song of healing, the concert also features versions of two touchstone Brazilian songs, “Milagre Dos Peixes“ (Fernando Brant/Milton Nascimento) and “Olha Maria“ (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Chico Buarque/Vinícius de Moraes).
Meza also expresses earnest sociopolitical ideals in a song with English lyrics: “This Is Not America.“ David Bowie recorded it with the Pat Metheny Group in 1985, the year Meza was born. She not only rises to the song’s challenge; she makes its anguish feel as if it emanates from her core. Not to mention the hyper-articulate guitar solo she fashions — just one of several reasons her performance feels aglow. --NATE CHINEN
This concert was recorded on March 26th, 2019 at a private loft in Brooklyn, N.Y.
SET LIST
0:10 - “Kallfu“
6:01 - “All Your Colors“
12:23 - “Milagres Dos Peixes“
18:41 - “Olha Maria“
24:24 - “This Is Not America“
30:01 - “Ámbar“
MUSICIANS
Camila Meza (guitar, voice)
Eden Ladin (keyboard, piano)
Noam Weisenberg (bass)
Keita Ogawa (drums, percussion)
Ludovica Burtone (violin)
Tomoko Omura (violin)
Leonor Falcon (viola)
Brian Sanders (cello)
*Additional Credits:
Director of Photography: Nickolai Hammar
Audio Mixing Engineer: Dave Darlington
—————————————————————
FOLLOW US!
Facebook:
Twitter:
Instagram:
1 view
65
14
4 months ago 00:02:51 1
Peire Aussane, Pt. 2 (feat. Camila Meza)
4 months ago 00:35:24 1
Camila Meza & The Nectar Orchestra (Live) | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
1 year ago 01:10:56 2
11 GUITARISTS SOLO OVER A JAZZ BLUES!
1 year ago 00:09:13 2
Camila Meza ’Amazon Farewell’ Live @ Jazz Standard
1 year ago 00:03:55 1
Camila Meza “Little Person“ Live (Traces, 2016)
1 year ago 00:01:27 1
My Dance with Peire - Ziv Ravitz - No man is an island
2 years ago 00:04:29 2
Antonella Sigala - Si tan Sólo (Video Oficial)
3 years ago 00:04:50 4
Kubes
4 years ago 00:04:39 3
Camila Meza · The Nectar Orchestra - Atardecer
4 years ago 00:05:00 2
TE DEJO IR URBANDE | DESDE CASA
5 years ago 01:13:25 1
Guitarists Roundtable (A Jazz Congress 2020 Session)
5 years ago 00:08:06 30
“Where We Stand“ - Adi Meyerson Quintet
5 years ago 00:04:50 2
Camila Meza - Kallfu (Official Video)
6 years ago 00:08:57 23
NEA Jazz Masters Pat Metheny Medley
6 years ago 00:07:42 1
Camila Meza “Traces“ Live
6 years ago 00:02:05 1
BIRDS OF PASSAGE (2018) | Official US Trailer HD
6 years ago 00:05:04 1
Shai Maestro & Camila Meza rehearsing Olha Maria (Jobim)
8 years ago 00:45:37 1
Camila Meza - Skylark (Full Album)
8 years ago 00:06:35 124
Camila Meza “Mangata“ @ Jazz Standard, NYC
9 years ago 00:19:19 13
Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
11 years ago 00:04:35 15
Jazz Divas V1;E4 : “Someday“ Laura Brunner feat. Camila Meza