Results for "Brazilian Jazz"

Christianne Neves

Christianne Neves is a pianist, composer, arranger and musical director. She has been pianist for salsa bands from 1994 to 2009 (Heartbreakers Orchestra and Havana Brasil) in São Paulo, Brazil. She has released four albums with original music: Refúgio (2000), Duas Madrugadas (2005), Eyin Okan (2011) and her most recent album, Noite e Dias (2022). She has also released two albums of arrangements: Andata e Ritorno, recorded in Bologna, Italy (2014) including Italian and Brazilian artists with artistic production by Max de Tomassi of Italian network RAI, and Retalhos do Brasil in 2017, a piano and voice collaboration with 13 Brazilian singers.

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Amália Baraona

Amália Baraona was born in Portugal, grew up in Brazil and her music is a celebration of her upbringing and formative influences, in particular from Bossa Nova and Latin music. She  began her musical career in Brussels in the 90s, but it was in the Balkans where she has been living since 2003 that her music took off. She recorded her first album "Mulheres" released in 2010 for the Italian label Four Records. With arrangements by pianist Bruno Montrone, "Mulheres" proposes a poetic digression on women through Brazilian popular music. Later that same year, she started an extensive correspondence with Roberto Menescal, one of the icons of the Bossa Nova movement, which led her to recording a tribute to Menescal’s music in 2012. The album "Menescantando" features a fine international band and Menescal himself guests on two tracks.  In 2015 Amália launches her 3rd album "3 Mundus", three musical worlds connected by three guitarists - Petrit Çeku, Toni Kitanovski, Dinko Stipaničev.

Lucas Amorim

Born: January 31, 1993

Brazilian vibist Lucas Amorim has established himself as an exciting bandleader and in-demand sideman on the New York scene.

Lucas was born in Florianopolis, Brazil and began studying drums at the early age of 8 and soon was playing at local clubs and at recording sessions also appearing on television and radio programs multiple times.

In 2011, looking for better opportunities Lucas moved to Sao Paulo and was admitted into the prestigious "Conservatory of Tatui" for the Symphonic Percussion program.  In his second semester of study Lucas competed at the institution’s percussion championship winning first place which caught the local community's attention. While at the conservatory Lucas started to study improvisation and jazz vibraphone by himself and soon became an in-demand band leader and sideman.

Fernanda Cunha

Born: November 5

Fernanda Cunha is a Brazilian jazz singer from Rio de Janeiro. She grew up with an affinity for both the music of her home country as well as jazz. She has toured Brazil, Europe, and North America, performing at prestigious international jazz festivals.  While in Brazil she performs with a quartet from Rio de Janeiro lead by guitarist Ze Carlos, or when is in Europe she performs with pianist Fagner Wesley from Austria, and the Portuguese guitar player Afonso Pais. 

She has released 9  solo albums in Brazil with worldwide distribution.

Fernanda has been a regular performer in Canada from coast-to-coast-to-coast for many years.  

Claudio Celso

Born: August 4, 1955

Claudio Celso (born August 4, 1955) is a Brazilian guitarist, composer and arranger. His work includes jazz, bossa nova and Brazilian popular music. He was considered in 2000 one of the best jazz contemporary musicians by South Florida "New Times" magazine and listed in the world´s top 100 guitarists by Brazil´s Guitar Player magazine in 2006.

Djangada

Born: January 1, 1979

ast emerging as the new Brazilian sound from the UK, Djangada's funky reworking of Brazilian classics has captivated audiences all over. Their dynamic trio interplay comes from years of performing together and is a thrill to witness live; a blend of traditional Brazilian music with a jazz aesthetic that is lively and accessible, but with a deep sense of craft and musicality.

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The name Djangada comes from the word jangada, a fishing boat found in the north-east of Brazil, the home of Afro-Brazilian rhythms. It is from here that Djangada draws their inspiration, transforming the classic songs of Bahia's Dorival Caymmi and Gilberto Gil into punchy instrumental grooves

Katchie Cartwright

Born: July 17, 1952

Flutist and radio host Dr. Katchie Cartwright’s Brazilian trio celebrates a world of Brazilian genres, from choro to MPB, Brazilian jazz, baião, and beyond. The ensemble features Dr. {{m: Marco Antonio Santos = 100560}} of Minas Gerais on guitar, Dr. {{m: Fabio Augustinis = 114482}} from São Paulo on drums, and Jan Flemming from Köln on accordion, and Austin’s Ben Triesch on bass. Check the calendar at katchie.com.

"Rare are individuals with doctorates in ethnomusicology. Rarer still are the Ph.D.s who put ethnomusicological theory into practice. Katchie Cartwright is of that uncommon breed. 

Raquel Cepeda

Raquel Cepeda is a Jazz Singer and Songwriter who brings the best styles and rhythms from around the world to the refined language and aesthetics of Jazz. A highly regarded singer who has shared the stage with Jazz legends such as Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis. A performer whose interpretative quality, approach to story telling, and multi-cultural style has the ability to reach and move the hearts and ears of the most demanding and diverse audiences. She was featured at the 1st Latin Jazz Festival of Houston in 2018, as well as the Brazilian Food and Music Festival in 2019, and has performed with the Kingwood Pops Orchestra. 
Raquel performs extensively in Houston where she resides, producing important concerts including her Annual “Jazz on Valentine’s” held at the Match Theater on Valentine’s Day, and is highly requested for many public and private performances

Antonio Adolfo

Born: February 10, 1947

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