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Airto Moreira
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Airto Moreira made an immediate impact on the Americanjazz scene by being the first Brazilian percussionist to beplaying a lot of different instruments at the same time. Hebrought them all together with an avant-garde, progressivesensibility, and revolutionized the role of percussion, both injazz and popular music. After him it was a wave, and he wasat the forefront with his work with Miles, Weather Report,and Return to Forever.
Airto Moreira was born in 1941 in the small village ofItaiopolis - south Brasil, and was raised in Curitiba. Evenbefore he could walk he would start shaking and banging onthe floor every time the radio played a hot song. By the timehe was six years old he had won many music contests bysinging and playing percussion. The city gave him his ownradio program every Saturday afternoon. At thirteen hebecame a professional musician, playing percussion,drums, and singing in local dance bands. He moved to SaoPaulo at the age of sixteen and performed regularly innightclubs and television as a percussionist, drummer andsinger.
Brain Sync
By Michel Cury
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Night Travel (Feat. Bob Mintzer, Airto Moreira, Fernando Rosa and Victor Marcellus); All So Fleeting (Feat. Mark, Leandro
Matsumoto, Helder Lucio and Victor Marcellus); Curupira's Dance (Feat. Bobby Militello, Glecio Nascimento and Igor Willcox);
Future Beach (Feat. Rufus Reid and Igor Willcox); The Gateway; Brainwaves (Feat. Airto Moreira, Thiago Espirito Santo and Igor
Willcox); Africa (Feat. Alison Crockett, Widor Santiago, Sidiel Vieira, Helder Lucio and Cuca Teixeira); Airto's Solo; Zawinul's
Land (Feat. Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Fernando Rosa and Cuca Teixeira); Dimensions (Feat. Thiago Espirito Santo, Helder Lucio
and Victor Marcellus).
Legendary Brazilian Jazz Artists Flora Purim And Airto Moreira Join Pianist/Songwriter Ricardo Bacelar On New Single 'Aqui, Oh'
Two of the most internationally acclaimed Brazilian artists, regarded as references by generations of musicians and jazz lovers, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, have returned to the studio at the invitation of musician and producer Ricardo Bacelar. The singer and percussionist immersed themselves in a creative and musical retreat at Jasmin Music studio in Fortaleza, Brazil. ...
Cal Tjader: Amazonas
by Richard J Salvucci
Multi-instrumentalist Cal Tjader has been gone for over forty years. Had he lived, he would be in his nineties today. The West Coast scene he entered, first as a drummer, then as a vibraphonist, was a world of clubs, acoustic bands, and enthusiastic promoters who pushed their favorite artists' careers. For Tjader, it was San Francisco, ...
Opa and The Blackbyrds: Coveted 1970s Jazz-Funk
by Mark Sullivan
Opa released only two albums before disbanding in the early 1980s. While neither of their albums found commercial success during their initial releases (despite the high-profile personalities involved), both titles gained underground followings over the following decades. The Blackbyrds' City Life celebrates its golden anniversary. “Happy Music," the dancefloor-ready title track and the group's heavily sampled ...
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The Sun Rises Again on Strata-East Records
by Joshua Weiner
Fans of classic post-bop, avant-garde, and spiritual jazz rejoiced at the news of Mack Avenue Music Group's partnership with Strata-East Records, a pioneering independent label founded in 1971 by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell. Many Strata-East releases are being reissued on CDs, deluxe all-analogue vinyl LP packages, and digitally through streaming services, many for ...
Michel Cury, Cymande, Brian Auger, Ensemble C, Sultan Stevenson, Lo Greco Bros, PAZ, & More
by Tony Poole
Tony Poole brings you the latest cutting-edge sounds from across the globe. The freshest worldwide jazz grooves, constantly pushing boundaries and redefining the jazz experience. Playlist All tracks released in 2025, unless otherwise stated Paz “AC-DC" (alternate version) from Variation And Creation: The Story Of PAZ (Jazz In Britain) Michel Cury “Africa" (featuring Alison ...
Goldenwings
By Opa
Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Goldenwings; Paper Butterflies (Muy Lejos Te Vas); Totem; African Bird; Corre Niña; Pieces: Tombo / La
Escuela / Tombo / The Last Goodbye; Groove.
