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From Lima To Carnegie Hall Arturo Valdez’s Path To Prominence Is Defined By Range, Rigor, And Reach

Source: All About Jazz
October 17, 2025

Before locking down an extensive run of U.S. commitments, Peruvian bassist Arturo Valdez built a career that traveled confidently between celebrated institutions, headline stages, and influential recording rooms across Peru, Spain, and the United States. His résumé reads as a map of modern jazz and Latin American creativity, with each stop demonstrating a different facet of his craft. In 2021, Valdez stepped onto one of the world’s most storied stages with the Colombian-rooted ensemble Grupo Rebolú, leading the low end ...
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Obituary

Carlos Barbosa-Lima (1944-2022)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 4, 2022

Carlos Barbosa-Lima, a Brazilian child prodigy whose touch and counterpoint on the guitar were virtually unrivaled and who arranged Antonio Carlos Jobim's music for the guitar in the 1980s at Jobim's request, died on February 23. He was 77. Barbosa-Lima began his professional career at age 12. A master of pop interpretation as well as classical guitar, Barbosa-Lima earned his living performing around the world and recording. His arrangements of songs by Brazilian composers, including Jobim and Luiz Bonfá, were ...
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Performance / Tour

Oba Brasil With François De Lima & O Som Do Jazz at the Fogartyville Center in Sarasota on November 15

Source: David Manson
November 7, 2019

Oba Brasil with François de Lima & O Som Do Jazz! November 15 at 8 PM Fogartyville Center in Sarasota It’s a show of grooving samba, Bossa Nova, Balanço and MPB with Brazilian valve trombonist François de Lima & O Som Do Jazz! François de Lima is one of the premiere trombonists in Brazil having performed with Jorge Benjor, Ney Matogrosso, Gal Costa and Djavan, doing shows at clubs and festivals around the world. He’s also ...
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Recording

Rodrigo Lima: Saga

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 17, 2015

Temperatures dropped to single digits in New York today, compelling me to break out something tasty and warm: Saga, a new double-CD album by Brazilian guitarist and composer-arranger Rodrigo Lima. Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, the album is Lima's first as a leader and a tribute of sorts to CTI's sultry Brazilian jazz recordings of the 1970s, but with contemporary twists. Musical guests include flutist Hubert Laws and arranger Don Sebesky as well as clarinetist Anat Cohen, vibraphonist Mike Maineiri and percussionist ...
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Performance / Tour

Carlos Barbosa-Lima American Music / American Art Lecture and Performance Thursday, April 5th Amon Carter Museum

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 3, 2007

American Music / American Art Lecture and performance When: Thursday, April 5, 6 p.m. Where: Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX Cost: $10 - $12 Age limit: All ages World-class guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima will perform the music of George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Scott Joplin, and other American composers to complement the American art of the early twentieth century from the Carter's collection. Rebecca Lawton, curator of paintings and ...
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Performance / Tour

Carlos Barbosa-Lima Only NY Concert Appearance The Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts Sun, Oct 16th

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2005

October 5, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Carlos Barbosa-Lima Only NY Concert appearance Internationally renowned Brazilian acoustic guitarist Carlos Barbosa Lima will be making his only 2005 New York area appearance – and he will be featuring repertoire from his two recent new ZOHO CD releases “Frenesi" (ZM 200408) and “Siboney" (ZM 200414). Carlos will also perform selections from his next ZOHO CD “Carioca" which will be released in March 2006. Accompanying him ...
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