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Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Mark Weinstein has quietly established himself as one of the most wildly inventive flutists in modern memory. He is also one of the finest virtuoso players in the entire spectrum of 20th and 21st century music. His only rivals may well be the late Eric Dolphy, the Canadians, Jane Bunnett and Bill McBirnie, and, of course, ...
Duduka Da Fonseca: New York City, March 19, 2011
by Dan Bilawsky
Duduka Da Fonseca QuartetJazz StandardNew York, NYMarch 19, 2011 (First Set) Everybody in Manhattan seemed to be celebrating something on the evening of Thursday, March 17. Those with Irish eyes were smiling as green beer flowed freely in corner bars throughout New York City, but a different kind of celebration ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Edward Blanco
Flautist Mark Weinstein has been a major force in the Latin jazz genre for some time, releasing projects almost yearly. Though the body of his discography falls squarely within the Afro-Cuban form which remains his passion, he has slowly gravitated towards the Brazilian sound, releasing three Brazilian-style projects, for Jazzheads, since 2005. On Jazz Brasil, Weinstein ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Jerry D'Souza
Mark Weinstein had a long journey across the trail of music instruments before he settled on the flute. He first played the piano when he was six. He then tried the clarinet and the drums before gravitating to the trombone and string bass in high school. The trombone was the mainstay for quite a while, and ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Dan Bilawsky
Jazz Brasil continues flautist Mark Weinstein's odyssey through the world of Latin jazz. The former trombonist-turned-philosophy-professor-turned-flute-phenom has delivered a steady stream of Latin jazz releases that highlight material from well-known Latin American composers, deal with original material, and deliver Latin-ized takes on jazz classics. His previous release, Timbasa (Jazzheads Records, 2010), tackled Cuba with percussion-heavy gusto, ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by C. Michael Bailey
Flautist Mark Weinstein has enjoyed impressive success with his almost yearly releases. Timbasa (Jazzhead Records, 2010), Tales from the Earth (With Omar Sosa) (Ota Records, 2009) and Straight No Chaser (Jazzhead Records, 2008) were all favorably reviewed within these sacred electrons. Weinstein belongs to an elite club of jazz flautists, a necessarily small one that includes ...
Copacabana
By Nilson Matta
Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Baden; Trenzinho do Caipira; Aguas Brasileiras; Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil); Pantanal; Copacabana; Saci Pereré
I Can See Forever; Asa Branca/Baião.
Sandro Albert: A Bard’s Journey
by Raul d'Gama Rose
His voice is soft and as lyrical as the music he composes and plays. Hearing the young and immensely talented guitarist, Sandro Albert speak can calm even the most frayed nerves. Nervousness was never an issue, but it is always exciting to speak with an accomplished musician. Albert is certainly one. He was born in Brazil ...
Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage: Copacabana
by Jerry D'Souza
Brazilian music is given a shot of verve and vivacity by bassist Nilson Matta, as he succinctly captures the imperatives of the music through originals and standards. The music of his native land courses strongly through his veins, and his compositions blood that presence. He sets up several moods, encompassing them in arrangements that draw the ...
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