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Duduka Da Fonseca
Duduka has performed and recorded with such artists as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Herbie Mann, Claudio Roditi, Joanne Brackeen, Eddie Gomez, John Scofield, Joe Henderson, Gerry Mulligan, Jorge Dalto, Dom Salvador, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Emily Remler, Nana Vasconcelos, Nancy Wilson, Slide Hampton, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Wayne Shorter and many others.
Since 1984, he has been a member of the faculty at the Drummer's Collective where he conducts workshops and gives private lessons. Duduka also conducts workshops in the USA, Europe, Japan and Brazil. He is the author of an instructional book and tape set entitled Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset, published by Warner Brothers.
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Diego Figueiredo: I Love Samba
by Jack Bowers
One upside to Brazilian-born guitarist Diego Figueiredo's latest album, I Love Samba, is that the title says it all. In case you are unfamiliar with Figueiredo, you should know that he not only loves samba, he also plays samba--quite well--and has entertained audiences in more than sixty countries around the world doing exactly that. And while he is only in his mid-forties, I Love Samba brings the number of CDs Figueiredo has under his belt as leader of his own ...
Continue ReadingBruna Black: Vã Revelação
by Richard J Salvucci
Bruna Black is yet another one of those performers who started as something other than a singer but got there as soon as she could. Supposedly, she was a semi-pro basketball player, although that is not easy to run down. She certainly is a singer and a good one. Her repertoire in this recording is all in Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and as melodious as anything to be found. When Astrud Gilberto came on to the scene in 1964, she did ...
Continue ReadingDuduka Da Fonseca Trio: Rio Fantasia
by Dan Bilawsky
After 15 years in operation, the Duduka Da Fonseca Trio remains one of the most vital Brazilian combos in the business. Since forming this Rio de Janeiro-based unit with pianist David Feldman and bassist Guto Wirtti back in 2009, the celebrated leader/drummer/composer has created an impressive body of work highlighting a triangular symbiosis like no other. With Plays Toninho Horta (Zoho Music, 2011) and Plays Dom Salvador (Sunnyside Records, 2018), Da Fonseca paid tribute to two giants of the genre ...
Continue ReadingTrio Da Paz: 30
by Howard Mandel
Only very special collaborations last 30 years, and rarely do they become more exciting and together over the decades. Trio da Paz, however, is one such long-lasting and still lightning band. The team of drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, guitarist Romero Lubambo and bassist Nilson Matta, all Brasilian jazzmen of New York City, is just as dashing today as when the three first met in 1985. So 30 , their seventh album, wastes no time glancing back. Rather, Trio ...
Continue ReadingDaniela Soledade: Pretty World
by Edward Blanco
Brazilian singer and composer Daniela Soledade presents her sophomore release Pretty World continuing a family tradition of exploration into light bossa nova music. Recognized as a proponent for a new bossa nova sound, her unique hushed-styled vocals distinguish this singer from the other vocalists of the genre. Born in Rio de Janeiro where the album was recorded, Soledade co-wrote two originals ("Beijo No Arpoador" and “Nothing Compares") with guitarist and producer Nate Najar and sings lyrics in English and Portuguese. ...
Continue ReadingJanis Mann & Kenny Werner: Dreams of Flying
by Dan Bilawsky
Janis Mann has quietly but steadily amassed an impressive body of work over the course of more than two decades. For this, the vocalist's eighth album, she brings studio and stage into beautiful alignment with different, intimate configurations hinging on the constant presence of pianist Kenny Werner. The majority of this music was recorded in 2016 at New York's Samurai Hotel Recording Studio, with key collaborator Werner and, more often than not, the rhythm combo of bassist Drew Gress and ...
Continue ReadingRoseanna Vitro: Listen Here
by C. Michael Bailey
Roseanna Vitro is a singer's singer in the same way as Sarah Vaughan and Carmen McRae. She is a studied practitioner of the jazz vocal arts, an interpreter, performer, educator. Her repertoire, taste, and vocal chops are beyond compare. Vitro's ability has evolved horizontally and vertically over 14 recordings and nearly 40 years. The singer's most recent release, Tell Me The Truth (Skyline, 2018), was thematically devoted to the rich music of the American South where Vitro capably migrates from ...
Continue ReadingDuduka Da Fonseca: Tom Jobim
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Duduka Da Fonseca plays drums with a stirring, sensuality. It's like listening to crushed ice melt at the beach. His last album in 2018 was a loving tribute to Brazilian samba-funk pianist Dom Salvador, who I believe is still playing regularly at New York's River Café at age 81. Duduka's latest album is Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim (Sunnyside), with pianist Helio Alves and vocalist Maucha Adnet. Born in Brazil, Alves is a pianist and composer who now lives in ...
