07:00 PM–09:00 PM on Saturday, July 03, 2010

Calling all blankets, picnic baskets, and candles! The Riverside Clay Tennis Association is once again hosting its series of sunset concerts on the tennis lawn. The Series, sponsored by the specialty foods marketplace Garden of Eden and the omega-3 sports supplement Recoup90, celebrates our fabulous park and represents the rich cultural diversity of the Upper West Side. Bring your picnic basket and blanket and join us. Stick around afterward and watch the fireflies rise up out of the lawn and the stars speckle the sky.

Tonight’s performance is by the pulsating rhythms of Pe De Boi – the power samba band, that have electrified the New York club scene since 1980. Born of the rich Brazilian musical tradition, and inflected with elements of American jazz, rock and salsa, the songs on this album feature as many as 10 different percussionists. Band founder and leader, Guilherme Franco – a native of Brazil, a veteran of the McCoy Tyner group, and one of the leading jazz percussionists in the world – named his group for a Brazilian slang term whose literal translation is the “foot of an ox” but whose real meaning is a musician with a great sense of rhythm. Their unique sound, intricate rhythms and contagious high spirits have been turning on audiences and making people move and groove from the very first beat of the music.

For more information about the artist: www.pedeboi.com

Sponsored by the Nautica New York City Triathlon