Results for "Brazil"

Back to Brazil: Part One

by Mark Holston
July 30, 2019

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 ...

André Peloso

Born: November 9, 1988

André Peloso, nascido em São Paulo começou a tocar violão na adolescência, primeiramente com aulas particulares e tocando informalmente com os amigos. Entre 2004 e 2008 cursou e concluiu o curso de guitarra Fusion com o professor Mozart Mello no IG&T (Instituto de Guitarra e Tecnologia). Nessa época iniciou suas atuações profissionais: bandas de baile (Bili Pamx, Nautiluss, San Marco), free-lancer, acompanhando o cantor de samba-jazz Rafael Zolko e casas noturnas de São Paulo. De 2008 a 2011 cursou e concluiu o curso de Bacharelado em Música na Faculdade Cantareira com especialização em guitarra

Brazilian Pianist / Composer Abelita Mateus Releases "Mixed Feelings" on August 1st

July 27, 2018

From São Paulo to New York City.... Everybody Loves Samba! Featuring Guitarist Romero Lubambo, Bassist Peter Slavov and more! “A mixture of excitement, sadness, 'saudades', happiness, failure, regret, luck- all of the things I was feeling at the time are in my music. I lived in Brazil for the first 30 years of my ...

Melbreeze

Melbreeze was born in the historic port city of Smyrna, Turkey - home to illustrious Greek and Roman settlements. As an only child, she grew up in a house where music flowed freely and she found a company in art and music. Her first foray into performance was through ballet, which she started learning when she was five years old and pursued for many years to come. After completing her academic education, having majored in Business Administration as an undergrad and going to the United States for further education, Melbreeze focused on raising her own family. ​Melbreeze's love for music though never wavered and she dreamed that one day she could do the kind of music she wanted

Brazilian Pianist Ricardo Bacelar Releases "Sebastiana"

May 20, 2018

Brazilian jazz pianist Ricardo Bacelar presents the smoldering romance of Jobim in a collaborative pan intercultural arts video For Brazilians, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s catalogue is as iconic, influential and impactful as George Gershwin’s contributions to the Great American Songbook, making the inclusion of a classic from the legend’s repertoire a must for pianist Ricardo Bacelar’s Sebastiana, ...

Ricardo Bacelar

Born: July 19, 1967

Ricardo Bacelar is a Brazilian composer, pianist, singer, and producer whose work navigates the intersection of contemporary Brazilian music, jazz, and cinematic sound. With a career spanning more than four decades, he has built a multifaceted trajectory that combines artistic creation, music production, and the development of an independent recording infrastructure with international reach.

Bacelar began his musical journey in the Brazilian rock scene, gaining recognition as a founding member of the band Hanoi Hanoi, with whom he recorded albums and performed extensively across Brazil. Over time, his artistic direction evolved toward a broader musical language, incorporating elements of MPB, jazz, and instrumental composition, resulting in a body of work marked by harmonic sophistication and rhythmic diversity.

Brazilian Brilliance: Kassin and Domenico Lancellotti

by Jakob Baekgaard
May 12, 2018

Brazilian music is much more than established icons like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gilberto Gil and Hermeto Pascoal. The question is where to find the musical voices of the future? Fortunately, David Byrne's Luaka Bop label is dedicated to a mission of releasing world music that goes beyond the mainstream and has released two Brazilian albums from ...

Antonio Adolfo: Hybrido - From Rio to Wayne Shorter

by C. Michael Bailey
April 21, 2017

Pianist/composer Antonio Adolfo has been a golden musical fixture in his native Brazil. He did not cross my radar until 2010 with his recording La e Ca: Here and There (AAM), which he recorded with jazz singer (and daughter) Carol Saboya. This revelation gave me two artists for the efforts of covering one. From that recording, ...

Joyce Moreno: Cool

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 21, 2016

Since the late '60s, Brazilian guitarist and singer Joyce Moreno has been one of the most iconic members of the MPB movement, pushing the envelope way past the traditional bossa novas of Jobim. In the early '80s, albums such as Feminina and brought Joyce an international following that she continues to enjoy to this day. Her ...

Fábio Torres: The Making of Modern Brazilian Jazz

by Samuel Quinto FRSA
September 30, 2016

When such a vast style as Latin Jazz is explored by musicians of various nationalities, when rhythmic elements are combined, when a portion of good taste and brilliance is added to this mixture, the result could not be different: The Making of Modern Brazilian Jazz. Fabio Torres is a great example of all this. ...