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Adriana Miki (vocal)
Originally from Sao Paolo, now living in Lisbon, Portugal, singer Adriana Miki, at a very young age, found herself irresistibly drawn to music. “Music has been part of my soul since before I could walk, “Adriana recalls. ”As a child...Adriano Santos (drums)
Adriano Santos was born in São Paulo, Brasil in 1966. Part of a new generation of Brazilian drummers, he began his drum studies at the age of twelve at Zimbo Trio Music School ( CLAM) in his hometown. In 1988 he moved to Boston to study...Afonso Abreu (bass, acoustic)
Afonso Abreu is a very particular musician from Brazil. Playing the bass,composing or producing, always shows his best and does what it has to be done and a lot more. On the road since the hard military brazilian sixties, with the...Aldo Bianchi (keyboard)
Biography missing, add it now.Alejandro Santos (flute)
Alejandro Santos is steadily working with Al Di Meolas World Symphony since 2001 and recorded in his latest album "Flesh on Flesh" . He is widely-recognized, both in his home country of Argentina and internationally, as an extraordinary...Alix Noel (piano)
Montreal Jazz, classical, latin and world-music pianist and acordionist of haitian background. Alix studied in Fortaleza, Brazil, in Berklee, Boston and Vincent d'Indy, Canada. He is now playing for the brazilianized group Bombolesse and...Andrea Moraes Manson (vocal)
Andrea moved to the U.S. in 2000 and married trombonist/composer David Manson in 2002. Although trained as an architect, Andrea began singing with her husband in O Som Do Jazz, a Brazilian band based in Florida. With a strong voice,...
Angelita Jimenez (vocal)
Angelita Jiménez is a singer, songwriter, composer from Brazil. Playing the guitar from a very young age, she has mastered her sound which combines Brazilian contemporary with Bossa Nova and Samba influences perfect for easy listening....
Anje West (vocal)
Anje is a singer with over 20 years experience, many of which she's spent as one of Australia's finest interpreters of Brazilian music. Her work with The View From Madeleine's Couch (co-founded in 1998 with vibist husband, Kym...
Anne Sajdera (piano)
Many an American musician has fallen under the sway of Brazil’s seductive rhythms and enticing melodies. But San Francisco pianist/composer Anne Sajdera has taken the romance a good deal deeper than many of her similarly besotted...Annette A Aguilar (congas)
Latin Brazilian and Latin Jazz Concert and Recording Artist
Antonio Adolfo (piano)
Antonio Adolfo is an important composer, having written songs recorded by many Brazilian and International artists. He also had a noted role in the process of making important music available through independent production, through...
Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano)
It has been said that Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim was the George Gershwin of Brazil--and there is a solid ring of truth in that, for both contributed large bodies of songs to the jazz repertoire, both expanded their reach...Antonio Valdetaro (guitar)
ANTONIO VALDETARO launches “Leticia”, his first CD The guitarist, along with his band, just launched the first album with his own composition. An excellent guitarist, Antonio Valdetaro is also an untiring traveler. Nevertheless, he is...
Astrud Gilberto (vocal)
Astrud Gilberto - vocalist, recording artist, composer Astrud Gilberto, known as "The Girl from Ipanema" and often referred to as "The Queen of Bossa-Nova," is an artist with roots firmly planted in Brazilian music. Her music has become...Aziz Bucater (drums)
Aziz Bucater Filho - Drums&Percussion - Guitar Aziz received musical training in drums & percussion at the Conservatory of Music Meyrelles. Also studied piano, harmony, arrangement, and composition with Professor Joao Goddoy. He has...
Baden Powell (guitar, acoustic)
Baden Powell de Aquino was born in Varre-e-Sai in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His father, a scouting enthusiast, named him after Lord Robert Baden-Powell. When he was three, his family relocated to a suburb in the city of Rio de...
Bebel Gilberto (vocal)
At the age of seven, Bebel made an appearance on her Mother's first solo album 'Miucha'. At age nine, Bebel performed with her mother and legendary Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz at a Jazz festival in New York's Carnegie Hall . Back in Brazil...Beto Schmidt (bass)
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Bill Beach (piano)
Bill Beach has performed with many jazz legends including Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Harris, Nat Adderley, Mark Murphy and Howard Roberts. He has studied with Marian McPartland, Jack DeJohnette and Warren Bernhardt. Bill has...Billy Newman (guitar)
Guitarist Billy Newman has been performing for over 20 years. Starting in Jazz, he performed in the 80’s with artists such as Dave Douglas and Vincent Herring. Since 1992 he has been traveling to Brazil, spending months there...
