Jazz Articles about Eduardo Neves

About Eduardo Neves

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Stephen Guerra: Um Violão na Cidade Maravilhosa

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by Katchie Cartwright
July 19, 2026

Buffalo-based guitarist-songwriter and professor Stephen Guerra's notation has developed a slight Brazilian accent. You notice it in small things like a major chord symbol with a capital “M." Who is reading these charts? Musicians in several choro communities around the globe, as it turns out. Take “Um Negocinho pro Tito," (track 9). Guerra first released it on his self-produced 2025 album No Balanço do Choro-Samba, which featured Rogério Souza on 7-string guitar, Eduardo Neves on flute and Thiago ...

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Neves e Silva: Ladeiras de Santa Teresa

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by Katchie Cartwright
July 6, 2026

Ladeiras de Santa Teresa opens with a big polymetric beat and powerful brass and percussion up front. You might flash on the Afro-Bahian sound of Letieres Leite's Orkestra Rumpilezz. The groove shifts suddenly, releasing into a jazz feel; Brazilian jazz that is, not swing or bebop, though Charlie Parker's “Star Eyes" with intro serves as a rough analog (Verve, 1951). Luiz Otavio takes a ride on piano, followed by Eduardo Neves on tenor saxophone, then back to the head with ...

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Gaia Wilmer, Jaques Morelenbaum: Trem Das Cores

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by Angelo Leonardi
March 4, 2025

Il violoncellista Jaques Morelenbaum e la sassofonista Gaia Wilmer celebrano l'opera di Caetano Veloso privilegiando nove sue composizioni, eseguite quasi esclusivamente in forma strumentale, con arrangiamenti di entrambi. Solo in due temi famosi, “Trem Das Cores" e “Um Dia," c'è l'interpretazione vocale di Monica Salmaso, una delle cantanti brasiliane più in vista degli ultimi vent'anni. Morelenbaum e la Wilmer sono anche autori degli arrangiamenti, che hanno un peso rilevante nella riuscita del progetto, privilegiando l'adesione ai profili tematici ...

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Stephen Guerra: No Balanço do Choro-Samba

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by Katchie Cartwright
January 17, 2025

Guitarist Stephen Guerra was finishing up his undergraduate degree in engineering when he became enchanted with Brazilian music. It was the guitar and song magic of Baden Powell with its mysterious metric ambiguity. Upon graduating, he took a job in personal wealth management, teaching himself to play guitar and read music on the side. After a couple of years in finance, he went for a second undergraduate degree--this time in music--and kept going toward a PhD, never looking back. He ...