Results for "Jean Elton"

Article: From the Inside Out

One Day in Brazil, 50 Years in Germany

by Chris M. Slawecki
January 9, 2019

Tony Adamo Was Out Jazz Zone Mad Ropeadope 2018 Some African cultures preserved their history not by the written but by the spoken word, kept by oral cultural historians known as griots. On Was Out Jazz Zone Mad, vocalist Tony Adamo aspires to serve in this same role, ...

Article: Album Review

Amaro Freitas: Rasif

by Mark Sullivan
November 26, 2018

Brazilian pianist/composer Amaro Freitas is from the coastal city of Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. His geographic background is important, because he has been heavily influenced by the Afro-Brazilian maracatu (dating from slavery days) and the high intensity carnival rhythms of frevo and baião, as well as the jazz tradition. Most of this album ...