Results for "Hermeto Pascoal"

Hermeto Pascoal

Born: June 22, 1936

Hermeto Pascoal is a prolific musician and composer who transcends category. Hermeto often uses unconventional instruments such as teapots, children's toys, found objects, and—sometimes, without harming them—live animals. He uses nature as a basis for his compositions, as in his Música da Lagoa, where the musicians burble water and play flutes while immersed in a lagoon. He is an energetic and virtuosic soloist who can play proficiently on almost any instrument: keyboards, button accordion, saxophone, guitar, flute, voice, various brass instruments, and various folkloric instruments

Planetario Da Gavea

Label: Far Out Recordings
Released: 2022
Track listing: Disc One: Paz Amor e Esperança / Homônimo Sintróvio; Samba Do Belaqua; Vou Pra Lá e Pra Cá; Bombardino. Disc Two: Era Pra Ser e Não Foi; São Jorge / Ilza na Feijoada; Duo de Bateras; Duo de Bateras II; Ferragens; Jegue.

Hermeto Pascoal: Planetario Da Gavea

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 10, 2022

Planetario Da Gavea is an enormous, sprawling document from a February 1981 outdoor performance series by Brazilian jazz wizard Hermeto Pascoal recorded under the stars in the Gávea neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, within the dome of the city's outdoor planetário (planetarium). Ten pieces, most never recorded before and several never performed again, stretch ...

Demons and Wizards, June Bugs and Jakarta

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 29, 2022

Hermeto Pascoal Planetario Da Gavea Far Out Recordings 2022 Planetario Da Gavea is an enormous, sprawling document from a February 1981 outdoor performance series by Brazilian jazz wizard Hermeto Pascoal recorded under the stars in the Gávea neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, within the dome of ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal

June 22, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Hermeto Pascoal's birthday today! Hermeto Pascoal is a prolific musician and composer who transcends category. Hermeto often uses unconventional instruments such as teapots, children's toys, found objects, and—sometimes, without harming them—live animals. He uses nature as a basis for his compositions, as in his Música da Lagoa, where the musicians burble ...

Flora Purim: If You Will

by Ian Patterson
June 4, 2022

Everyone loves a great comeback, and, after a lengthy hiatus, Flora Purim obliges with If You Will, the Brazilian's first studio album since Flora's Song (Narada, 2005). Released to coincide with her 80th birthday, If You Will is a somewhat nostalgic celebration that polishes a few old gems from a recording career that began--under military dictatorship--with ...

Hermeto Pascoal, Somi, Leo Genovese, Melissa Aldana & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 23, 2022

Somi's tribute to Miriam Makeba and a previously unreleased wild live recording by Hermeto Pascoal bookend an episode replete with beautiful new albums, with a special focus on Latin America, Caribbean and European artists.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Somi “House of the Rising Sun" ...

Remi Toulon 5tet: The Crave

by Martin McFie
April 10, 2022

French pianist Remi Toulon has played and travelled with bassist Jean-luc Arramy and drummer Vincent Frade for many years. They are joined on this recording by Sebastien Charlier, who takes the diatonic harmonica out of its usual blues setting, and ventures into this more complex harmonic environment. Also in the quintet is Ze Luis Nascimento, a ...

Mauro Gargano: Nuages

by Neri Pollastri
January 17, 2022

Nel libretto allegato al disco, il suo autore Mauro Gargano definisce questo Nuages «un progetto che rappresenta per me una sorta di “epifania dei sentimenti"», nel quale «sintetizzare la maggior parte delle forme musicali che mi hanno sempre affascinato ma che non ho saputo esprimere in musica per vari motivi», dal jazz a Domenico Modugno, dalla ...

Mauro Gargano: il contrabbasso è il mio giardino segreto

by Neri Pollastri
January 17, 2022

Mauro Gargano, contrabbassista e compositore barese da molti anni residente a Parigi, ha pubblicato nell'ultimo anno e mezzo due album, Nuages e Feed, assai diversi tra loro per formazione, stili e atmosfere, ma entrambi molto interessanti e personali. Siamo andati a parlarne con lui, anche per conoscere la sua storia e quella dei jazzisti italiani trasferitisi ...