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Jamile and Vinicius Gomes: Endangered Species

By John Chacona
April 6, 2026
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The musical exchange between Wayne Shorter and Brazil yielded some of the great man's most indelible compositions. Happily, the conversation happens in the other direction, as Jamile and guitarist Vinicius Gomes demonstrate on "Endangered Species." With its wide intervallic leaps and skylarking melodic trajectory, the song is for virtuosos only; notably, only Esperanza Spalding seems to have attempted it. On Boundless Species (La Reserve Records, 2025), Jamile also takes on Herbie Hancock's "Actual Proof" (wordlessly), and Guinga's "Mingus Samba," sailing through the twists and turns of the melodies like a Selecao midfielder carving up a defense. With Joe Martin holding things down on bass, who needs a drummer?

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