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Another Memorable Tribute — Every year and any year is a good time to celebrate the legacy and music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. This new release by Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, Por Causa de Você (Because of You), comes loaded with memorable music … Continued
An Ageless Tribute To celebrate the 80th birthday of music wizard Hermeto Pascoal, pianists Jovino Santos Neto and André Mehmari placed themselves in Mehmari’s brand new studio to record some amazing music. Jovino Santos Neto (1954, Rio de Janeiro) is … Continued
Intimately Refreshing Continuing its Piano Masters Series, Adventure Music has now released the fourth installment in the series. This time, the Fazioli piano is played by none other than Jovino Santos Neto. Readers of MB have seen a few … Continued
A Surefire Recipe How does three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto follow up his 2010 superlative release Veja o Som – See the Sound? Here is a surefire recipe. Write all new original compositions and make sure they … Continued
Astounding Musicianship! A superlative release simply in the mere fact of these twenty duets, Veja o Som – See the Sound is Jovino Santos Neto’s best album to date. After his 2009 Latin Grammy nominated album Live at … Continued
Irresistibly Intoxicating Besides arrangements and performers, certain musical genres are so irresistible that no matter what mood you’re in, upon listening to that type of music you feel an uncontrollable urge to get more involved with it. Alma do … Continued
New Wiz Strikes Again With each new album Jovino Santos Neto releases, he continues his amazing trajectory to solidify his position as a first-rate Brazilian instrumentalist, and at the same time he stays close to his roots as … Continued
A New Label and Its Debut Releases Not since Malandro Records released its first album in 1996 have I seen such a promising new label in the U.S. dedicating its efforts to Brazilian music. Adventure Music is the new kid … Continued
Frevo Fever! The time has finally come for world listeners to enjoy one of the most venerable and electrifying musical genres in Brazil. Still very much alive in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, Frevo is synonymous with Carnaval in the … Continued
Ten Shining Years It is hard to imagine how fast time has flown. I was totally off guard when I realized that Adventure Music is celebrating ten years of great music. Some record labels make a name by focusing on one particular genre. … Continued
Catchy Quality Blame it on the summer heat, but I cannot stay away from cool sounds in Brazilian music. Recently I wrote about the innovative music of Jovino Santos Neto, the passionate jazz of Brazilian Trio and and the … Continued
The Art of a Master Although Benjamim Taubkin has only released a couple of solo albums, his name is a constant presence in some of the finest Brazilian releases and performances. He has toured with Mônica Salmaso and … Continued
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