Results for "Sivuca"

Sivuca

Born: May 26, 1930

Severino (Sivuca) Dias de Oliveira was a Brazilian accordionist and guitarist. In addition to in his home state of Paraíba, in Recife, and in Rio de Janeiro, he worked and lived in Paris, Lisbon, and New York on and off throughout his life. He is best known internationally for his work with Scandinavian jazz musicians in the 1980s. His most famous songs are the Brazilian popular classic João e Maria with lyrics by Chico Buarque and the accordion standard Feira de Mangaio. He is famous for his use of makeshift instruments playing alongside conventional ones and for his versatility, fusing traditional regional styles such as forró and Chorinho with jazz, bossa, classical, and other musical forms

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Hermeto Pascoal: No Mundo Dos Sons

by Harry S. Pariser
October 12, 2017

The packaging for the two-CD set from Brazil's Hermeto Pascoal, an 81-year-old multi-instrumentalist, shines of its own accord. Its trifold paper cover, unfolds like a lotus to reveal two CDs and a sleeve containing a large fold-out glossy paper. The insert unfolds to read “Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo," along with the title No Mundo Dos Sons. ...

Toots Thielemans European Quartet: 90 Years

by Ian Patterson
January 23, 2013

NEA Jazz Master and harmonica playing legend Toots Thielemans turned 90 in April 2012, and the milestone has been marked by an exhibition, a street-naming in his honor and a couple of releases. The double-CD Yesterdays and Todays (Dreyfus, 2012) contained 37 previously unreleased recordings spanning a remarkable 65 years, from 1946 to 2011. Then in ...

Pipoka Trio with Sam Huber, Helsinki, Finland, December 7, 2011

by Anthony Shaw
December 21, 2011

Pipoka Trio with Sam Huber Rytmihairioklubi Helsinki, Finland December 7, 2011 For a band with a name as simple as it is impenetrable, Pipoka embodies all that is exciting yet daunting in modern Finnish jazz. Its two founding members, accordionist Veli Kujala and guitarist Jarmo Julkinen, have now found a stable ...

CTI + RVG

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: CTI Records
Released: 2009

Brazilian Passion Fruit [4-CD set]

By Various Artists

Label: BMG
Released: 2007

Miriam Makeba: Live At Bern's Salonger 1966

By Leopoldo F. Fleming

Label: Gallo Record Company GWVCD 49
Released: 2003

Gourmet Music Deluxe - Cuisine Nationale: Brazil

By Various Artists

Label: ZYX Music
Released: 2001

Sivuca & Rosinha de Valença

By Sivuca

Label: BMG
Released: 2001