On Catalog of Dreams, flutist and vocalist Alex Hamburger and pianist José Luiz Martins create music that feels less like a formal recital than a private...
Few musicians have expanded the sound of modern jazz as profoundly — and as joyfully — as Airto Moreira. Born in Itaiópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, on...
Brazilian pianist, composer and producer Ricardo Bacelar opens up about Maracanós, his ambitious new collaboration with legendary percussionist Airto Moreira and special guest Flora Purim. In...
Maracanós, the new collaborative album by Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer Ricardo Bacelar and legendary percussionist Airto Moreira, will be released worldwide on April 24, 2026,...
This month on The Latin Side of Jazz we feature music with the following artists: Alonso González & Jazz Latino, Kenny Garrett, Enrico Rava, Alfredo Rodríguez...
Featured Album · Editor’s Pick Two albums into his worshipful “Brasilian sojourn” John Finbury has written six new songs that further declare his abject love for...
Award-winning composer John Finbury and singer-lyricist Thalma de Freitas team up for the first time on Sorte! Their new album of Brazilian-flaired Latin Jazz songs was...
The ultimate expression of Wayne Shorter’s desire to make a “Brasilian” record is Native Dancer. However it is further from being a “Brasilian” record than it...
There comes a time in the life of a pianist, when the lure of a solo project is strong and he or she inevitably gives in....
Dorival Caymmi was considered a seminal figure in the music of Bahia in Brazil. His influence on the Música Popular Brasileira movement was incalculable and Gilberto...