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SpokFrevo Orquestra: Ninho de Vespa

Read "Ninho de Vespa" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 26, 2015

Elettrizzante. Il Frevo è un genere musicale e una danza nata alla fine dell'800 a Pernambuco nel Nordeste del Brasile e associata a quel carnevale. È caratterizzato da un ritmo frenetico, quasi parossistico, e nella metà del secolo scorso s'è imposto al carnevale di Rio, diventando il ritmo tradizionale dell'intera Nazione. Un po' com'è successo al ...

Article: Live Review

Eliane Elias at Birdland Jazz Club

by Ernest Barteldes
April 15, 2015

Eliane Elias Birdland Jazz Club New York, NY April 11, 2015 On the last night of her residence at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club, pianist/vocalist Eliane Elias focused on Brazilian music and tunes from Made in Brazil (Concord, 2015), released earlier that week. The set opened with an instrumental take ...

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Gilbertos Samba

By Gilberto Gil

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014

Article: Multiple Reviews

Gilberto Gil: Gilbertos Samba / Sergio Mendes: Magic

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 21, 2014

Gilberto Gil Gilbertos Samba Valutazione: * * * * Sony Music (2014) Nell'incontro con partner sensibili di generazioni differenti, l'ex ministro brasiliano della cultura sfodera una classe cristallina non sempre valorizzata nelle incisioni discografiche. In primo piano, la rilettura con voce e chitarra di alcuni standard della bossa nova. Superbo ...

Article: Live Review

Vinicius Cantuaria and Bebel Gilberto at Celebrate Brooklyn

by Ernest Barteldes
July 26, 2014

Vinicius Cantuaria and Bebel Gilberto Brasil Summerfest at Celebrate Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York July 18, 2014 On the opening night of the third edition of the city-wide Brasil Summerfest, guitarist Vinicius Cantuaria took the stage with his quintet. He played a semi-acoustic guitar and started with a syncopated ...

Article: Interview

Yaron Stavi: Profoundly Bassist

by Sammy Stein
July 6, 2014

Yaron Stavi is a bassist who has performed all over the world with many musicians, playing double and electric bass and crossing genres into rock, classical, jazz and World Music. He studied in Berlin and played with orchestras around Europe, North America and Asia, and was principal bassist with the Mahler Youth Orchestra under, among others, ...

Article: Live Review

Lana Meets Jazz – Terza Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
June 4, 2014

Lana, 07.05.2013-10.05.2013 Piccoli jazzisti crescono. Sin dalla sua prima edizione, il Lana Meets Jazz ci ha abituato alla presenza sul palco di organici formati dagli allievi delle locali scuole di musica. Nomi come Chaotix, Two by Two, Turbosax, Klarinettenensemble, Jugendbigband, rappresentano ormai una piacevole consuetudine per i frequentatori del festival. Nel corso ...

Article: New York Beat

Maucha Adnet and Helio Alves at 54 Below

by Nick Catalano
August 25, 2013

One of Gotham's newest music rooms 54 Below has decided to feature Brazilian music this summer and two veteran Brasileros--Maucha Adnet and Helio Alves--recently added their contributions. Performing music from Milagre (ZOHO, 2013), the duo invited clarinetist Anat Cohen and percussionist Cyro Baptista for the date. Brazilian vocalists have been populating the jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Ricardo Silveira & Roberto Taufic: Atlanticos

Read "Atlanticos" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 7, 2013

What do you get when two top-flight studio guitarists grab their acoustic axes and get together to bask in the glow of Brazilian music? The answer is the resplendent Atlanticos. Ricardo Silveira is a Brazilian-born-and-based, Berklee-trained guitarist who's recorded hundreds of sessions, backing everybody from flautist Herbie Mann to Brazilian icons like Gilberto ...

Article: Live Review

Preta Gil: New York, NY, June 16, 2013

by Ernest Barteldes
June 22, 2013

Preta GilBrazilian Film Festival at Central Park SummerstageNew York, NYJune 16, 2013 Backed by a simple four-piece band (drums, guitar, bass, keys), Rio de Janeiro-born Preta Gil took the stage with her “Meu Corpo Quer Voce" ("My Body Wants You"), a hit single for her in Brazil. The audience--mostly formed by ...