Jazz Articles about Toninho Horta

About Toninho Horta

Album Review

Claudia Villela: Cartas ao Vento

Read "Cartas ao Vento" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
August 21, 2023

Cartas ao Vento marks a return and a departure for Claudia Villela. Born in Rio, she moved to Santa Cruz in 1984, where she has remained. Years later, this is her first album made in Brazil. Villela has gained recognition in California and beyond as an intrepid improviser with a beautiful voice who creates captivating live shows. With Cartas ao Vento, she changes direction, focusing on composing. “I wanted everything to be part of the song," she explains, “to get ...

Live Review

Toninho Horta al Palazzo Fatta di Palermo

by Maurizio Zerbo
July 8, 2022

Toninho Horta Tatum Art Summer Jazz Palazzo Fatta Palermo 6.7.2022 Non è un Brasile da cartolina quello proposto dal settantatreenne chitarrista di Belo Horizonte, che appartiene a quella ristretta categoria di musicisti per i quali la musica è sinonimo di poesia. Il suo policromo mondo espressivo dispiega melodie lunghe e trasognate, per regalare fascinosi momenti di lirismo tra il Brasile rurale di Minas Gerais e il jazz. La sua intesa con la strepitosa ritmica ...

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Wide Open Jazz and Beyond

Toninho Horta

by Peter Madsen
May 30, 2006

I've been very fortunate in my career to have met and sometimes even play with a few musical geniuses. These are special musicians who have developed an intimate relationship between their instrument and their inner selves to transcend the mechanical act of playing into the artistic act of soulful and spiritual self-expression. One such genius is the Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer Toninho Horta.

I first heard about Toninho Horta in the mid 1980's from saxophonist ...