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Singer Mafalda Minnozzi, who already had a solid recording career in Italy, went to Rio for a date in the late 1990s, stayed for a year, then decided to make it her home. Like many musical immigrants to that great city, she went to feel the salt air, to drink in the natural beauty and learn more about the sounds that had captivated her spirit. In her words, she was looking for something “that was not only what is written ...

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Gaia Wilmer, Jaques Morelenbaum: Trem Das Cores

Read "Trem Das Cores" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

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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João Bosco: O Canto da Terra por um Fio

Read "O Canto da Terra por um Fio" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
December 23, 2023

Released just before the 2023 solstice (winter in the US, summer south of the Equator), João Bosco's stunning “O Canto da Terra por um Fio" (The Corner of the Earth by a Thread) adds a global call for godly and human intervention to the season's more traditional holiday fare. The piece is the first single of a project to be released in mid-2024. The lyric speaks of a great river that sees its life hanging by a thread, that feels ...

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Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Folia: The Music of Egberto Gismonti

Read "Folia: The Music of Egberto Gismonti" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
January 30, 2023

L'importanza di Egberto Gismonti come compositore di musica contemporanea ha da tempo travalicato i confini del Brasile, suo paese natale (ma lui è discendente da madre siciliana e padre libanese), dove si è imposto subito come uno degli autori più influenti. La sua musica è un riuscito amalgama di tradizione folkloristica, canzone popolare e classica contemporanea, fin qui proseguendo nella scia di Heitor Villa-Lobos, con in più un deciso allargamento verso il jazz. Da tempo il chitarrista/pianista non ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jaques Morelenbaum, Miriam Elhajli, Lucia Boffo, Ryan Keberle & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 15, 2022

A playlist featuring Brazilian—and Brazil inspired—Argentinean and Venezuelan artist, as well some compelling long-form explorations led by bassists Ben Allison and Stephan Crump.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jaques Morelenbaum Cellosam3atrio “CasaBrancaBrinCadeira" CasaBrancaBrinCadeira -Single (Selo Sesc) 0:16 Host talks 6:51 Ryan Keberle's Collectiv do Brasil “Cio da Terra" Sonhos da Esquina (Self-released) 8:33 Gabi Hartmann “Coracao Transparente" Always Seem to Get Things Wrong -EP (Komos) 14:04 Host talks 17:35 ...

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Dan Costa: Suite Três Rios

Read "Suite Três Rios" reviewed by Paul Naser

by Paul Naser
July 29, 2016

The rich musical history of Brazilian music parallels the development of jazz in the United States' in many ways. At the same time, the two informed and influenced each other as they matured. Brazilian legends like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dori Caymmi are remembered for their influence on the development of Bossa Nova, and Jobim, like few composers of popular music in the 20th century, continues to be revered for his many contributions and innovations. All this history ...