Notes glide effortlessly in mighty glissandos dancing sensuously from out of the bell of Leo Gandelman’s saxophone on his insanely rhythmic album, VIP VOP. The notes of Mr. Gandelman’s music are never forced out of...
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Duduka da Fonseca Trio Plays Toninho Horta (Zoho Music – 2011)
One of the main reasons why Brazilian music has been preserved and, more importantly, kept alive through the generations has been the readiness of newer generations of musicians to create repertory albums in homage to that country’s master musicians. Over the years there have been a slew of beautiful tributes to classical masters such as Heitor Villa Lobos, from João Carlos Assis Brasil’s legendary album A Floresta do Amazonas [...]
André Vasconcellos – 2 (Adventure Music -2011)
There is nothing predictable about the music of André Vasconcellos. To begin with, he is one of a crop of fresh Brazilian musicians that include guitarists Daniel Santiago and Yamandú Costa, mandolin-player, Hamilton de Holanda and, chief among them, pianist André Mehmari who are re-evaluating their native milieu and the idiom in which they write. They are doing this in relation to the Romantic Era of 17th and 18th Century music [...]
Miguel de León – Postcards from Rio (Migsmuse Records – 2009)
There are several multi-lingual artists—some are even musicians. However, the fact that several languages may be spoken, even sung, it does not mean that they get to the soul of the musical culture whose garb they put on for the occasion. But Miguel de León is one of those artists who wears a cultural garb just like a second skin [...]