Monica Salmaso

Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume 1

Read "Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume 1" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 12, 2026

La bandleader e arrangiatrice brasiliana Gaia Wilmer dedica la sua attenzione alle musiche di Gilberto Gil tornando a incidere con una grande orchestra. Nella sua decennale attività discografica hanno infatti prevalso i medi organici e solo per le musiche di Egberto Gismonti ha guidato un'ampia formazione (Folia 2023). Con venti musicisti a sua disposizione, compresa la cantante Mônica Salmaso, Gaia ha modo d'evidenziare le personali doti di scrittura in dinamiche orchestrali raffinate e ricche di colore. Le riletture del repertorio ...

In Pictures

Monica Salmaso Trio at UNA Esperienze

by Antonio Baiano
September 9, 2023

A collection of photos from the Monica Salmaso Trio concert at UNA Esperienze -Principi di Piemonte Hotel in Torino, Italy on August 29, 2023 featuring Brazilian singer Monica Salmaso, Teco Cardoso and Nelson Ayres. ...

Album Review

Ricardo Pinheiro: Caruma

Read "Caruma" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
April 23, 2021

Ricardo Pinheiro is a guitarist from Lisbon, Portugal who has made his mark on jazz in Europe and the U.S. His sensitive, imaginative, and intimate way of playing is evident on albums such as Pinheiro, Ineke. & Cavalli: Triplicity (Daybreak/Challenge, 2018) and Pinheiro/ Ineke/ Cavalli: Turn Out The Stars (Challenge, 2021) , the former being a musical re-interpretation of bebop standards and the latter a guitar rendition of the music of pianist Bill Evans. There is a certain boldness and ...

Album Review

Ricardo Pinheiro with Theo Bleckmann and Mônica Salmaso: Caruma

Read "Caruma" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 30, 2021

Ricardo Pinheiro is a Portuguese guitarist, composer and educator. He has a dozen previous recordings to his credit and leader or co-leader status on the majority of those projects. His music has covered ambient, electronic, bop, jazz standards, and jazz/poetry hybrids. Pinheiro, a Berklee alumnus, has recorded and played with Dave Liebman, Peter Erskine, Chris Cheek, Jon Irabagon and Tim Hagans, among others. Caruma is a new direction for Pinheiro. Pinheiro is joined by two vocalists, Theo Bleckmann ...

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Album Review

Monica Salmaso / Roberta Sa / Maucha Adnet / Mario Adnet / Alfredo Del-Pinho / Ze Renato: Samba Meets Boogie Woogie

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by Marcia Hillman
May 14, 2009

If you think that samba and boogie woogie are too disparate to ever meet, this CD will show you otherwise. An ensemble company of famous Brazilian singers and musicians have put together this collection of material recorded in Brazil during the '40s-50s. The singers--Monica Salmaso, Roberto Sa, Maucha Adnet, Mario Adnet, Alfredo Del-Penho and Ze Renato--sing individually as well as in different combinations, the instrumental accompaniment on each track depending on the song. According to the CD ...