Bola Sete (guitar)
Bola Sete (born Djalma de Andrade) was a Brazilian guitarist born on July 16, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro and who died on February 14, 1987 in Greenbrae, California. Sete played jazz with Vince Guaraldi as well as with Dizzy Gillespie. His song...
Brazilian Jazz Collective (piano)
The Brazilian Jazz Collective Brings A Youthful Approach To An Honored Tradition of Music On Their First California Tour(Los Angeles, October 30, 2009) On Sunday, November 29, 2009 the Brazilian Jazz...
Bruno Migliari (bass)
Musician (bassist, composer and arranger) active on the Jazz, World Music and Pop/Rock scenes. Graduated in ‘94 at Uni-Rio Conservatory, currently plays bass for brazilian popular singer/songwriter Frejat (besides whom he has...
Caetano Veloso (guitar)
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso, known as Caetano Veloso, is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian composer and singer, called "One of the greatest songwriters of the century", whose voice "carries an abiding tenderness" and is sometimes...
Carlos Lyra (guitar)
When Tom Jobim affirms that Carlos Lyra is the great "connoisseur of the paths", the master does not exaggerate.An exceptional melodist, Lyra was born historically together with bossa nova. His inspired melodies have resisted over the...
Carol Saboya (vocal)
It has always been a musical environment. Carol Saboya, the composer Antônio Adolfo's daughter, was raised surrounded by inspired chords, scribbled scores and songs being born: The art in its full creation process. When she was...
Cassio Vianna (piano)
Born in July 30, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, Cassio Vianna began studying piano at age nine and composing at age twelve. Starting as a classical pianist, Cassio moved to pop music at age thirteen, as he joined a Christian band in...
Catarina dos Santos (vocal)
Catarina Dos Santos is a fusion of the arts. An arranger, composer, lyricist, guitarist and percussionist, she also has a degree in a visual art, Painting. To understand Catarina's style, mix a little bit of jazz and pop with some...Celia Malheiros (vocal)
Celia Malheiros's music is unique. A prolific composer, songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and impressive singer, Celia is self-taught, eclectic, rooted in the myriad of folkloric sounds of her native Brazil and equally immersed in...
Celso Krause (guitar)
celso krause is guitarist and composer.he haved act professionally since 1980.a self taught musician he's studied for many years with Carlos ferreira, later it improved its knowledge short study with the great guitarist Ary Piasarollo.He...
CeU (vocal)
Just when you think that Brazil must surely have exhausted its supply of irresistibly jazzy, funky, sexy, soulful electro-pop singer-songwriters, someone like CéU comes along and makes you think that maybe that particular well is...
Chico Pinheiro (guitar)
One of the leading figures in modern Brazilian music, guitarist/composer/arranger Chico Pinheiro, was born in São Paulo. Self-taught, Pinheiro started playing the guitar and the piano when he was 7 years old. After starting to perform...Claudio Celso (guitar)
Considered as one of the top 100 guitarists in the world by Guitar Player Magazine. Immortalized in the "Encyclopedia of Brazilian Musicians” (www.musicosdobrasil.com.br) . Presently living in the US, guitarist/composer Claudio Celso...Clifford Korman (piano)
An accomplished jazz pianist and highly regarded educator and researcher, Cliff Korman has developed numerous jazz projects featuring Brazilian and American musicians and presenting a variety of original compositions and arrangements. His...
Conrado Paulino (guitar, acoustic)
The style of guitarist, composer and arranger Conrado Paulino is an original fusion of three major musical schools. The first one embraces the repertoire of Brazilian music, a universe from which his creative basis takes its shape....Dan Moniz & The Bossa Ensemble (guitar, acoustic)
Dan’s journey from São Paulo, Brazil to Los Angeles, California has afforded him with ample opportunities to explore various genres and instruments; however, the guitar remains one of his favorites. Picking up the guitar at the age of...Dani Gurgel (vocal)
Always gathering her contemporary artists, singer-songwriter Dani Gurgel makes modern brazilian music. Elements from all over the world are joined to jazz language, sophisticated harmony and the untiring search of what's new. Her voice is...Daniel Marques (guitar)
From Rio de Janeiro, 7-string guitarist Daniel Marques recently won the greatest award in his country, the 'Brazilian Grammy' known as the Prêmio da Música Brasileira (2010). “The Brazilian Award was for my last project called...Danny Green (piano)
San Diego native Danny Green has managed to carve out a place for himself in the lineup of young jazz artists who have a pulse on keeping the tradition of jazz piano and composition alive while stepping boldly into the future....David Valdez (saxophone)
Born 1976 in San Francisco, David grew up in Santa Cruz, California. David picked up the saxophone at the age of 8 years old. He attended Berklee College of music on full scholarship, where he studied with George Garzone and saxophone guru...
