Results for "João Donato"

João Donato

Born: August 17, 1934

João Donato de Oliveira Neto, known as João Donato, was a Brazilian musician and composer. He was born on August 17, 1934, in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Donato is considered one of the pioneers of the bossa nova and jazz samba movements in Brazil.

Throughout his career, João Donato has been a versatile musician, excelling as a pianist, keyboardist, and arranger. He has contributed significantly to Brazilian popular music, fusing traditional Brazilian rhythms with jazz and other influences. Donato's music is known for its melodic and harmonically rich compositions, characterized by his unique piano style and innovative use of improvisation.

The "Jazz Detective" Finds A New Muse, Reissues Lost Classics

by Joshua Weiner
October 23, 2025

Joe Fields (1929-2017) was a jazz producer and record executive who worked for Columbia, MGM, Verve, and, most impactfully, at Prestige in the 1950s and 1960s. Shortly after Prestige was sold to Fantasy in 1971, ending a classic era for the storied label, Fields founded Muse Records to document the next phase in jazz. Muse brought ...

Yana Purim: Intimate Jazz, Deep Feelings And Raw Emotion

by Trevor Spiro
November 4, 2024

You're sitting in your happy chair at home, just mooching a magazine, when the phone rings. It's a good friend you haven't seen in a long time, and she would like to see you for old time's sake. She turns up and it's like the last few years never existed--you talk heart to heart about old ...

Julie Kelly: Freedom Jazz Dance

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 24, 2024

Freedom Jazz Dance from Los Angeles singer, Julie Kelly offers an interesting array of selections that emanate from that musical road less traveled. And, as in life, sometimes that road yields nuggets of delight that would most likely never make it to the tried and “true way." Peter Nero and Carroll Coates' “New ...

Brazilian Horizons Vol. 2

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: Milestone
Released: 1999

Brazilian Horizons Vol. 2 (Brazil)

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: BMG
Released: 2023

Here's That Rainy Bossa Day with João Donato (Japan, Bonus Tracks)

By Palmyra & Levita

Label: Jazz Station Records
Released: 2001

Harvest Time Featuring Herbie Hancock

By Yana Purim

Label: CID/Fama
Released: 2023

Luiz Millan: Brazilian Match

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 20, 2023

Brazilian Match is a tour-de-force of classic and contemporary Brazilian music written by and featuring singer-songwriter Luiz Millan. Millan's fifth album is a leader is his first for Jazz Station Records and Brazilian jazz impresario Arnaldo DeSouteiro, whose storied history includes working with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eumir Deodato, Dom Um Romão, João Donato, and other legends, ...

Litchfield Jazz Festival 2023

by Paul Reynolds
August 6, 2023

Litchfield Jazz Festival The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT July 28 to July 30, 2023 It's fitting that a festival set in a location as venerable-sounding as the Litchfield Hills deeply respects tradition. That commitment starts with the music styles it presents. While the Litchfield Jazz Festival isn't averse to going ...