Rafael “Ruffus” Silva

Billed as the Ruffus 4-tet, the group is led by Rafael "Ruffus" Silva, a pianist and saxophonist from Santos, Brazil, who won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and was much in demand around the Northeast afterward. The quartet's book ranges across jazz standards, bossa nova, Brazilian and Latin compositions, Songbook favorites, original pieces and jazz treatments of familiar popular songs. The Jazz Club of Sarasota schedules the group in its Jazz at Two season.