Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv do Brasil brings together American composer/trombonist, Ryan Keberle, with three of the leading voices from the Sao Paulo Brazilian jazz scene. After falling in love with Brazil and its beautifully sophisticated songwriting tradition through the music of Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, and  Edu Lobo, among others, Mr. Keberle traveled to Brazil in December 2017 to immerse himself in the Brazilian musical community. During his visit Mr. Keberle was invited to perform alongside the longstanding trio of Silver, Brisa and Vincent. The newly formed quartet performed numerous gigs in and around Sao Paulo immediately recognizing the chemistry amongst the collective’s musicians. This musical trust has translated to a music that transcends genres, cultures, traditions, and categories while highlighting the universal beauty of the afro-centric roots of both jazz and Brazilian music. The following summer the Collectiv do Brasil recorded their debut album, Sonhos da Esquina, in 2019 and their follow up release, Considerando, in 2022 both at the legendary Gargolandia Recording Studio in São Paulo, Brazil. The resulting albums feature original compositions that pay tribute to the inspirational music of Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta and Edu Lobo along with creative arrangements of Nascimento, Horta, and Lobo compositions. The project illustrates the universal language that connects all Afro-centric music traditions and its power to transcend language barriers and cultural differences.   Recently named the #1 Rising Star Trombonist in Downbeat's annual critics poll and hailed by the New York Times as "a young trombonist of vision and composure", few musicians have managed to navigate the richly varied avenues of New York City's abundant music scene with the same passion and adaptability as trombonist and composer Ryan Keberle. Since moving to New York City from Spokane in 1999, Keberle's diverse talents have earned him a place alongside a staggering array of legends, superstars, and up-and-coming innovators including David Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, Alicia Keys, Maria Schneider, and Sufjan Stevens.  Leading his pianoless quintet Catharsis, the all-star Big Band Living Legacy Project, or arranging for the little big band setting of his Double Quartet, Keberle draws upon lessons learned playing alongside masters of a multitude of forms, from jazz legends to indie rock ground-breakers, R&B superstars to classical virtuosos. He has toured with the acclaimed indie rock songwriter Sufjan Stevens and with the ground-breaking big bands of Maria Schneider and Darcy James Argue; he has accompanied soul hitmakers Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake as well as jazz legends Rufus Reid and Wynton Marsalis; he's been heard on movie soundtracks for filmmakers like Woody Allen and in the pit for the Tony-winning Broadway musical "In the Heights." Aside from his successful performance career, Keberle serves as a leading jazz educator in New York City and beyond. In 2001 Mr. Keberle was selected as the artistic director for New York City’s first youth jazz orchestra, Jazz Band Classic. The band made its premiere with Jimmy Heath in Aaron Davis Hall, and finished its season with an appearance by Slide Hampton in Carnegie Hall.  Since 2004 Ryan has directed the burgeoning jazz program at City University’s Hunter College.