Mei Semones takes Getz/Gilberto uptown

Mei Semones gets a free Central Park bossa night.

On September 2, the Brooklyn-based Japanese American musician appears on the Verve 70th SummerStage bill, with Mei Semones & Friends playing the music of Getz/Gilberto at Rumsey Playfield. 1

Semones describes herself as a Brooklyn artist making jazz-influenced indie J-pop, originally from Ann Arbor and Japanese American; that keeps this one squarely in the feed’s Asian American indie lane. 2

Free admission, no cover: save it as the late-summer Central Park jazz-pop crossover to watch. 3