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Ryan Keberle's Collectiv do Brasil: Sonhos Da Esquina

Read "Sonhos Da Esquina" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 1, 2022

Ryan Keberle's broad musical interests have led him to create some distinctly different ensembles. This top-tier trombonist and composer has grown and developed his own double quartet, laid out a wide-ranging vision across a handful of albums with the compact Catharsis, explored the flow of influences between jazz and classical music in Reverso and honored and extended the sound of large ensembles through the Big Band Living Legacy Project and All Ears Orchestra. Now, branching out in yet another direction, ...

Album Review

Ryan Keberle's Collectiv Do Brasil: Sonhos Da Esquina

Read "Sonhos Da Esquina" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 19, 2022

Trombonist Ryan Keberle fell in love with Brazilian music. It happens. Who has not experienced infatuation on an encounter with Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1964), from saxophonist Stan Getz and vocalist, guitarist & tunesmith Joao Gilberto. But for Keberle, it was the music of Elis Regina that led him to travels to Sao Paulo in 2017, and a hook-up with Paulista musicians Felipe Silveira, bassist Thiago Alves and drummer Paulinho Vicente, who support the trombonist on Sonhos Da Esquina. A ...