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Jovino Santos Neto: Piano Masters Series, Volume 4

Read "Piano Masters Series, Volume 4" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 10, 2013

Adventure Music's Piano Masters series is all about balancing consistency and individuality. The consistency connects to the instrument(s) on hand--high-end Fazioli pianos--and the quality of the recordings. The individuality, obviously, comes with the artist whose hands grace the piano. So far, the work of Benjamin Taubkin, Philippe Baden Powell, and Weber Iago has come to light through separate volumes in this noteworthy series; now, it's Jovino Santos Neto's turn to find himself behind a Fazioli.Neto, who is best ...

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Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto: Current

Read "Current" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 14, 2012

L'idea era quella di fondere i ritmi della tradizione brasiliana con la fusion degli anni'80. Un'idea non certo brillantissima e a conti fatti abbastanza retrò, che però potrà soddisfare i nostalgici del genere. Neto suona pianoforte, Fender Rhodes e flauto con grande perizia su una risaputa onda ritmica che caratterizza un progetto non certo all'altezza delle capacità progettuali e musicali del leader. Current è un disco che si inserisce nel solco di una tradizione gloriosa che vanta dagli Azimuth a ...

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Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto: Current

Read "Current" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 22, 2011

Three-time Latin Grammy-nominee Jovino Santos Neto's Current features all new originals covering a range of Brazilian styles from contemporary and choro to baiao, samba and others. Santos Neto has toured the world, performing with mentor Hermeto Pascoal, Bill Frisell, and Paquito D'Rivera, among others, and his long discography has established him as one of today's top Brazilian jazz pianists/composers. Yet this album was penned exclusively for his Seattle-based Quinteto, the group he formed in 1993 after relocating from his native ...

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Jovino Santos Neto: Veja o som

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 31, 2011

Veja o som è un disco che merita di essere segnalato all'attenzione dei nostri lettori, grazie ad un musicista estremamente creativo, che proietta il proprio background musicale (il Brasile) in una nuova dimensione interpretativa, timbrica e perfino poetica. Proprio come il jazz, la musica del pianista Jovino Neto incorpora altri registri espressivi ma sa anche lasciarsi irretire e trasfigurare per assumere forme diverse da quelle originari. È un ammaliante allargamento di orizzonti, che tende a rivestire di luce nuova l'approccio ...

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Jovino Santos Neto & Weber Iago: Live at Caramoor

Read "Live at Caramoor" reviewed by Martin Gladu

by Martin Gladu
December 18, 2008

This music pushes. As if moved by an influx of charged energy, it pushes further and further. Where to? Hard to say. Further. Away.Like those ancient tales of Attila rampaging through the Steps of Asia and burning every strand of grass behind him, Carioca pianists Jovino Santos Neto and Weber Iago jump out of the gates steering wild horses, consumed by an uncontrollable fire that ignites a rushed, almost frantic crusade. What has gotten into them? What fuels ...

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Jovino Santos Neto: Alma do Nordeste (Soul of the Northeast)

Read "Alma do Nordeste (Soul of the Northeast)" reviewed by Chip Boaz

by Chip Boaz
April 16, 2008

Great composers take their listeners past the simple execution of traditional form; instead they vividly describe their subject matter. Musical building blocks like tempo, texture, and dynamics shape mood and guide the listener's feelings. Cultural instruments reference specific countries. Creative interpretation adds perspective and displays the subject through the composer's eyes. Personal expression invites creative interpretations of the musician's opinions. Jovino Santos Neto brings all these pieces together into a striking set of compositions that describe the Northeastern region of ...

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Jovino Santos Neto: Alma Do Nordeste

Read "Alma Do Nordeste" reviewed by Martin Gladu

by Martin Gladu
March 26, 2008

Luxurious, green rolling hills probably spring to mind when thinking of Brazil's northeastern region. As rich in culture and traditions as it is in chlorophyll, the areas of Pernambuco, Paraiba, Sergipe, and particularly the small coastal state of Alagoas have all produced many renowned artists. One of those--multi-instrumentalist/composer Hermeto Pascoal, a fascinatingly unique, iconoclast musician--was pianist Jovino Santos Neto's employer from 1977 to 1992. In Alma Do Nordeste, Santos Neto offers a diversified program, one that includes ...