BELLOWS FALLS — The Mili Bermejo Quartet is coming to Stone Church Arts on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m.
The Latin jazz quartet features world-class musicians: vocalist Mili Bermejo, double bassist Dan Greenspan, pianist Jiri Nedoma, and drummer Bertram Lehmann.
The doors open at 7.
For more than three decades, Boston-based vocalist/composer Mili Bermejo has transcended the borders of cultures and musical genres.
She's performed in the United States since 1980, and in that time the critics have called her “the Latin equivalent of Abbey Lincoln … a singer/composer who challenges us with her musical honesty“ (Cadence); described her inclusive sound as “part poetry-folk, part Sarah Vaughn sophistication” (Boston Magazine); and located her sound “where jazz meets Latin with elegance and soul” (The Boston Globe).
She moved to Boston to study jazz at Berklee College of Music in 1980 and accepted a faculty position following her graduation in 1984. She was the first woman to receive the prestigious Achievement in Jazz Award from New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA). She also is a former jazz ambassador for the United States Information Service.