Dexter Payne (clarinet)
Now, for the rest of the story... The continuing musical adventures of Dexter Payne and Thiago de Mello! Thiago's music is exquisite - not easily stereotyped. Thiago de Mello first recorded under his own name in 1973 with Dom Salvador,...
Dori Caymmi (guitar)
Dori Caymmi is an internationally celebrated composer and singer, having an expressive production recorded by many important artists worldwide, along with a prominent career as an arranger and producer, having also written music for...
Duduka Da Fonseca (drums)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Duduka began playing the drums at the age of thirteen. By fifteen, he was appearing on television, performing with the top musicians in Brazil. In 1975 Duduka moved to New York where he established numerous...
Edie Daponte (vocal)
When Edie sings, she delivers an intimate and dynamic performance honoring the great songwriters of Latin and Jazz standards. Her honest and passionate delivery draws the audience directly into her experience. Edie performs...
Edu Leal (guitar)
Guitarist,composer and arranger,Brazilian Edu Leal features his first album "Vida Nova"("New Life").He invites the great brazilan musician Arismar do Espirito Santo to the Musical Direction,and others notorious Brazilian singers...Edu Puperi (piano)
Pianist and composer Eduardo Puperi was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on 25 October 1969. From 1986 to 1991 he studied music at CLAM, a school directed by Zimbo Trio in São Paulo, with teachers Fernando Corrêa and...Eduardo Domingues de Jesus (vocal)
Eduardo Domingues de Jesus founded the band which his friends started calling by the name Eduardo and His Brazilian Aeroplane, focusing on Chorinho and Velha Guarda music style and performing in bars and night clubs of a traditional suburb...
Eduardo Mendonca (guitar, acoustic)
Who is Eduardo Mendonça? A native of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Eduardo traces his lineage to a royal African family bearing the hereditary title of Mama Beka ("prophet of the royal court"), as documented by the Instituto Geográfico e...Eduardo Negrao (guitar)
My passion for music started early, when I was 4 years old, I think. I remember my uncle Mario putting me on his lap and trying to show me the instruments in the orchestra: Look Du, this is a bassoon...how beautiful...now here come the...
Egberto Gismonti (guitar, acoustic)
Egberto Gismonti was born in 1947 in Carmo, Brazil. He began his formal music studies at the age of six. After studying classical piano for 15 years, he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger (orchestration and analysis), and...
Eliane Elias (piano)
Multi GRAMMY® Award Nominee, pianist/singer/composer/arranger Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive and immediately recognizable musical style which blends her Brazilian roots, her sensuous, alluring voice with her impressive...
Elin (vocal)
So, who is this Elin, what is her music all about, and how did she end up on this journey? Born and raised in Sweden by an Irish mother and a Peruvian father. Grew up in three distinct cultures and continents: Europe, North and South...
Elis Regina (vocal)
Born in Porto Alegre, Elis Regina started her singing career at age 11, singing on the radio. In 1959, she signed her first professional deal with the radio station Rádio Gaúcha, and in the following year she moved to Rio de Janeiro,...
Emy Tseng (vocal)
With the critically acclaimed release of her debut recording 'Sonho' (meaning 'Dream' in Portuguese), DC-based singer Emy Tseng establishes herself as a foremost interpreter of modern and Brazilian jazz. She regularly performs with...Entrevero Instrumental
In 2010 recorded the album "Siri al Presto" (Rob Digital) at Rio de Janeiro. Produced by Daniel Santiago (Hamilton de Holanda Quintet), with the special guests Gabriel Grossi (harmonica) and Alessandro Bebê Kramer (acordeon); The...
Ernest Barteldes (bass, electric)
Born in Muskegon, Michigan, Ernest Barteldes started out playing in rock bands in Fortaleza, Brazil. Though his first instrument was the clarinet, he gravitated to guitar and percussion but eventually settled on the electric...Fabiano Araújo (piano)
Born: September 24, 1974 Pianist, composer and arranger, Fabiano Araujo appears in modern Brazilian music scene with his first work entitled “O Aleph” (Indie/2006) that was rated 5 stars by the most important newspaper O GLOBO...
Fabio Torres (piano)
Biography missing, add it now.Fernanda Cunha (vocal)
Brazilian singer Fernanda Cunha features contemporary and traditional compositions that have won them fans on three continents. Fernanda rose out of the rich Brazilian jazz scene to become a rising luminary in international...Frogman Tsubasino (drums)
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Gabriel Espinosa (bass)
The alluring melodies, engaging harmonies and insinuating rhythms of Brazil permeate this very pleasing ZOHO debut by Mexico-born bassist-composer-arranger Gabriel Espinosa. And yet, lurking beneath the soothing surface of these buoyant...
