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Dom Salvador: Simplicity
by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
As the calendar pages turn on the year, Simplicity is positioned to be one the best jazz album released in 2025. The music was recorded back in March 1993, in NY, bringing together the huge talents of piano legend Dom Salvador, bass hero Bill Moring and wizard drummer Vanderlei Pereira. The level of energy, creativity and inventiveness is unbelievable, as well as the warm and bigger-than-life sound quality reminiscent of Rudy Van Gelder recording room, something impossible to be achieved ...
Continue ReadingBen Sher: Samba for Tarsila
by Jack Bowers
This is happy music with a Latin flair, splendidly conceived and superbly performed by guitarist Ben Sher's New York-based quartet--a flavorful treat for those who relish music from south of the border. Before appraising the themes, it is perhaps best to begin by answering the question on most listeners' minds: who is (or was) Tarsila? As it turns out, Brazilian-born Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (1886-1973) was a modernist painter who is considered by many to be ...
Continue ReadingBen Sher: Samba for Tarsila
by Neil Duggan
Ben Sher, an acclaimed jazz guitarist based in New York City, brings us Samba for Tarsila, in which he pays a musical tribute to the Brazilian modernist painter, Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (1886-1973). Her vivid abstract paintings of the Brazilian landscape have provided Sher with his inspiration for this project. To help him realise his vision, Sher has assembled a Brazilian fusion jazz quartet, featuring top-class musicians from the New York jazz scene. Gary Fisher is a ...
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