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“Clay Ross demonstrated that not all Americans who have the will to be Brazilian are boring… His sound mixes the old west and the sertão in a stylized way, but it’s all so much fun that it doesn’t sound artificial.”
-Recife Rock (Rec Beat Festival in Recife, Brazil)
South Carolina native Clay Ross has become an in-demand guitarist on the NYC jazz, world, and roots music scenes. In the last four years, Ross has submerged himself in Brazilian music as a Member of Cyro Baptista's world renowned percussion ensemble "Beat the Donkey." He has completed four international tours as a U.S. Jazz Ambassador and currently performs at Bluegrass Festivals across North America with rising folk star April Verch. On his new album, Ross combines the influences of his diverse musical background to create an organic and animated style all his own. Matuto is Brazilian slang for "country bumpkin." By mixing Brazilian Percussion with American Bluegrass, Ross realizes the imagined sound of a Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains.
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Rob Curto brings passion, energy and musicality to the accordion, shedding new light on the instrument's many timbral and rhythmic possibilities. The Los Angeles Times writes that, "Curto's originals combine traditional authenticity with persuasive dashes of jazz." An early devotee of North American swing music, bebop piano, funk, rock, and blues, Curto combines these influences with his mastery of their South American counterparts forro, chorinho, samba, maracatu, frevo and the many other styles that belong to the Brazilian accordion tradition. The result is completely original, authentic, and stimulating to fans of all kinds, and has earned the accordion many a convert, who profess to having discovered a love for the instrument at one of his shows.
Clay Ross - Guitar and Voice, Rob Curto - Accordion, Rob Hecht - Fiddle, Itai Kriss - Flute, Edward Perez - Bass, Richie Barshay - Drums, Tim Keiper - Drums, Ze Mauricio - Percussion, Scott Kettner - Percussion
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