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Harvey Wainapel

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“Wainapel proves that he is amongst the most imaginative, sensitive and creative saxophonists of the post-Coltrane era…” —The San Francisco Examiner “Wainapel displayed incredible intimacy with the language of Brazilian music and great stage presence…” —O Globo (Rio de Janeiro) Can a man serve two masters? If the cat in question is Bay Area reed expert Harvey Wainapel, and the disciplines are jazz and Brazilian music, the answer is a resounding yes. A supremely eloquent clarinetist and a saxophonist of unusual presence and power, Wainapel is a truly ambidextrous artist who has delved deeply into two vast and variegated traditions

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Raízes do Choro e Samba (Roots of Choro and Samba)

By Ami Molinelli

Label: Amimo Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Acerta o Passo; Acreditar; Gaucho; Ja Te Digo; Nasci Para Sonhar; Partindo Leo; Pelo Telefone; Friday Night in SF; De Mal a Pior; Esquenta; Mundo Melhor.

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Ami Molinelli, Duo Violão Plus One: Raízes do Choro e Samba (Roots of Choro and Samba)

Read "Raízes do Choro e Samba (Roots of Choro and Samba)" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright

For the better part of two decades, Ami Molinelli has been a stalwart of the San Francisco Bay Area's Brazilian music scene. Her undergraduate work in Conservation and Resource Studies at University of California at Berkeley led her to spend nine months in Salvador da Bahia, learning about Afro-Brazilian culture and performing with a group of ...

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Thief In The Night

By Jimmy Layton

Label: Jazzapple Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Man From Nowhere; Only A Fool; Conchango; Let’s Be Frank; Midnite Ride In Blue; Moonlight; Be Mindful; The Vapid Genius; This Afternoon At Midnight; Thief In The Night

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Article: Album Review

Carlos Henrique Pereira: There And Here

Read "There And Here" reviewed by Anya Wassenberg

by Anya Wassenberg

Multi-instrumentalist Carlos Henrique Pereira offers up an avant take on Brazilian jazz in There And Here. The tracks, all written by Pereira, were inspired by his native Brazil, and many, like “O Choro Do Bebê," directly reference traditional genres (a choro being a traditional song form). Contemporary jazz with an edge of dissonance and ...

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Article: Album Review

Berkeley Choro Ensemble: The View from Here

Read "The View from Here" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining of Afro-Brazilian dance and jazz rhythms with European salon and chamber music, choro was simultaneously a seminal ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

From Choro to Chaos

Read "From Choro to Chaos" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Berkeley Choro Ensemble The View from Here Self-Produced 2017 Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining ...

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Article: Album Review

Ian Faquini e Paula Santoro: Metal Na Madeira

Read "Metal Na Madeira" reviewed by Jim Trageser

by Jim Trageser

For most of us in the United States, mentioning “Brazil" in a musical conversation connotes bossa nova or samba--which is a bit like describing all American music as blues or country. Expertise in the music of Brazil is the work of a lifetime; much as with the United States, each region has its own ...

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Amigos Brasileiros vol 2

By Harvey Wainapel

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Released: 2014
Track listing: Manulengo; Boneca de Pano; Nilinho na Aldeia; Palavras de Menina; Trunfando; Nas Ruas de Perdizes; Árvore; Procurando Encrenca; Velho Realejo.

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Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros Vol 2

Read "Amigos Brasileiros Vol 2" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

The beautiful, gentle musical spirit of the late Thiago de Mello--a most influential composer, instrumentalist, arranger and producer from the Amazon (and leader of the Brazilian large ensemble Amazon)--floats like a friendly ghost throughout Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2. Harvey Wainapel boasts serious jazz chops, on clarinet and saxophone; and serious jazz credentials, including work ...


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