Bossa Nova Night: Mario Bakuna & Duncan Eagles - Live in London

Bossa Nova Night: Mario Bakuna and Duncan Eagles

Join us for a mesmerising Bossa Nova concert featuring the acclaimed Brazilian guitarist and singer, Mario Bakuna and renowned saxophonist Duncan Eagles. Embark on an unforgettable musical journey and experience the magic of Bossa Nova as Mario and Duncan serenade you with smooth rhythms, lush harmonies, and enchanting melodies. Join us for an evening of pure musical bliss as we celebrate Brazil's vibrant musical heritage and the charming sounds of Bossa Nova. 

Line up:
Mario Bakuna on acoustic guitar and vocal
Duncan Eagles on saxophone

Mario Bakuna is a London-based Brazilian composer, singer and guitar player, with twenty years of professional experience. His study focuses on Afro-Brazilian music, Samba, Jazz and Bossa Nova. Over the past few years, Mario Bakuna has emerged as a leading figure and a reference in the Brazilian Jazz Music scene in the UK. Bakuna has extensively performed in Europe and beyond at distinguished venues and festivals alongside artists such as Jean Toussaint, Liam Noble, Ricardo dos Santos, Edmundo Carneiro, Cacau Queiroz, Alain Jean Marie, Dudu Penz, and Filó Machado. The concerts of his two albums 'Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia' and 'Brazilian Landscapes' toured 18 European countries, Canada, Brazil, Madagascar, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, with great acclaim. 

“Mario Bakuna, a sparkling guitarist, plays with palpable feeling – his virtuosic fluency on the fretboard is controlled and flourishes are perfectly placed. His voice has a texture like heavy cloth” – Songlines

“Mario Bakuna, a man who exudes music. (…) ‘vocals’ doesn’t begin to do him justice: his expressive range and the precision with which he was able to deploy it was truly the band’s fifth instrument.  (…) And he did this while playing guitar with precision and finesse. (…) his solos were a further source of amazement, his technique somewhere between finger-picking style and classical. His solo introduction to a Baden Powell number made a hash of any attempt at a definition.” - The Whitman Review, Wakefield Jazz

Described by BBC Radio as a “rising star of British Jazz” saxophonist Duncan Eagles is a virtuosic improviser with a distinctive sound. Based in London, he performs regularly at venues and festivals all over the world, and recently opened for Joshua Redman at the Barbican Concert Hall. Duncan is also known for his work with critically acclaimed band, Partikel, which was nominated for “Best Jazz Ensemble” at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Describing his approach as “cinematic and expressive”, Duncan cites influences from funk and blues to avant garde on his brand of jazz. 

"Saxophonist Duncan Eagles holds the stage with his attractively dry tone, sharpness, and the urgent ferocity of his tenor improvising" - The Guardian

"In Duncan Eagles we have a young tenor/soprano saxist...who has listened and absorbed the past. His tone on tenor brings to mind Stan Getz, it's simply sublime, yet his ideas are very much entrenched in the jazz of today and tomorrow." - BeBop Spoken Here