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Alfredo Dias Gomes Releases His First Album Entirely Dedicated To Jazz

April 3, 2020

The restless drummer Alfredo Dias Gomes is back, with a new solo album, his 12th, now diving in an old passion: jazz, especially the world-famous classics. Alongside great musicians (Jessé Sadoc, trumpet / Widor Santiago, tenor sax / Jefferson Lescowich, bass / Lulu Martin, keyboard), Alfredo Dias Gomes is releasing Jazz Standards, his first album exclusively ...

Brazilian Jazz Quartet: Pepper Pot

March 13, 2020

Last week, I was listening to early Brazilian bossa nova albums from the late 1950s when I came across an obscure one from 1958. The album was by a Rio group known as the Brazilian Jazz Quartet. Recorded in 1958 for Columbia, Coffee and Jazz featured alto saxophonist José Ferreira Godinho Filho (better known as Casé), ...

Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Born: June 23, 1963

Music Producer (with over 530 albums to his credit according to the All Music Guide), Voting Member of NARAS-GRAMMY and Jazz Journalists Association (NY), Member of LAJS (Los Angeles Jazz Society), Musical Philosopher, Journalist, Jazz & Brazilian Music Historian, Publicist, Public Relations, Composer (having written successful jazz & pop songs, some dance hits like "O Passarinho" for the Italian TV reality show "La Pupa e Il Secchione", and "Samba da Copa" for the "2006 World Cup" in Germany, plus many other soundtracks for movies, soap operas & TV series in the USA — PBS, BET, Universal Cable etc —, Europe and Asia), Lyricist (he wrote lyrics to Dave Brubeck's "Broadway Bossa Nova" at the invitation of Brubeck himself, among other songs), Arranger, Percussionist, Keyboardist, Programmer, Educator (conducting clinics and panel sessions worldwide as the first Brazilian member of IAJE- International Association of Jazz Educators during its existence).

Reinaldo Figueiredo

Ricardo Bacelar

Born: July 19, 1967

Ricardo Bacelar is a Brazilian composer, pianist, singer, and producer whose work navigates the intersection of contemporary Brazilian music, jazz, and cinematic sound. With a career spanning more than four decades, he has built a multifaceted trajectory that combines artistic creation, music production, and the development of an independent recording infrastructure with international reach.

Bacelar began his musical journey in the Brazilian rock scene, gaining recognition as a founding member of the band Hanoi Hanoi, with whom he recorded albums and performed extensively across Brazil. Over time, his artistic direction evolved toward a broader musical language, incorporating elements of MPB, jazz, and instrumental composition, resulting in a body of work marked by harmonic sophistication and rhythmic diversity.

Alfredo Dias Gomes

Born: May 20, 1960

Alfredo Dias Gomes debuted as a drummer in Hermeto Pascoal's band. With the instrumentalist, he recorded the album "Cérebro magnético" and performed in important shows such as the II Jazz Festival of São Paulo/Montreux and the Rio Monterey Festival.

He was part of the first formation of the group Heroes of the Resistance, with which he recorded the albums "Heroes of the Resistance" and "Religio", recording in Los Angeles in the United States.

He was also part of Ivan Lins' band. He toured Brazil, Japan, the United States, England, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy, performing alongside saxophonist and keyboardist Larry Williams and singer Brenda Russell. With Ivan he recorded the albums "Amar assim" and "Ivan Lins 20 anos".

Ricardo Dias

John Cassio Kalil Benevides

Born: April 24, 1969

Muitos procuram zonas confortáveis, sem tentar outros caminhos e desafios. John Cassio, guitarrista nascido em São Paulo morando no Rio de Janeiro há 30 anos — faz o inverso, procura diversos caminhos para a sua música trilhar. Seja no fusion, no jazz, no violão clássico ou no rock instrumental, sua assinatura está presente. Nascido John Cassio Kalil Benevides, John começou a estudar guitarra aos 13 anos e encontrou no seu professor Luciano de Castro ainda presente em sua trajetória uma espécie de guru, um mestre que levou sua técnica e sua maneira de pensar a música além

Jaime Aklander

Born: July 19, 1948

Nascido em 19/07/1948, em Copacabana, desde os 16 anos escolheu o baixo com seu instrumento. Quando, teve como professor de baixo acústico clássico, à época o “spalla” de contrabaixo do Theatro Municipal do Rio, o prof. Renato Sbragia. Isto, por recomendação do baixista Manuel Gusmão, após ter assistido uma apresentação do Copa Trio, liderado pelo pianista (Don)Salvador e o baterista Do Um Romão, acompanhando Wilson Simonal. Assim, na verdade estava buscando tocar o jazz e a bossa nova. A partir daí, teve a sorte de conviver com os seus ídolos, tais como o baterista Edison Machado, Luiz Carlos Vinhas, Luizão Maia, Tenório Jr., Edson Lobo, Sergio Barrozo Neto, Bebeto Castilho, Juarez Araujo, Aurino Ferreira, Vitor Assis Brazil, Claudio Roditi, Helio Delmiro, Fernando Martins, Haroldo Mauro Jr, Tomas Improta e Alfredo Cardim, Duduka Fonseca, Tony Botelho, Cesarius Alvim, Aloysio Milanez Aguiar, Mauro Senise e Marcio Montarroyos, para citar alguns

Carol Saboya

Born: March 10, 1975

It has always been a musical environment. Carol Saboya, the composer Antônio Adolfo's daughter, was raised surrounded by inspired chords, scribbled scores and songs being born: The art in its full creation process. When she was eight, she had her voice recorded for the first time along with Miéle for the compact disc A menina e a TV. When she was still a little girl, she took part as a vocalist in albums of Erasmo Carlos and Ângela Ro Ro. She also took part in the historical musical presentation Verde que te quero ver and infantile soundtracks. She spent three years studying singing in the United States, taking part in Sérgio Mendes' Brasileiro CD