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Samba Jazz
Featuring the music of Duduka Da Fonseca
Duration: 9:00
Brazilian Trio: Constelacao
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Constelacao contains a wonderful range of material, from the passionately churning title track to pianist Cedar Walton's classic “Bolivia," which features a great drum opening by Duduka da Fonseca.Tucked between these splendid bookends are such gems as Dori Caymmi's beloved “O Cantador," which many will recognize as “Like a Lover." Introduced to North American ...
Maucha Adnet & Helio Alves: Milagre
by Dan Bilawsky
Vocalist Maucha Adnet and pianist Helio Alves have been collaborating in various settings for two decades, but Milagre marks their first full-length recording as a twosome. Adnet, who's best known for her decade-long tenure with the great Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Alves, a first call pianist who's worked with everyone from saxophonist Joe Henderson to cellist ...
Jazz Samba-Samba Jazz
Label: Anzic Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Depois Da Chuva; Sabor Carioca; Rancho Das Nuvens; Blues Connotaion; Obstinado; The Peacocks; O Guarana; Flying Over Rio; Dona Olimpia; Melancia.
Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves: New York, NY, December 22, 2012
by Dan Bilawsky
Duduka Da Fonseca and Helio AlvesDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, New YorkDecember 22, 2012The air in New York's Central Park carried a chill on the Saturday night before Christmas, 2012, but a balmy Brazilian atmosphere was keeping folks warm a stone's throw away, inside Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and ...
R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2012
by R.J. DeLuke
A ton of fine music came out in 2012, like most years, making these year-end lists very difficult. A lot we don't get to hear, so that limits some. For example, I've not yet heard the 2012 disks of drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Christian Scott or guitarist John McLaughlin and the Fourth Dimension. Having seen each ...
Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet: Jazz Samba-Samba Jazz
by Dan Bilawsky
Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca is the patron saint of Samba Jazz. He's been singing the virtues of this hybridized form for quite some time, establishing a rhythmic middle ground where both worlds can meet in mutual, musical splendor. In short, he's earned the cymbal halo that floats above his head on the cover of Samba Jazz--Jazz ...
Duduka Da Fonseca: The Guy From Ipanema
by R.J. DeLuke
The 1950s into the early 1960s was a special period in Brazil, the land of beautiful beaches, picturesque mountains and the home of a warm, inviting and sensuous music called samba that was developed during those years. It was also a time when bossa nova, another sumptuous musical style, was spawned. The music invades the senses ...
Roni Ben-Hur & Santi Debriano Featuring Duduka Da Fonseca: Our Thing
by Ernest Barteldes
Recorded in early 2011, Our Thing marks the first studio collaboration of guitarist Roni Ben-Hur and bassist Santi Debriano. They have worked together in a live setting on numerous occasions and are joined, in this endeavor, by drummer/percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca, who brings an extra flavor to the music.The CD opens with Thelonious Monk's ...
Trio Da Paz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
by Nick Catalano
Very often writers ignore popular jazz artists and groups on the theory that they have sufficient exposure and don't need further praise. As a result, some of the subtler, finer points of the aesthetics go unnoticed. In addition, popularity and high success can be a curse, bestowing certain problems lesser performers don't have. ...
