Results for "Brazil"

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Perelman - Shipp - Dickey - Cleaver: Enigma

Read "Enigma" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 13, 2013

Even though Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is a renowned powerhouse amid his gusty and highly energized mode of attack, he's an expert when it comes to reconfiguring melodic content and refreshing previously stated themes on-the-fly. Nonetheless, the principal basis for his craft is ingrained within the art of improvisation as he usually works within small ...

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Ivo Perelman: One

by Glenn Astarita
September 30, 2013

Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman's inaugural recording for this progressive UK-based record label includes frequent companion, bassist Joe Morris and Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandi (Merzbow, ZU). As for Pandi, he's contributed to several albums for this label and brings a hardcore progressive metal and avant-rock realm of experience to the forefront. Otherwise, the trio launches a largely ...

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Dialeto: The Last Tribe

Read "The Last Tribe" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 1, 2013

The Last Tribe is the Brazilian prog rock power trio's first release on an international scale, issued by New York City-based Moonjune Records, intimating yet another significant offshore discovery produced by this record label to complement its roster of well-established performers and time-honored bands. Nonetheless, Dialeto is a trio that possesses the goods to make a ...

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Inaldo Calvalcante de Albuquerque: The Man From Brazil

by Sammy Stein
August 28, 2013

Frevo maestro Inaldo Calvalcante de Albuquerque is known as Spok to players and friends. He is leader of the Spokfrevo Orquestra, which recently wowed audiences at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. Between numbers, he spoke with passion about frevo music and his love of the genre, saying it was part of the soul and spirit ...

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Mario Adnet: Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos

Read "Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
August 17, 2013

The music of Brazil is generalized with sambas and bossa novas and visualized by the colorful carnivals the country is so famous for. But Brazilian music also has a sophisticated presence, traced back to the influential composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) and his prolific compositions known for melding indigenous and folkloric songs and rhythms with European classical ...

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Ivo Perelman: Serendipity

Read "Serendipity" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 29, 2013

Brazilian tenor sax titan Ivo Perelman's 22nd album for Leo Records crosses paths formerly traversed. Set out to be a trio date with pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Gerald Cleaver, Perelman called bassist William Parker because one of the artists was late for the studio session, although everyone showed up; hence, the quartet format.

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Take Five With Andrea Dutra

by AAJ Staff
May 6, 2013

Meet Andréa Dutra:Andréa Dutra is a Brazilian singer from Rio de Janeiro. Her most important influences are MPB (popular Brazilian music), samba and jazz. She has worked with many important Brazilian musicians like Tim Maia, Seu Jorge, Sandra de Sa, Danilo Caymmi and others, all over Brazil. Andrea was nominated for the most important ...

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Antonio Adolfo: Finas Misturas

Read "Finas Misturas" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 29, 2013

Pianist, composer and educator Antonio Adolfo's second instrumental release as a leader, on his own AAM label, is entitled Finas Misturas (in English, “fine mixtures"). The name refers to the fusion of jazz elements with the rhythms and sensibilities of Adolfo's native Brazil. The result is a pleasing batch of six covers and four originals.

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Antonio Adolfo: Finas Misturas (Fine Mixtures)

Read "Finas Misturas (Fine Mixtures)" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 18, 2013

Brazilian pianist/composer Antonio Adolfo has been making important contributions to the Brazilian-Caribbean musical discography for 40-plus years. His most recent recordings--Chora Baiao (Self Produced, 2011), with Adolfo as leader, and La e Ca (AAM Music, 2010), made with daughter, vocalist Carol Saboya--display the results of a careful evolution of jazz through Caribbean and South American music, ...

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Antonio Adolfo: Finas Misturas

Read "Finas Misturas" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 12, 2013

Pianist/Composer Antonio Adolfo is a bit of a musical mixologist. Throughout his four-plus decades in the music world, he's often found his way and made his mark by merging jazz language with the sonic sensibilities of his native Brazil; now, this very idea serves as a thematic umbrella that hangs over Finas Misturas. ...