A Sony Pictures Classics release. Opening for one week at The Village East in New York and The Royal in Los Angeles on November 24, 2023, followed...
Los Angeles, CA (June 15, 2022) – Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary proudly announce a 40th anniversary pressing of Azymuth’s Telecommunication. Being released on vinyl for...
Featured photo of Jovino Santos Neto by Rhonda Stewart Performing solo on a piano – even before a large audience – comes with a sense of...
Venerated Drummer, Vibraphonist, Percussionist and Composer Joe Chambers Returns to Blue Note Records with February 26 Release of Samba de Maracatu On February 26, the venerated...
Combining two of the most exciting artists in Latin jazz creates an explosion of music and crazed fans. Diego Figueiredo is considered one of the most...
Grammy® Winning Eliane Elias Celebrates Samba’s Centennial Anniversary While Reflecting On Her Pioneering Four-Decade Career With Dance of TimeWatch: Eliane Elias – Dance Of Time Recorded...
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2015 – Live Report by Tomas Peña For three glorious days, nearly 1000 musicians performed over one-hundred concerts at thirteen outdoor...
Oscar Castro-Neves (May 15, 1940 – September 27, 2013) was a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in Bossa Nova. He...
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942), better known as Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation...
Sounds of Brazil: Mario Adnet February 20-22, 2015 Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola – Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC – Broadway and 60th Street, 5th Floor Set Times:...
The year 2014 marks fifty-two years after the classic album Jazz Samba, was recorded. There is a very good reason for the extraordinary longevity of this...
Direct from the city of Recife in Northeastern Brazil, the SpokFrevo Orquestra debuted at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s three-day Brazilian Festival...
SpokFrevo Orquestra draws inspiration from frevo, a vibrant music of elaborated arrangements and deep roots. SpokFrevo takes the tradition to the centre stage, but does not...
The same rich ethnic cocktail that formed Brazilian society, from African, European and native ingredients, underlies its native genius for music. It also makes the country...
Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, from the rise of Choro and authors such as Ernesto Nazareth, a musical territory began to be demarcated...