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Gaia Wilmer

Gaia Wilmer is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and photographer from south Brazil. With a degree in International Relations, Gaia started playing saxophone with Silvia Beraldo when studying the relationship between reason and passion in the International Relations and the connection of this balance with art. In 2010, Gaia moved to Rio de Janeiro to expand her musical experiences. During the years she lived in Rio she studied with acclaimed musicians such as Edu Neves, Bia Paes Leme, Jayme Vignoli and Itiberê Zwarg, played in different projects, created and served as a producer for different groups and had the opportunity to playing with musicians such as Guinga, Egberto Gismonti, Gilberto Gil, Nailor Proveta, Maurício Carrilho, among others

Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume 1

By Gaia Wilmer

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Ouverture: O Nascer de Cada Dia; Aqui E Agora; Oriente; Febril; ; Eu Vim Da Bahia; Vignette: A Luz Na Escuridao; Parabolicamará

Helen Sung, Emma Dayhuff, Bill Lee, Isaiah Collier, Gaia Wilmer, Heisenberg Uncertainty Players

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 24, 2026

One of our favorite albums of the year, music born on the Chicago-LA express, a rediscovery of Bill Lee and a joyride with Isaiah Collier, tributes to Herbie Hancock and Gilberto Gil, and a healthy dose of quantum mechanics... Sounds like a strange equation? Tune in to the wonderfully unpredictable world of Mondo Jazz and see ...

Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 12, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer plus singles from Amy London and Jenny Scheinman, with birthday shoutouts to Koko Taylor, Nancy Harrow, Patrice Rushen, Susaye Greene, Hyuna Park, Melissa Stylianou, Lauren White, Carolina Calvache, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them ...

Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume 1

by Angelo Leonardi
October 12, 2026

La bandleader e arrangiatrice brasiliana Gaia Wilmer dedica la sua attenzione alle musiche di Gilberto Gil tornando a incidere con una grande orchestra. Nella sua decennale attività discografica hanno infatti prevalso i medi organici e solo per le musiche di Egberto Gismonti ha guidato un'ampia formazione (Folia 2023). Con venti musicisti a sua disposizione, compresa la ...

Latest music from Joey Alexander + Gaia Wilmer channels Gilberto Gil, SML Live, and Marty Erlich plays Julius Hemphill Compositions

by Hobart Taylor
July 8, 2026

Ayn Inserto's arranging reworks the “Big Band" tradition, Tonino Miano is 21st Century Third Stream, Bob Nell with the Michael Bisio Trio work chromatic wonders.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Gaia Wilmer “Parabolicamara (feat. Monica Salmaso)" from Parabolico Volume I (Sunnyside) 00:11 Host Speaks 10:29 Marty Ehrlich “What I Know Now" from Open Air: The Complete ...

Dancing with Elephants

By Gaia Wilmer

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dancing with Elephants; Leaving with the Herd; Turning the Tide; Finding Water; When They Meet; Blue Desert Jellyfish Lake; Whales Part to Play; Chase Machine; Finding Water (Take 2).

Several Silent Ways & More

by Bob Osborne
August 7, 2025

The arrival of a new Anthony Wilson album with his interpretation of Joe Zawinul's “In A Silent Way" lead me to dig out other versions--a live rendition by Weather Report plus the two versions from the The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions box set release by Miles Davis. Zawinul's haunting melody is the centrepiece of ...

Fosterchild, Jim Black, Mathieu Donarier & Armaroli/Piccolo/Sharp

by Maurice Hogue
August 4, 2025

Drummer Fabian Arends' quintet Fosterchild highlights this edition of One Man's Jazz with a killer of an album--Order At Agan Live. This German/Danish band of Arends, Kasper Tranberg on trumpet, Sebastian Gille on saxophone/clarinet, Jacob Anderskov on piano, and David Helm on bass exude power, energy and an original language throughout the music, recorded at the ...

Rakalam Bob Moses/Gaia Wilmer, Karl Evangelista & Fareed Haque

by Maurice Hogue
July 21, 2025

Music from new albums sampled this time around comes from the master drummer Rakalam Bob Moses & Brazilian saxophonist Gaia Wilmer, guitarist Karl Evangelista & Apura with another master drummer Andrew Cyrille, bassist Manolo Cabras from Belgium, drummer Eric McPherson with a double bassist quartet & pianist David Virelles, guitarist Fareed Haque paying tribute to Pat ...