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Yamandu Costa - Hamilton de Holanda: Live!

Read "Live!" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Questa incisione live ben documenta il valore della nuova scena musicale brasiliana. Violao (chitarra a sette corde) e mandolino a 10 corde si intrecciano a meraviglia per una ricognizione lucida quanto efficace del vasto patrimonio musicale del Brasile. Giganteggiano le composizioni originali del duo, che godono di un palpitante respiro melodico ancorché esaltate da perfetti equilibri esecutivi e di dinamica. I riferimenti del duo vanno dal samba ad Ernesto Nazareth passando anche per Pixinguinha. L'incisione risale al 2008 e mette ...

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Yamandu Costa: Ida E Volta

Read "Ida E Volta" reviewed by Elliott Simon


Brazilian music boasts a variety of genres that combine African rhythms with Brazilian and Portuguese instrumentation, harmony and melody. Choro is one such style, whose quick tempos, improvisation and complex structure demands virtuosity. The Brazilian nylon 7-string guitar, with its additional bass string, has become standard in Choro ensembles, enabling the intricately structured harmonics. Yamandu Costa is a young guitarist who astounds with his technique; with the multifaceted Ida e Volta (Coming and Going) he intertwines choro with jazz and ...


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