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Spok

Ian Faquini e Paula Santoro: Metal Na Madeira

by Jim Trageser
January 6, 2017

For most of us in the United States, mentioning “Brazil" in a musical conversation connotes bossa nova or samba--which is a bit like describing all American music as blues or country. Expertise in the music of Brazil is the work of a lifetime; much as with the United States, each region has its own ...

Ninho de Vespa

By Spok

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: Onze de Abril; Comichao; Spokiando; Capibarizando; Pisando em Brasa; Quatro Cantos; Ninho de Vespa; O Que Nelson Gostou; Ta Achando Que ta Devagar?; De Baixo do Frevo; Pipocando; Cara de Carranca; Moraes e Frevo.

SpokFrevo Orquestra: Ninho de Vespa

by Jack Bowers
February 10, 2015

To begin, a couple of small but important details: first, saxophonist Spok (given name: Inaldo Cavalcante de Albuquerque) is the leader of this remarkable seventeen-piece “orquestra." Second, Frevo isn't Spok's co-leader but a form of Brazilian swing / dance music whose wellspring is the area in and around Recife, Pernambuco. Is it jazz? Most definitely, as ...