
Grupo Fundo de Quintal at Black Cat (DC)
ร com muito orgulho que a produtora EducArte traz para Washington DC, capital dos Estados Unidos, o grupo Fundo de Quintal, a banda mais importante de samba de todos os tempos. Formado no Rio de Janeiro na dรฉcada de 1970, o grupo surgiu a partir das rodas de samba do bloco carnavalesco Cacique de Ramos, agremiaรงรฃo criada por Bira Presidente, Ubirany e Sereno em 1961. Fundo de Quintal tornou-se ao longo dos anos uma das maiores referรชncias do gรชnero, em especial no pagode, vertente a qual o grupo se tornou o seu grande paradigma.
Com 45 anos de sucesso na Mรบsica Popular Brasileira (MPB), nรฃo รฉ ร toa que ele รฉ reconhecidamente o grupo do gรชnero mais premiado e respeitado da histรณria. A vitalidade e a longevidade do Fundo de Quintal nรฃo tem segredo e a receita รฉ simples: generosidade musical. Ele รฉ, orgulhosamente, o berรงo de Jorge Aragรฃo, Sombrinha, Almir Guineto, Arlindo Cruz, Walter Sete Cordas, Cleber Augusto, Neoci, Mรกrio Sรฉrgio, Ronaldinho e Ubiranyโverdadeiros padrinhos das geraรงรตes de futuros sambistas. Todo sambista รฉ um pouco Fundo de Quintal.
O tempero desta receita รฉ a assinatura inconfundรญvel do grupo. Na primeira batidaย do tantรฃ, do repique de mรฃo e do pandeiro, todo mundo jรก sabe que vai ouvir samba da mais alta qualidade.
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Brazilian arts presenter EducArte welcomes Brazilโs most important samba band of all time: Grupo Fundo de Quintal (Backyard Group). Performing for the first time in the DC region, Fundo de Quintal is the most awarded and respected group in the history of samba pagode. They have defined the genre and created instruments that are now essential to the samba pagode, creating their signature sound that includes cavaco-banjo, tantรฃ, and repique de mรฃo.
Emerging from the samba community of the carnival bloco/ensemble Cacique de Ramos, the seminal Brazilian samba group formed in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s. After 45 years of success in Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), they not only represent the best in samba but have also crossed over to conquer the national Brazilian music scene.ย
Fundo de Quintal includes a whoโs who of the samba icons, having launched the careers of Jorge Aragรฃo, Sombrinha, Almir Guineto, Arlindo Cruz, Walter Sete Cordas, Cleber Augusto, Neoci, Mรกrio Sรฉrgio, Ronaldinho, and Ubiranyโall godfathers of generations of samba musicians. Every samba musician today has a bit of Fundo de Quintal in them.ย
Event details
- Date/time: Wednesday, March 19; doors open at 7:30 p.m.; estimated show duration is 1.5 hours but is subject to artist discretion
- Location:ย Black Cat, 1811 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
- Tickets: General admission (standing) – $40 in advance, $50 at the door; non-refundable, all sales are final
- Ages: All ages are welcome
- Parking/transportation: Reserve parking through SpotHero; closest Metro stop is the U Street/Cardozo/African-American Civil War Memorial station (green line)
Tickets are sold through the Black Cat website. Click here for information about ticketing and venue policies.


