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...
Sunnyside Records has just announced the release of Rio Fantasia, the new album by Duduka Da Fonseca and his Brazilian based trio, featuring pianist David Feldman...
We have always known that Miguel de León can sing with equal facility in both Spanish and Portuguese, which can be a daunting task for native...
The percussion colourist, Duduka Da Fonseca once graced the drum chair of Dom Salvador’s album, simply entitled Transition… or was it so simple? Although the legendary...
Not all interpreters have proved to be distinguished interpreters of other composers’ works, but Duduka Da Fonseca has managed to maintain...
Leo Gandelman may have set out to make a record documenting the arrival from the North East of saxophonists who contributed to the historic...
To understand the profundity of the nature of “samba” it is essential to understand its etymology. Brazilian folklorists suggest that it is a corruption of the...
Leo Gandelman is a master of playing music that describes not just the extremes of emotion, but all of the subtlety that exists in what his...
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...
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...
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...