Welcome

Welcome to TribOz-Rio. TribOz is the first performance address in Lapa (Rio’s traditional bohemian district) dedicated to jazz and bossa-nova. Our aim is to provide you with the latest in contemporary music and art.

In the short time since its inauguration (2008), TribOz has already established itself as a major reference for national and international level jazz presentations and has featured artists such as Jean Pierre Zanella (saxophones - Montreal, Canada), Jeff Gardner (piano - USA), Cliff Korman (piano - USA), Peter Rosendal (piano - Denmark), Jeff Kunkel (piano - USA), Michael Carney (vibes, steel drums – USA), guitarist/vocalist and dedicated 'Brazilianist', Hans Limburg (Germany), Cristina Renzetti (group Jacaré – Italy), Matt Keagan (tenor saxophone - Australia), The View From Madeline’s Couch (Australia) and from Brazil, João Carlos Assis Brazil (piano), Alberto Farah (piano), Tomás Improta (piano), Marvio Ciribelli (piano), Paulo Mattar (piano), Carlos Bala (drums) Sergio Brandão (bass), Eduardo Neves (saxophones), Dino Rangel (guitar), Marcos Ariel (piano) and Lillian Vieira (voice - Holland).

Brazilian and international musicians, singers, composers and artists such as the above meet at TribOz, official location of the Brazilian-Australian Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Brasil-Austrália).

TribOz is located in Lapa, the traditional bohemian district in the downtown centre of Rio de Janeiro. Experimentation in contemporary music, an infinite world of improvisation, new jazz and bossa are only a few of the musical forms we find at TribOz. This is an innovative proposal embodied in what we call 'Novas Expressões Brasileiras' - 'New Brazilian Multi-Art Expressions'. This space is thus dedicated to the development and presentation not only of music, but also of innovative art manifestations from a broad range of disciplines as seen in the paintings and ceramics of international 'carioca' artist, Denize Torbes (site), who enriches the TribOz cultural space with her highly alternative and provocative art, and paintings by Rod Ramáge. Ramage is an Australian-born artist with a national reputation for high quality and strikingly original contemporary art works. In 2008 he spent 3 months in Brazil’s Amazon completing his research and art works for his project, O projeto Amazônia - Dando uma Voz à Amazônia (for more information about Rod and the above project visit www.ramageart.com.au

Besides this new standard of innovative multi-art innovation, you will also find comfort and quality and service ‘with a smile’. TribOz has been ‘referred to by clients as ‘off-Lapa” for it’s unique Jazz and Bossa alternative to the samba and chorinho that have predominated in Lapa since the areas' return to prosperity as Rio’s officialy recognized urban 'cultural centre'. TribOz thus offers the feeling and warmth of a private club of friends and aquaintainces linked through an intense interest in good listening and artistic provocation. At the same time, TribOz provides an escape from the often aggressive bustle and turmoil of main street Lapa. As one reporter for the Rio Newspaper O Globe suggested in an article about TribOz entitled ‘Where the Jazz Tribe Meet' (Rio Show, May 8, 2009), ‘TribOz gives the clients a sensation of being at a cool party in the house of a friend’.

Come and feel the airs and mystery of 'old' Rio while enjoying multi-art innovations. Experiment with this unique and provocative sensory combination not found anywhere else in Rio de Janeiro – Jazz, bossa and Brazilian multi-art expressions 'hot out of the oven' in a space that is intimate and friendly - a unique experience.