Jazz Articles about Fabio Torres

About Fabio Torres

Album Review

Luciana Souza è la massima voce della musica brasiliana più legata al jazz, come testimoniano i molti riconoscimenti, le prestigiose collaborazioni (Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Danilo Perez, Guillermo Klein, Vince Mendoza ecc...) e la decina di dischi a suo nome (tra cui l'intima dedica a Chet Baker in The Book Of Chet). Anche se ha vissuto quarant'anni prevalentemente negli Stati Uniti il suo legame con i musicisti brasiliani non s'è mai interrotto ed ora debutta con il Trio Corrente di ...

Album Review

Luciana Souza: Cometa

Read "Cometa" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
August 18, 2023

Luciana Souza and Trio Corrente inhabit the deep intersections of Brazilian and jazz practices, a realm Souza's double-take Yemanjá-Lady Liberty garb suggests lies somewhere in the Atlantic (see the album cover). They share rarified air as Grammy winners, as composers and as performers. It seems inevitable that they would eventually collaborate. A fan of Trio Corrente since its inception (2001), Souza met drummer Edu Ribeiro on a teaching gig, then reconnected with him and pianist Fabio Torres on a record ...

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Fábio Torres: The Making of Modern Brazilian Jazz

by Samuel Quinto FRSA
September 30, 2016

When such a vast style as Latin Jazz is explored by musicians of various nationalities, when rhythmic elements are combined, when a portion of good taste and brilliance is added to this mixture, the result could not be different: The Making of Modern Brazilian Jazz. Fabio Torres is a great example of all this. With Trio Corrente he has sought nothing less than excellence in composition and interpretation. A result that led him to win the Grammy Award ...