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Harvey Wainapel

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“Wainapel proves that he is amongst the most imaginative, sensitive and creative saxophonists of the post-Coltrane era…” —The San Francisco Examiner “Wainapel displayed incredible intimacy with the language of Brazilian music and great stage presence…” —O Globo (Rio de Janeiro) Can a man serve two masters? If the cat in question is Bay Area reed expert Harvey Wainapel, and the disciplines are jazz and Brazilian music, the answer is a resounding yes. A supremely eloquent clarinetist and a saxophonist of unusual presence and power, Wainapel is a truly ambidextrous artist who has delved deeply into two vast and variegated traditions

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Thief In The Night

Label: Jazzapple Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Man From Nowhere; Only A Fool; Conchango; Let’s Be Frank; Midnite Ride In Blue; Moonlight; Be Mindful; The Vapid Genius; This Afternoon At Midnight; Thief In The Night

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Carlos Henrique Pereira: There And Here

Read "There And Here" reviewed by Anya Wassenberg


Multi-instrumentalist Carlos Henrique Pereira offers up an avant take on Brazilian jazz in There And Here. The tracks, all written by Pereira, were inspired by his native Brazil, and many, like “O Choro Do Bebê," directly reference traditional genres (a choro being a traditional song form). Contemporary jazz with an edge of dissonance and ...

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Berkeley Choro Ensemble: The View from Here

Read "The View from Here" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining of Afro-Brazilian dance and jazz rhythms with European salon and chamber music, choro was simultaneously a seminal ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

From Choro to Chaos

Read "From Choro to Chaos" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Berkeley Choro Ensemble The View from Here Self-Produced 2017 Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining ...

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Ian Faquini e Paula Santoro: Metal Na Madeira

Read "Metal Na Madeira" reviewed by Jim Trageser


For most of us in the United States, mentioning “Brazil" in a musical conversation connotes bossa nova or samba--which is a bit like describing all American music as blues or country. Expertise in the music of Brazil is the work of a lifetime; much as with the United States, each region has its own ...

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Amigos Brasileiros vol 2

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Released: 2014
Track listing: Manulengo; Boneca de Pano; Nilinho na Aldeia; Palavras de Menina; Trunfando; Nas Ruas de Perdizes; Árvore; Procurando Encrenca; Velho Realejo.

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Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros Vol 2

Read "Amigos Brasileiros Vol 2" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


The beautiful, gentle musical spirit of the late Thiago de Mello--a most influential composer, instrumentalist, arranger and producer from the Amazon (and leader of the Brazilian large ensemble Amazon)--floats like a friendly ghost throughout Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2. Harvey Wainapel boasts serious jazz chops, on clarinet and saxophone; and serious jazz credentials, including work ...

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News: Recording

Reed Master Harvey Wainapel's "Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2" Due For Sept. 2 Release

Reed Master Harvey Wainapel's "Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2" Due For Sept. 2 Release

Saxophonist and clarinetist Harvey Wainapel has been dividing his time between Berkeley and Brazil for nearly 15 years now, and in the course of his expansive Brazilian travels he’s forged deep musical friendships with an array of that country’s notable composers and instrumentalists. Many of them were showcased on Wainapel’s gorgeous 2007 travelogue Amigos Brasileiros, and ...

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Masha Campagne: Like Water, Like Air

Read "Like Water, Like Air" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Moscow-born/San Francisco-based vocalist Masha Campagne's highly anticipated Like Water, Like Air follows her exciting debut, Caminhos Cruzados--Crossroads (Self Produced, 2007), building on a strong foundation of gorgeous Brazilian music. A devotee of the genre, Campagne continues her longtime association with piano master Weber Iago--a guiding force of her first endeavor and co-producer of this date--in crafting ...


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