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El Eco with Guillermo Nojechowicz

Born: October 30, 1954

EL ECO with Guillermo Nojechowicz -- the Brazilian-Argentine jazz ensemblethat has been called "the seedbed" of much of the Latin jazz scene in theNortheast (US)-- performed live on NPR's "Jazz Set" with host vocalist DeeDee Bridgewater earlier this year.The Brazilian Argentinean jazz ensemble, based in Boston and New York City,offers true world music at its best. Their material is strikingly original,delivered with strong vocals, percussive drive, and real lyric focus.

Their upcoming SCULLER'S peformance will feature Grammy Award vocalistKim Nazarian. EL ECO combines the warm and lustrous sounds of samba andcandombe with the tighter lines of bebop and straight-ahead jazz, darkenedby echoes of Piazolla. A drummer, Nojechowicz writes from the beat,delivering a complex mix of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Bossa Nova,and Funkrhythms.

Guillermo Nojechowicz's El Eco: Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933

by Troy Dostert
April 15, 2018

In 1933, Europeans were only beginning to understand the horrors that the Nazi regime would bring to the continent. But already at that early stage, Jewish communities reacted with alarm to Hitler's rise to power--and many consequently made the decision to emigrate. One of the most common destinations in the Western Hemisphere was Argentina, which had ...