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Antonio Adolfo: BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Brazilian performer/composer Milton Nascimento has given the pop, jazz, contemporary and rock worlds an amazon of music that is almost impossible to comprehend in its entirety. With BruMa pianist-composer Antonio Adolfo and a cadre of outstanding Brazilian musicians he provides a highly stylized, exotic and utterly brilliant Grammy-worthy exploration of Nascimento's works. This album is so ...
Renowned Brazilian Composer And Pianist Antonio Adolfo Releases "BruMa - Celebrating Milton Nascimento"
Antonio Adolfo is one of the premier pianists, composers, and arrangers to emerge from Brazil, a country rife with exceptional musical talent. A prolific recording artist, Adolfo is now releasing BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento. A multi-Latin Grammy and Grammy nominee, Antonio Adolfo is an internationally recognized Latin jazz star. He met singer and composer Milton Nascimento ...
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Antonio Adolfo
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Antonio Adolfo is an important composer, having written songs recorded by many Brazilian and International artists. He also had a noted role in the process of making important music available through independent production, through the creation of the pioneer independent label Artezanal.
As an arranger, he worked for several musicians and singers.
The son of Yolanda Maurity, a music teacher and violinist of the orchestra of the Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Adolfo began to study music very early. At seven, he began his violin studies with Paulina D'Ambrozzio
Samba Jazz Alley
Label: AAM Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Ceu e Mar (Sky and Sea); Hello, Herbie; So Por Amor (Just For Love); Casa Forte (Strong House); Tristeza de Nos
Dios (Sadness of the Two of Us); The Frog; Obrigado (Thank You); Passarim (Little Bird); Corcovado.
Back to Brazil: Part One
by Mark Holston
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The recent passing of Brazilian music icon João Gilberto at the age of 88 invites us to reflect on the music revolution he was influential in sparking over six decades ago. The singer and guitarist, partnering with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, announced the arrival of a ...
Antonio Adolfo: Samba Jazz Alley
by Chris Mosey
With this album, Antonio Adolfo, an early exponent of bossa nova, takes a look at the roots of the music in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro. He recalls: “From 1958 to 1965 a small alley in the Copacabana district became known as Beco das Garrafas, Bottles Alley, because neighbours in taller buildings used to throw bottles ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Antonio Adolfo
All About Jazz is celebrating Antonio Adolfo's birthday today! Antonio Adolfo is an important composer, having written songs recorded by many Brazilian and International artists. He also had a noted role in the process of making important music available through independent production, through the creation of the pioneer independent label Artezanal. As an arranger, he worked ...
Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica
Label: AAM Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: Partido Samba-Funk; Pentatonica; Atlantica; Luizao; Milestones; Saudade; Capoeira Yá; Africa Bahia Brasil; Delicada jazz Waltz; Sa Marina.
Kirk Knuffke, Ingrid Laubrock and Jerry Bergonzi
by Bob Osborne
This week we look at the variety that can be found in the World of Jazz as exemplified by the amazing new collaboration with operatic baritone Steven Herring on the new album from Kirk Knuffke, which we contrasted with the ground breaking avant-garde work of featured artist Ingrid Laubrock and with the traditional stylings of another ...
Antonio Adolfo: Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica
by Chris Mosey
Big bands are a rarity in Brazilian jazz. Nonetheless pianist/composer Antonio Adolfo says he dreamed for 40 years of making an album with a world-class big band. His dream comes true with Encontroas--Orquestra Atlantica. While a relatively new and untried aggregate, on the evidence of this excellent, always interesting album, the Atlantica look set to become ...
