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Antonio Adolfo: Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful

Read "Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Veteran pianist, composer, and arranger Antonio Adolfo has long been a master at capturing the essence of Brazilian music through a jazz perspective. On Carnaval (The Songs Were So Beautiful), Adolfo draws on a wide range of traditional Brazilian carnival styles-- sambas, marchinas, marchas-rancho, and frevos--to create a vibrant and richly textured album that bursts with celebration while leaving space for nuance and reflection. This is not a jazz adaptation of Brazilian music; it's Brazilian music elevated with jazz sophistication ...

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Antonio Adolfo: Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful

Read "Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


What prompted pianist and composer Antonio Adolfo to record, in 2025, an album of songs from the 'golden age' of Brazilian carnaval music, circa 1920-1950? He has known and loved this music since he was a child, growing up in Rio de Janeiro. “All these songs are very alive in my memory," he told All About Jazz. They were “everywhere--on the radio, in the streets, in social clubs." At the time, he saw that “there was some magic in the ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Quarenta

Rob Digital
2006

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Day Waves (Bonus...

Jazz Station Records
1993

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