Antonio Neves

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Neves e Silva: Ladeiras de Santa Teresa

Read "Ladeiras de Santa Teresa" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
July 6, 2026

Ladeiras de Santa Teresa opens with a big polymetric beat and powerful brass and percussion up front. You might flash on the Afro-Bahian sound of Letieres Leite's Orkestra Rumpilezz. The groove shifts suddenly, releasing into a jazz feel; Brazilian jazz that is, not swing or bebop, though Charlie Parker's “Star Eyes" with intro serves as a rough analog (Verve, 1951). Luiz Otavio takes a ride on piano, followed by Eduardo Neves on tenor saxophone, then back to the head with ...

Album Review

Antonio Neves: A Pegada é Essa (The Sway Now)

Read "A Pegada é Essa (The Sway Now)" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 23, 2021

A Pegada Agora É Essa (The Sway Now) illustrates why multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Antonio Neves creates such commotion in modern Brazilian music. His second release as a leader, The Sway Now weaves a thick tapestry of Brazil's 2021 musical landscape in bold and brash, overlapping and overflowing colors. It threads together generations of Brazilian musicians, from legendary saxophonist Leo Gandelman to younger lions such as singer Alice Caymmi (Danillo's daughter and Dorival's granddaughter) and double-bassist André Vasconcellos, ...

From the Inside Out

Tributes, Tapestries, Trombones and Tempests

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 7, 2021

Vasko Atanasovski Adrabesa Quartet Phoenix MoonJune Records 2020 Phoenix captures the voice of one of Eastern Europe's most acclaimed and creative musical ensembles, the Adrabesa Quartet founded and led by Slovenian maestro Vasko Atanasovski, and amplifies this unique voice throughout MoonJune Records' global distribution network. Phoenix thus demonstrates that the globalization of jazz hasn't muted the strong, perhaps even essential, regional accents in its overall voice. Founded in ...