Jazz Articles about Trio Da Paz

Trio Da Paz: 30

by Howard Mandel
March 27, 2023

Only very special collaborations last 30 years, and rarely do they become more exciting and together over the decades. Trio da Paz, however, is one such long-lasting and still lightning band. The team of drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, guitarist Romero Lubambo and bassist Nilson Matta, all Brasilian jazzmen of New York City, is just as dashing today as when the three first met in 1985. So 30 , their seventh album, wastes no time glancing back. Rather, Trio ...

Trio Da Paz: 30

by Dan Bilawsky
January 14, 2016

Time really does fly when you're having fun. Just ask Trio da Paz. Guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca are celebrating three decades of togetherness with the aptly-titled 30. It's a collection of music that, like the best of their work, finds them merging the sounds of Brazil with the attitude of The Big Apple, creating Brazilian jazz that finds the perfect balance between the two poles in that genre's name. Past ...

Trio da Paz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

by Nick Catalano
September 13, 2013

Trio da PazDizzy's Club Coca-Colajny: New York City, NYAugust 27, 2013There can be no doubt that Trio da Paz is the hottest jazz group working in Gotham these days. In the last week of August the band was booked for an extended two-week engagement, once again featuring “friends" Harry Allen, Joe Locke and Maucha Adnet. This is the umpteenth time in the past couple of years that the group has performed at ...

Trio Da Paz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

by Nick Catalano
September 9, 2012

Very often writers ignore popular jazz artists and groups on the theory that they have sufficient exposure and don't need further praise. As a result, some of the subtler, finer points of the aesthetics go unnoticed. In addition, popularity and high success can be a curse, bestowing certain problems lesser performers don't have. In recent months, Trio Da Paz, performing the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, has had an unprecedented run of sold out performances at Dizzy's. ...

Trio da Paz and Guests: New York, NY, August 18, 2011

by Ernest Barteldes
August 28, 2011

Trio da Paz with guests Joe Locke, Maucha Adnet, Harry AllenThe Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan GetzDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYAugust 18, 2011 During its two-week residence at Manhattan's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Trio da Paz (Romero Lubambo on guitar, Duduka Da Fonseca, drums, and Nilson Matta, upright bass) played a mix of tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz, some original material and other bossa nova-era classics. Augmented by vibraphonist ...

Trio Da Paz: Somewhere

by Ollie Bivens
November 28, 2005

Brazil is a rich amalgam of Portuguese, African, and Indian cultures. And because of that, its musicians have always had the ability to take the music of other cultures, put it in a Brazilian mixer and produce something unique and satisfying to the taste, while still remaining Brazilian.

Three Brazilian-born musicians comprise Trio Da Paz, one of the best Brazilian jazz groups in the world: Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, and Duduka Da Fonseca. Somewhere, on the Blue Toucan label--which specializes ...

Trio da Paz: Somewhere

by Jim Santella
October 22, 2005

Don't think that a trio consisting of acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, and drums with a name that translates to “Trio of Peace" is going to give you a mindless smooth jazz performance without any substance of note. No, Trio da Paz drives hard along jazz's mainstream, putting all their syncopated beats and spontaneous gestures into perspective with a Brazilian feel. Together, they create marvelous interpretations that gather momentum and come alive.

Familiar melodies such as Jobim's “Look to ...