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Leny Andrade

Meet Nora Sheehan Schaaf

By TESSA SOUTER AND ANDREA WOLPER

Before we jump into November's column, we'd like to know: Are YOU a jazz super fan? If you are and you'd like to be featured in an upcoming column, click here and send us a message! Nora Sheehan Schaaf, along with her husband, Homer, has been going out to hear live jazz ...

Alegria de Viver

By LENY ANDRADE

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Samba Iluminado; Balançao Zona Sul; Dindi; Refem da Solidão; Estrada Branca; Alegria de Viver; Cantador; É Preciso Perdoar; Carinhoso; Passa por Mim; Rugas; Ana Luisa; Una Mañana; O Que é Amar.

Take Five With Antonio Adolfo

By ANTONIO ADOLFO

About Antonio Adolfo Pianist, arranger, producer and educator Antonio Adolfo grew up in a musical family in jny: Rio de Janeiro and began his studies at the age of seven. At seventeen he was already a professional musician. His teachers include Deodato and Nadia Boulanger in jny: Paris. During the 60's he participated in ...

Leny Andrade, Roni Ben-Hur: Alegria de Viver

By ANGELO LEONARDI

Tra le voci storiche della musica brasiliana, Leny Andrade è una delle meno note al pubblico internazionale. Eppure è tra le massime interpreti della musica sudamericana e lo conferma -all'età di 72 anni -in questo ultimo album, registrato in duo col chitarrista Roni Ben-Hur. Sorretta da un timbro dalla venatura polverosa, che negli anni ha aggiunto ...

A Jazz Holiday In Rio

By MARK HOLSTON

For most, mention a trip to Brazil and what comes automatically to mind is that vast tropical country's annual Carnaval celebration and the lure of its endless beaches. The high season, from December to early March, is when this nation of 200 million receives the most visitors by far. During Brazil's winter season, from roughly from ...

Anat Cohen & Choro Aventuroso Feat. Leni Andrade at 54 Below

By ERNEST BARTELDES

Anat Cohen & Choro Aventuroso, Feat. Leny Andrade54 BelowNew York, NYAugust 23, 2013The quartet. led by Anat Cohen, kicked off its early set with a selection of classic Brazilian choros that were enhanced by the individual talents of the Israeli reeds player's pan-Brazilian quartet, which featured accordion, acoustic seven-string guitar and ...

Maucha Adnet and Helio Alves at 54 Below

By NICK CATALANO

One of Gotham's newest music rooms 54 Below has decided to feature Brazilian music this summer and two veteran Brasileros--Maucha Adnet and Helio Alves--recently added their contributions. Performing music from Milagre (ZOHO, 2013), the duo invited clarinetist Anat Cohen and percussionist Cyro Baptista for the date. Brazilian vocalists have been populating the jazz ...

Nilson Matta: Nilson Matta's Black Orpheus

By EDWARD BLANCO

Brazilian bassist Nilson Matta has, like all artists, has drawn inspiration for his music from a variety of sources--of which a play and a movie serve as the influence for the moving Black Orpheus. Antonio Carlos Jobim's compositions for the 1957 Vinicius de Moraes Brazilian play Orfeu da Conceicao and the 1959 Black Orpheus movie that ...