Brazilian carnival samba band
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Samba Samba 2000 is the world's most popular and exciting Brazilian carnival samba band. Created in 1992, our Brazilian samba band authentically recreates the splendor, pageantry and non-stop percussive excitement of the legendary Rio de Janiero and Bahia carnivals.
Samba Samba 2000 features engaging vocalists, an impressive horn section, and a world-class Brazilian carnival samba percussion section.
Our Brazilian samba band was created for high-end corporate events, performing arts series, music festivals, society galas, upscale weddings, and carnival theme parties.
Exciting, Authentic, Fun Brazilian Carnival Samba Repertoire
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Impeccably rehearsed and flawless in its execution, Samba Samba 2000 features an unmatched repertoire of 1000+ fully-arranged Brazilian carnival samba hit songs.
Samba Samba 2000 performs the entire range of authentic Brazilian carnival music styles and percussive rhythms including samba, afoxé, bossa nova, forro, baião, frevo, MPB, pagode, samba-reggae, ijexá, chorinho, lambada, samba-canção, maracatu, samba-enredo, xaxado, etc.
Samba Samba 2000 is the only band in the world which faithfully performs the entire spectrum of authentic Brazilian carnival samba dance music. Its impressive repertoire includes the unforgettable melodies of Cartola, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carlos Cachaça, Cesaria Evora, Edu Lobo, Milton Nascimento, Carlos Lyra, Ary Barroso, Sergio Mendes, Alaída Costa, Ze Ketti, Carmen Miranda, Elis Regina, Airto Moreira, Cyro Baptista, Ana Carolina, Daniela Mercury, Bola Sete, Vania Bastos, Carol Saboya, Cassiano, Eliane Elias, Dom Um Romão, Eumir Deodato, Astrud Gilberto ("The Girl from Ipanema"), Geraldo Theodoro Pereira, Clementina de Jesus, Vinicius de Moraes, Moacir Santos, Roberto Menescal, Flora Purim, Ronaldo Bôscoli, Caetano Veloso, Jamelão, João Gilberto, Elba Ramalho, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Maria Bethania, Gilberto Gil, Fafa de Belem, Roberto Baden-Powell de Aquino, Nana Caymmi, Jorge Ben, Gal Costa, João Bosco, Nara Leão, Raul de Souza, Carlinhos Brown, Joyce, Luis Bonfa, Clara Nunes, Dorival Caymmi, Simone, Toquinho, Marisa Monte, Tom Zé, Bebel Gilberto, Martinho da Vila, Margareth Menezes, Djavan, Elza Soares, Luiz Gonzaga, Ivan Lins, Olodum, et al.
The World's Finest Brazilian Carnival Samba Musicians
Samba Samba 2000 features the finest, full-time, professional Brazilian carnival samba musicians - no amateurs, "weekend warriors", "bar lizards" or "Top 40 wedding band drones". The musicians in Samba Samba 2000 perform with the world's most important headliner artists.
For example, our New York samba band musicians regularly perform with Paul Simon and Milton Nascimento; our Chicago samba band musicians work with Ramsey Lewis and Astrud Gilberto; our Los Angeles samba band musicians perform with Wynton Marsalis and Sergio Mendes; our San Francisco samba band musicians work with Earth, Wind & Fire and Carlos Santana; our Philadelphia samba band musicians perform with Prince and Flora Purim; our Boston samba band musicians work with George Duke and João Bosco; our Washington DC samba band musicians perform with the Brecker Brothers and Ronaldo Bôscoli; our Las Vegas samba band musicians work with Cirque du Soleil; our Dallas samba band musicians perform with Arturo Sandoval; our Houston samba band musicians work with Al Jarreau; our Miami samba band musicians perform with Gloria Estefan; our Orlando samba band musicians work with Bebel Gilberto; our Toronto samba band musicians perform with Roberto Menescal; our Montreal samba band musicians work with Airto; our London samba band musicians perform with Maria Bethania; our Brussels samba band musicians work with Toots Thielemans; our Paris samba band musicians perform with Sade; our Nice samba band musicians work with Gilberto Gil; our Madrid samba band musicians perform with Julio Iglesias; our Barcelona samba band musicians work with Dorival Caymi; our Lisbon samba band musicians perform with Cesaria Evora; our Milan samba band musicians work with Margareth Menezes; our Rome samba band musicians perform with Eros Ramazzotti; our Berlin samba band musicians work with Joe Henderson; our Tokyo samba band musicians perform with Carlinhos Brown; our Sydney samba band musicians work with Herbie Hancock; our Cape Town samba band musicians perform with Hugh Masakela; and our Rio de Janeiro samba band musicians work with Djavan.
Impeccable References
Samba Samba 2000 performs at prestigious music festivals and for important corporate, association, government, society and upscale bridal events throughout Asia, Europe, the USA, Canada, South America, the Caribbean and Africa.
Samba Samba 2000 performed at the '96, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; the '94 and 2006 World Cups; and at SuperBowls '97, '98, '99, 2003 and 2005.
Our acclaimed Brazilian carnival samba band has entertained important international dignitaries including Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe; Lisbon Mayor Carmona Rodriguez and Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni; sports icons Michael Jordan, the Williams sisters, John McEnroe, Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong; and US political dignitaries including Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and Dallas Mayor Laura Miller.
Although ostensibly not a "wedding" band, nevertheless, Samba Samba 2000 is the choice of many discriminating and sophisticated wedding couples worldwide.
View list of our most important clients.
28 Worldwide Locally-Based Versions
In the tradition of multiple versions of hit Broadway shows (e.g., Cirque du Soleil and Lion King), there are now 28 identical versions of Samba Samba 2000 in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Toronto, Montreal, London, Brussels, Paris, Nice, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan, Rome, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro.
All 28 versions of Samba Samba 2000 are impeccably rehearsed; and the musicians in the respective bands perform exactly the same repertoire of proprietary music arrangements. Consequently, it is virtually impossible to distinguish one excellent band from another.
Authentic Brazilian Carnival Samba Band Instrumentation
The personnel for the standard 15-piece version of Samba Samba 2000 includes:
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male lead vocalist |
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2 female lead vocalists |
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electric guitar and acoustic Brazilian nylon-string guitar |
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electric bass and acoustic upright wooden jazz bass |
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electric keyboards |
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trap drums |
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3 afro-Brazilian percussionists (berimbau, cuica, repinique, surdo, etc.) |
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lead "screech" trumpet and flugelhorn |
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second trumpet and flugelhorn |
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trombone |
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tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and flute |
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alto, bari and tenor saxophones, and flute |
Optional: Authentic Brazilian Carnival Samba Dancers
We produce an exquisite costumed professional interactive Brazilian carnival samba dance troupe, Las Amazonas.
Our Brazilian samba dancers are available for "Meet and Greet" during your cocktail reception; for informal dance instruction during the evening; and for choreographed performances with the orchestra.
Bacchus owns a world-class collection of original couture carnival costumes from Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, the Canary Islands, Ivory Coast and Cameroon, currently valued at US$425,000.
