Archive for May, 2012
Antonio Adolfo & Carol Saboya – Lá e Cá (Self Produced – 2010)
Although Antonio Adolfo makes a point to explain his singular style as an amalgam of a very personal style with a distinct infusion of Brazilian phrasing, this may not be necessary at all. Adolfo’s sweeping, symphonic pianist...
El Movimiento – The Movement (Nueva Nota Records – 2010)
To employ a guitar in the melange of Latin music is no great deal, but to make use of the melodic and harmonic richness of the instrument over its rhythmic capability in the manner that El Movimiento have done on The Moveme...
Gabriele Tranchina – A Song of Love’s Color (Jazzheads – 2010)
It appears that exacting pitch is not really important in the grander scheme of things, for Gabriele Tranchina’s singing. Although it seems likely that if she really wanted to this vocalist could nail the exacting pitch of th...
Steve Pouchie – El Puente (The Bridge) (Self Produced – 2010)
It is altogether a special virtue to make an album that features music delightful to listen to as well as to feel an irresistible urge to get up and dance to when the first chords are struck. This is exactly what Steve Pouchie ...
Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band – Ceremony (Otá Records – 2010)
Omar Sosa inhabits two worlds. One in which all humans live and the other is the spirit world. On Ceremony (Music arranged by Jaques Morelenbaum) a record that he made with the NDR Big Band, he has opened the door to b...
Um Abraço Pra Claudio – An Interview with Claudio Roditi
My palms are wet, but I am not nervous—just uncontrollably excited to be talking with Claudio Roditi, an iconic figure in music. With Brasilian guitarist, Ricardo Silveira and percussionist Duduka da Fonseca, another Brasilia...
Hamilton de Holanda – Brasilianos 2 (Adventure Music – 2010)
The mandolin has barely evolved since its incarnation as a lute in Italy over three hundred years ago. A few more strings may have been added, so that there is now a ten-stringed version; tuning of these strings may have become...
Ricardo Silveira – Até Amanhã (Adventure Music – 2010)
The music of guitarist Ricardo Silveira flows—especially on Até Amanhã/'Til Tomorrow--flows like an interminable river into the proverbial ocean of sound where a world of music mixes and mingles. Yet the idea that...
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