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Rafael Barata
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Barata started playing drums at age of 5. His whole childhood was surrounded by music. The Samba and especially the Bossa Nova were his playground, always having fun with his dad Roberto Mendes and his brother Roberto Barata both musicians. This great culture genuine from RJ, Brazil, made his drumming a reference around the world. He started his studio career at the age of 14. He has won two International Brazilian Drums contests: 1st Batuka - At the age of 15, and the Batuka Masters 2000 at the age of 20. In the same time, he started to play with greatest Samba Jazz legends from 60’s that introduced to him the Jazz world. This experience enhanced his jazz approach so much and years later he went to NY, where he started to play with the Jazz masters.
Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful
Label: AAM Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: É Com Esse Que Eu Vou (I'm Going With This One); Vassourinhas (Vassourinhas Carnaval Group); Oba (Breath of the Jaguar); Mal-Me-Quer (She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not); Vai Passar (It's Going To Be OK); As Pastorinhas (Girl Singers of Carnaval); Exaltação À Mangueira (Ode to Mangueira); A Lua É Dos Namorados (The Moon Belongs to Lovers); Agora É Cinza (Now It Is Ashes).
Antonio Adolfo: Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful
by Pierre Giroux
Veteran pianist, composer, and arranger Antonio Adolfo has long been a master at capturing the essence of Brazilian music through a jazz perspective. On Carnaval (The Songs Were So Beautiful), Adolfo draws on a wide range of traditional Brazilian carnival styles-- sambas, marchinas, marchas-rancho, and frevos--to create a vibrant and richly textured album that bursts with ...
Antonio Adolfo: Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful
by Katchie Cartwright
What prompted pianist and composer Antonio Adolfo to record, in 2025, an album of songs from the 'golden age' of Brazilian carnaval music, circa 1920-1950? He has known and loved this music since he was a child, growing up in Rio de Janeiro. “All these songs are very alive in my memory," he told All About ...
Urban Tracks
By Cliff Korman
Label: Sol Re Sol
Released: 2024
Track listing: Cheio De Malicia; Manhã De Carnaval; All The Things You Are; Canhoto; Whisper Not; Fall; Francisca; Trilhos Urbanos; Saudade Do Paulo.
Love Cole Porter
Label: AAM Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Easy To Love;
Ev'Ry Time We Say Goodbye;
I Concentrate On You;
I Love You;
I'Ve Got You Under My Skin;
Just One Of Those Things;
Love For Sale;
Night And Day;
So In Love;
You Do Something To Me.
A Kiss for Brazil
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Flor de Lis; Month of March in Salvador (Dunas); The Gift (Recado Bossa Nova); O Grande Amor; Antigua; The
Island; Manha de Carnaval; So Many Stars; Wave; Only Trust Your Heart.
Cliff Korman: Urban Tracks
by Katchie Cartwright
As ever, Urban Tracks finds pianist, arranger-composer and scholar Cliff Korman alchemizing, jazzifying choros and Brasilifying jazz tunes to create his own distinctive arrangements. Mood Ingênuo: Pixinguinha Meets Duke Ellington with Paulo Moura (Jazzheads, 1999), Brasilified (Tiger Turn, 2022) and Bossas and Ballads (Tiger Turn, 2024) are among other examples in his discography. He recorded Urban ...
Antonio Adolfo: Love Cole Porter
by Pierre Giroux
Love Cole Porter is pianist Antonio Adolfo's masterful tribute to the genius of Cole Porter, capturing his musical essence while infusing it with a Brazilian flair. This release is not just a tribute but a careful reimagining, bringing his timeless melodies, intricate lyrics, and sophisticated harmonies into a new light. Accompanying Adolfo is a coterie of ...
Gilmore Piano Festival 2024
by John Ephland
Irving S. Gilmore International Piano FestivalKalamazoo, MIApril 24 to May 12, 2024 Thelonious Monk ends his 1967 album Straight, No Chaser with the song “We See." This Monk classic quartet remake from the 1950s was also the last piece of jazz music performed at this year's Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival. ...
