Results for "Rafael Barata"

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.

Balaios

By Antonio Adolfo

Label: AAM Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: 3D Blues; Claudia, featuring Thom Rotella; San Expedito (Santo Expedito); Sambalaio (Agitadinho); Love Will Come (Até que Venha o Amor); My Chant (Meu Canto), featuring Leo Gandelman; Vision (Visão); Journey to the Interior (Caminhada); Zah Toom Toom (Samba 4).

Ao Vivo

By Eliane Elias

Label: Candid Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Brasil (Aquarela do Brasil); Você; Sambou Sambou; Você e Eu (You and I); Eu Sambo Mesmo (I Really Samba); Bahia Medley: Saudade da Bahia / Você Já Foi à Bahia; Esta Tarde Vi Llover; At First Sight; A Felicidade; Só Danço Samba.

Antonio Adolfo: Balaios

by Katchie Cartwright
July 20, 2026

Antonio Adolfo draws a parallel between balaios, the baskets that African Brazilian women have carried on their heads for centuries, and musical albums. “Each piece is placed carefully inside, shaped by the moment in which it was born, yet carried into the present with renewed meaning," he says. He speaks of Balaios as a gathering of ...

Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful

By Antonio Adolfo

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
August 10, 2025

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
July 14, 2025

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

By Antonio Adolfo

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

By Karrin Allyson

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.