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Ricardo Peixoto

scary beautiful

By Ricardo Peixoto

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Circles; Santos e Demônios; Scary Beautiful; Nerieds; Morro da Paixão; Simpática; Pixinguinga; Velha Amizade; Nocturna; Baião de Três.

Back to Brazil: Part Three

by Mark Holston
August 21, 2019

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 A singer who needs no introduction, Eliane Elias sculpts a predictably sensual soundscape on Love Stories (Concord). The nine-track project features a string orchestra and lush arrangements by Rob Mathes, unobtrusive rhythm section chores by a cadre of Brazilian percussionists, and the steady hand of bassist ...

Ricardo Peixoto: scary beautiful

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 16, 2019

A well-known chocolate confection advertises itself as “Indescribably Delicious." That phrase also aptly describes guitarist/composer Ricardo Peixoto's album, Scary Beautiful. It is a recording of rainbow textures, infectious energies and utterly superior musicianship. And, it is one that encourages devouring. Peixoto (pronounced pay-sho-to), Brazilian by birth and now residing in L.A., gives us ...

Berkeley Choro Ensemble: The View from Here

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 12, 2018

Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining of Afro-Brazilian dance and jazz rhythms with European salon and chamber music, choro was simultaneously a seminal ...

From Choro to Chaos

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 8, 2018

Berkeley Choro Ensemble The View from Here Self-Produced 2017 Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining ...

19th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 2-11, 2017 – Lineup Announced

February 25, 2017

Nineteen years is quite a long time for an underdog festival to exist, but with determination and ambition, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival has become a beloved cultural fixture of the Sonoma County area. With artistic director Jessica Felix at the helm, this yearly gathering of some of the very best jazz artists currently playing continues to ...