Tag: Duduka da Fonseca
Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves ft. Maucha Adnet: Samba Jazz and Tom Jobim
Thanks in large part to the inimitable drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and Family Adnet, the music of...
Sorte! – John Finbury ft. Thalma De Freitas
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...
Carlos Barbosa-Lima: Delicado
In Brasil, a country in which its musicians are almost as famous as its footballers, the name of Carlos Barbosa-Lima is uttered in reverential...
Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves To Release ‘Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim’
Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim Featuring Maucha Adnet
Special Guests: Wynton Marsalis & Claudio Roditi
Tom Jobim and João Gilberto’s partnership provided one of the most...
John Finbury featuring Thalma de Freitas: SORTE!
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...
Carlos Barbosa-Lima Releases New Album: “Delicado”
From Ipanema Beach to Corcovado mountain, the natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro is self-evident. It’s almost as if the postcard itself was invented...
Phil Marucci: Next Stop Brazil
You would be forgiven if you thought you were listening to a Brasilian while playing Next Stop Brazil by Phil Marucci. The Portuguese is...
Duduka Da Fonseca Trio Plays Dom Salvador
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...
Coming Soon: Duduka Da Fonseca Trio Plays Dom Salvador
The 3-time GRAMMY® nominated drummer Duduka Da Fonseca will be releasing what he considers to be one of the most expressive works of his...
Ark Ovrutski Quintet: Intersection
The quality of playing on Intersection not only by its leader as bassist, Ark Ovrutski, but all of the musicians is altogether exceptional. Ark...
Trio da Paz: 30
This is the quintessential Brasilian trio, a power trio if ever there was one, featuring Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka Da Fonseca. The...
Duduka Da Fonseca Trio: Jive Samba
Not all interpreters have proved to be distinguished interpreters of other composers’ works, but Duduka Da Fonseca has managed to maintain...
Romero Lubambo: Só—Brasilian Essence
Solo instrumental performances can be solitary pursuits, but not for Romero Lubambo and here is why. More than most guitarists, Mr. Lubambo has an...
Best Latin Jazz Albums of 2013 – Part I
2013 was a prolific year in terms of new Latin jazz albums being released. Perhaps as an appropriate response to the wrongful dismissal and...
Duduka Da Fonseca Trio – New Samba Jazz Directions
To understand the profundity of the nature of “samba” it is essential to understand its etymology. Brazilian folklorists suggest that it is a corruption...
Steve Turre – Woody`s Delight
Few trombone players in Steve Turre’s generation have pushed the boundaries of their instrument further than he has. Born of the blue, hard bopping...
Roni Ben-Hur & Santi Debriano featuring Duduka Da Fonseca – Our Thing
It is not often that music—even some of the finest on record, like a highly imaginative novel—evokes powerful visuals, but when it does the...
Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet – Samba Jazz – Jazz Samba
Duduka Da Fonseca brings something altogether new and exciting to the art of drumming: a flair for...
Brazilian Trio – Constelação
The art of the Brazilian Trio is defined by the superlative musicality of the players that comprise it: by the delicate trellis work of...
Brazilian Trio – Constelação
Brazilian Trio is a masterful amalgamation of musician/composer/arranger friends dedicated to perpetuating the artful blend of Brazilian classical...