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Tom Cohen: Embraceable Brazil

by Jack Bowers
Philadephia-based drummer and arranger Tom Cohen uses groups of various sizes from trio to octet recorded over a ten-year span to tailor an elegant musical love letter" to Brazil and its iconic dance music, the bossa nova, on Embraceable Brazil, an album whose charming melodies and vibrant rhythms represent the best that picturesque South American country has to offer. Of course, Antonio Carlos Jobim is here, as would be true on any survey of Brazilian music, with ...
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