Jazz Articles about Jeff Kunkel

Jeff Kunkel: Meu Coracao Brasileiro

by Dan Bilawsky
April 4, 2014

Brazil never lets go once it's wrapped its arms around a musician. Pianist Jeff Kunkel discovered this firsthand. In 2007, Kunkel, the Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Montclair State University's Cali School of Music in New Jersey, took a sabbatical and took off to see Brazil for himself. The experience was life-changing, and he's since returned there several times to musically mingle with his newfound friends. Meu Coracao Brasileiro is the result of Kunkel's experiences with the ...