Jazz Articles about Sonzeira

Sonzeira: Brasil Bam Bam Bam

by Phil Barnes
July 10, 2014

While roots linked to a sense of place are important, for music lovers the tunes that we first fell in love with, that formed our early tastes, can be just as potent. The late Laura Nyro called this “primal teenage heartbeat songs" and this superlative collection is Gilles Peterson's way of paying tribute to the Brazilian influence on his lifelong love affair with music. You can join the dots to the young Mr.Peterson, immersed in the music of ...