Results for "Nilson Matta"

Nilson Matta

Born: March 1, 1949

Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage: Copacabana

by Howard Mandel
July 26, 2023

Everyone wants to go to Brazil, and one of the easiest, most pleasant ways of doing so is to listen to bassist Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage. The third album organized by Matta, a native of Sao Paolo who moved to Rio in 1970 and the U.S. in 1985, conjures the vistas and moods of a country ...

Trio Da Paz: 30

by Howard Mandel
March 27, 2023

Only very special collaborations last 30 years, and rarely do they become more exciting and together over the decades. Trio da Paz, however, is one such long-lasting and still lightning band. The team of drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, guitarist Romero Lubambo and bassist Nilson Matta, all Brasilian jazzmen of New York City, is just as dashing ...

The Brazilian Trio: Águas Brasileiras

by Dan Bilawsky
January 2, 2021

Brazilian waters beckon with their beauty and energies, and this trio serves as a perfect vessel to carry the ears across that aqua viva. Pianist Helio Alves, bassist Nilson Matta and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca--three Brazilian heavies long based in New York—have played together in different configurations and situations for decades. And when they first banded ...

Águas Brasileiras

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Maucha Na Prais; Sampa 67; Black Orpheus Trilogy; Boogie Stop Shuffle; Anninha; Baden; Asa Branca/Baião; Águas Brasileiras; Manhattan Style; Vila Madalena.

Take Five with Wataru Uchida

by Wataru Uchida
September 26, 2018

About Wataru Uchida Wataru Uchida is a saxophonist and composer. Wataru studied saxophone performance and composition with Chico Freeman, and has been leading his jazz projects in New York since 2003. In 2002, Wataru worked as a teaching assistant of Rory Stuart's rhythm analysis class at New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music program. In 2010, ...

Mark Morganelli: Adds Club Owner To His Resume

by R.J. DeLuke
February 12, 2018

Mark Morganelli has long been known as a fine trumpet player and a promoter with years of experience in the jny: New York City area dating back to a jazz loft 39 years ago, through booking at the Village Gate, Birdland, morphing into his nonprofit Jazz Forum Arts organization known for the summer concert series he ...

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By Trio Da Paz

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Sampa 67; For Donato; Outono; Alana; Luisa; Samba Triste; Aguas Brasileiras; Sweeping The Chimney; Flying Over Rio; LVM/Direto Ao Assunto.

Wolfgang Lackerschmid & The Brazilian Trio: Samba Gostoso

by Dan Bilawsky
July 6, 2016

This was bound to happen eventually. German vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid has worked with each man in The Brazilian Trio at different times and he's long been fascinated with the sounds of their homeland, so he was destined to eventually collaborate with this collective. On Samba Gostoso, Lackerschmid is seamlessly integrated into the already-established ...

Trio Da Paz al Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano

by Claudio Bonomi
March 15, 2016

Musica Jazz al Parenti Teatro Franco Parenti -Milano -06.03.2016 Riparte a Milano rassegna musicale che ha l'ambizione di incrociare i mondi dell'improvvisazione e del jazz. A cura di Gianni Gualberto Morelenbaum, Musica Jazz al Parenti intende quest'anno approfondire, come si legge nella presentazione dell'iniziativa, “la trasversalità che oggi caratterizza tali linguaggi." ...