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Duduka Da Fonseca: New Samba
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Imagine a cat playing the drums with its whiskers and you'll have a sense of what makes Duduka Da Fonseca so special. When he plays bossa nova, it's not your standard-issue shuffle rhythm. Duduka is constantly trying new ways to approach the cool folk style. This is certainly the case on his new album: New Samba Jazz Directions (Zoho). Let me quote from Duduka's liner notes: “Samba and bossa nova (which originated from samba) have been at the heart of ...
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Roni Ben-Hur & Santi Debriano - Our Thing Featuring Duduka Da Fonseca
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
A Sublime Musical Conversation Exploring Many Facets of the Jazz Diaspora, New CD from Motema on August 14, 2012 CD RELEASE CELEBRATION: September 11 @ The Jazz Standard Roni Ben-Hur & Santi Debriano Featuring Duduka Da Fonseca Performing music from Our Thing Sets @ 7:30 & 9:30 PM The idea and inspiration for Our Thing was born in the summer of 2011 within the walls of the beautiful Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Sardaigne, a 12th century church atop the tiny village of Saint ...
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Duduka Da Fonseca: 'Samba Jazz'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Duduka Da Fonseca has one of the most softly insistent touches on the drums, particularly when he's using brushes. As he whisks up a rhythm, the sound is like the wind swinging through long-limbed willow trees. You hear the steady rustle of the leaves but the force is gentle and coaxing rather than trunk-splitting. This combed sound gives your ear a chance to enter Duduka's space, to hear what he's doing rather than merely feel the time he's keeping. Since ...
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Drummer/composer Duduka Da Fonseca Exhibits The Best Of Both Worlds On His Latest Samba - Jazz Exploration
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Featuring Anat Cohen, Helio Alves, Guilherme Monteiro, Leonardo Cioglia & Duduka Da Fonseca Anzic Records to Release Samba Jazz - Jazz Samba on July 17, 2012 “Drummer Da Fonseca perhaps the best Brazilian trap drummer of his generation, plays with an uncommon mix of finesse and drive" - Mark Holston, Jazziz Magazine Drummer/Composer Duduka Da Fonseca is a blender, set at high speed. The Brazilian drummer (born in Rio De Janeiro in 1951), who arrived in New York City in ...
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On March 9, 2010 - Motema Music Will Release Rufus Reid's out Front Featuring Steve Allee and Duduka Da Fonseca
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
On March 9, 2010 - Motema Music will release RUFUS REID'S OUT FRONTFeaturing Steve Allee and Duduka Da Fonseca“Reid is the man to call for any musical situation that demands both the utmost skill and impeccable taste...his luscious sound and buoyant swing can levitate an ensemble clear off the bandstand." - The New Yorker- “His work is a virtual catalog of modern bass technique, tempered by his infallible musicianship. The man has taste...he consistently offers up ...
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Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet Samba Jazz and the Music of Jobim Friday and Saturday November 23-24 Sets: 9, 11 & 12:30am at Cachaa
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
DUDUKA DA FONSECA QUINTET SAMBA JAZZ AND THE MUSIC OF JOBIM
ANAT COHEN - Saxophones and Clarinet HELIO ALVES - Piano VIC JURIS - Guitar LEONARDO CIOGLIA - Bass DUDUKA DA FONSECA - Drums
Special Guest Vocalist - MAUCHA ADNET
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY November 23, 24 sets: 9, 11 & 12:30am
CACHAA 35 West 8th St., (bet. 5th & 6th Aves.) 212-388-9099
“Da Fonseca ...
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Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet Samba Jazz And The Music Of Jobim Friday And Saturday November 17, 18 At Sweet Rhythm
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
DUDUKA DA FONSECA QUINTET SAMBA JAZZ AND THE MUSIC OF JOBIM
Featuring ANAT COHEN - Saxophones and Clarinet HELIO ALVES - Piano VIC JURIS - Guitar LEONARDO CIOGLIA - Bass DUDUKA DA FONSECA - Drums Special Guest Vocalist MAUCHA ADNET
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17, 18 8, 10 and Midnight SWEET RHYTHM 88 Seventh Ave. South ...
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Samba Jazz & The Music of Jobim With Duduka Da Fonseca Sextet March 30-April 2 at the Iridium Jazz Club
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All About Jazz
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM Fri. & Sat. 3rd Sets 11:30PM
March 30-April 2 Samba Jazz & the Music of Jobim With Duduka Da Fonseca Sextet Featuring Maucha Adnet With: Anat Cohen - saxophones & clarinet ( March 30 & April 2nd only) ...
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Malandro Records Announces New Releases by Trio Da Paz and Duduka Da Fonseca
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All About Jazz
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