Triste - Lee teaches a course called Groove Writing, in addition to Vocal Writing class, at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music. In the course, he spends a lot of time talking about various Brazilian grooves. This version of “Triste,” the Jobim standard, provides two of the Brazilian grooves that he teaches – Samba and Baião. A perfect combination of his passion in vocal writing and Brazilian music. SATB a cappella with optional body percussion or Brazilian percussion instruments.

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TSUNENORI ''LEE''ABE is the founder, arranger/composer, producer, performer and leader of the Boston-based vocal quartet, Syncopation, which has been performing at numerous jazz festivals and clubs in the U.S. and Japan. Lee is also active as a solo jazz vocalist/singer-songwriter and frequently visits his homeland to give clinics and workshops. As a graduate of the Berklee College of Music with a dipolma in Jazz Composition, he has worked with jazz luminaries including Grammy recipient Phil Wilson, Luciana Souza, Tiger Okoshi, Carlos Kanno and Richard Evans.