The drum set, that invention by Black American drummer Baby Dodds – and rooted in the ingenuity of drummers from Mr Dodds to Papa Jo Jones...
Drummer Vanderlei Pereira leads the dynamic Brazilian jazz sextet Blindfold Test, which boasts an unusual frontline of woodwinds and wordless vocal, backed by a burning rhythm...
You would be forgiven if you thought you were listening to a Brasilian while playing Next Stop Brazil by Phil Marucci. The Portuguese is near perfect...
So once again we are presented here with Awakening, an album by a Carioca living in New York, Itaiguara Brandao, and first things first: with about...
That Ark Ovrutski is following his heart in pursuing the art of music is creditable. But that he has made it his mission to play the...
Jon Gold is one of the most exciting virtuoso pianists, imaginative composers and original orchestrators in art of two important musical idioms—Brazilian and American. The fact...