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Live Leo Gandelman is besides a composer, arranger and producer, one of Brazil’s most popular and sought after saxophonists. At 47 he releases his first live album, after a few relatively high selling studio albums. Although he certainly is … Continued
A Brazilian in the Land of the Rising Sun Born in the state of São Paulo, Vasco Debritto is a Brazilian artist now living in Tokyo, Japan, where he keeps a very busy schedule. Debritto started his musical career at … Continued
A Broader and Very Solid Repertoire Three years after having released her tribute to Tom Jobim, Josee Koning repeated the feat of recording yet another good album of Brazilian songs. With special participations by Ivan Lins and Dori … Continued
Um Chorão na Terra do Tio Sam A dedicação de Cliff Korman para a música brasileira continua com firmeza incansável. No ano 2000, ele foi destaque em um projeto com Andreas Vollenweider no dueto com Wagner Tiso e acompanhando … Continued
Um mergulho no Artesanato Minimalista de Érico Baymma “Não gosto de rótulos, pois faço a música mais sincera que me vem naquele momento da composição.” Nestes últimos três anos, a música brasileira tem sofrido muito com a falta de bons … Continued
A Superlative Album! Brazilian northeastern music has been a well-kept secret for many years. Sometimes ostracized, neglected or called music for maids and taxi drivers (that was actually used as a subtitle for a CD a few years back), … Continued
What If Pixinguinha Met Duke Ellington? In the same way that the names of João Gilberto and Tom Jobim made an indelible mark on Bossa Nova, or Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were two of the forces behind Tropicália, before … Continued
A Shade of Nostalgia Warner Music Brasil finally released this album (1980) on CD (2001), as part of their series Warner Arquivos. This band is great. Pepeu Gomes on guitar, Didi Gomes on bass and Jorginho Gomes on … Continued
Focusing on Music Kátia Bronstein (born in Rio) is creative on a wide scale of artistic activities: she’s an actress, dancer, singer and composer. Although I don’t know about her dancing and acting, I DO know I’m happy she … Continued
A Nice Debut Born in Rio de Janeiro and transplanted to Boston via the Berklee College of Music, Teresa Ines has been performing professionally since 1994. This live album showcases the many moods and styles in Ines’ voice. Like … Continued
Vocal Powerhouse When people talk about Brazilian music, there is a tendency to focus on artists in well-known areas, primarily Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Bahia. Of course, some outstanding values also exist away from those … Continued
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