It is – and always be – perplexing why in cultural topography as vast and variegated as Brasil is, why...
With the release of Bossa+ the carioca musician Sergio Pereira has added six atmospheric charts [and one resurrected from the catalogue of Harry Warren – and...
Every time that the inimitable Mafalda Minnozzi produces a new Brasilian recording she sets the bar higher – putting that bar so much higher that only...
The mature elegance displayed by pianist Renee Rosnes on Crossing Paths brings a luminous pianistic grace, often dappled by vocals marked by Elysian liquidity. Her musicianship...
Wisely indeed Duduka Da Fonseca and his Trio have departed from the usual practice of many expatriate Brasilians of filling an album with songs by Tom...
The seemingly ubiquitous seven-stringed violão is not the only instrument that defines the gloriously mesmerising music of Brasil. Roger Corrêa reminds us that the accordion is...
The Brasilian-born tenor saxophonist Livio Almeida has been based in New York for some time, making a splash with – among other ensembles [including several he...
Better known as a pianist, Ron Rieder makes his debut as a composer with a set of 10 works on the strikingly programmed recording Latin Jazz...
The all-pervasive African element that is intrinsic to the cultural topography of Brasilian music, all-too-often gets the short shrift when it comes to exposure of that...
Devotees of the Brasilian musical diaspora – of those brilliant expatriates who have made a name for themselves in the USA, that is – will certainly...
The Portuguese-born, Brasilian-bred and Macedonia-based Amália Baraona sounds like no other chanteuse who sings in Portuguese today. There are, however, times in her singing when –...
The West Coast of the United States has had a rather long – and celebrated – association with the music of Brasil. Rique Pantoja is tapping...
Where Next? The title of this disc seems to ask an existential question that many musicians might ask themselves. But do not be under the impression...
As in football, so also in music, Brasil’s cup runneth over. So great is the outflow in fact that both have reached the furthest corners of...
For the Brasilian singer Guai – not nearly as known as she deserves to be – to take this repertoire – none of which she has...