Gal Costa (vocal)
Gal Costa - Brazilian vocalist Essentially the first lady of Brazilian music, Gal Costa was among the musical rebels who gathered under the Tropicalia banner in the late-1960s/early-'70s, espousing a countercultural aesthetic that...
German Bense (guitar)
1963 - German Bense was born in Montevideo, Uruguay 1977 - Begun piano and theory studies at the “Instituto Kölischer” (until 1979). 1979 - Begun guitar and bass studies at the “Centro Musical Moderno” with the master Juan...
Gilberto Gil (guitar)
Gilberto Gil carries out a fundamental role in the constant modernization process of Brazilian popular music. Partaking of this scene for 41 years, he has developed one of the most relevant and renown careers as a singer, composer and...
Greta Panettieri (vocal)
about me... "I was born in Rome, Italy...my childhood was spent in a very creative environment, close to the rhythms of nature and its music. Surrounded by musical instruments of many kinds, my own musical adventure began with the violin,...Guinga (guitar)
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Hamilton de Holanda (mandolin)
In the legacy of such great mandolinists as Jacob do Bandolim, Joel Nascimento and Armandinho the young Hamilton de Holanda is considered as one of the greatest virtuosos of bandolim of all times. Born in Rio de Janeiro- 1976, he imposed...
Helio Alves (piano)
Pianist and composer Helio Alves has received high praise as an in-demand sideman with Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Slide Hampton, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Paquito D'Rivera, Claudio Roditi, Oscar Castro-Neves and Gato Barbieri, to name...
Hendrik Meurkens (harmonica)
Hendrik Meurkens, a virtuoso on both the chromatic harmonica and the vibraphone, is the most important jazz harmonica player since Toots Thielemans. German-born but now based in New York, Meurkens' recordings and performances garner...
Hermeto Pascoal (piano)
Hermeto Pascoal is a prolific musician and composer who transcends category. Hermeto often uses unconventional instruments such as teapots, children's toys, found objects, and--sometimes, without harming them--live animals. He uses nature...Hiromi Suda (vocal)
Brazilian music (MPB, Samba, Bossa Nova and choro) and Jazz vocalist. Living and performing in NY.Ines Trickovic (vocal)
Music-love-freedoMIrene and Her Latin Jazz Band (vocal)
Interview from Smooth Jazz.com You’ve just released your second CD. “A Song of You,” which, as with your first project, “Summer Samba,” is a rich tapestry of Brazilian and Latin tunes and rhythms. What brought about the focus...
Itaiguara Brandao (bass)
Itaiguara Brandão is a New York City based recording artist and bassist/guitarist. A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brandão has toured internationally and recorded extensively with a wide range of Latin and World Music artists such...
Ivan Lins (keyboard)
Ivan Lins is a Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Simone is his most notable and...
Jim Orr (keyboard)
About The Bossa Brothers Trio I've been playing piano for about 40 years and I've always been attracted to the different Afro-American forms of music starting with Rock n' Roll which lead me to the Blues which turned me on to Jazz which...
Joao Gilberto (vocal)
Born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931, in the town of Juázeiro in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil. His father was a wealthy merchant who insisted that all of his seven children receive an education....João Paulo Amaral (guitar, acoustic)
www.joaopauloamaral.com.br Guitar player (brazilian 10-string guitar, called viola caipira), composer and researcher, João Paulo Amaral outshines as one of the most important Brazilian ten string guitar names in Brazil and abroad. He has...Jorge Amorim (drums)
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Joseph Frame (guitar, acoustic)
After many years performing as a solo guitarist, Joseph Frame founded Framework Acoustic Jazz Quartet (initially a drummer-less trio) in the mid 90's; the quartet has subsequently grown to a Quintet on occasion. The rather unusual...Josey Dijaneiro (vocal)
Josey Dijaneiro was born in Montreal Canada. She sings Till The Morning Bright. music = Serge Gamache: lyrics = Robert Lewis TILL THE MORNING BRIGHT: She likes to dance the samba, And light my cigarettes, She spends her nights in Rio, Her...
Jovino Santos Neto (piano)
The barriers between classical music, jazz, and indigenous Brazilian music have been obscured by Rio de Janeiro-born and Seattle-based pianist, flutist, and composer Jovino Santos Neto. A member of Hermeto Pascoal's legendary band from...Juliano Beccari (piano)
Pianist, keyboardist, composer born in São Paulo, studyied music at University of Campinas city, UNICAMP. Graduated at 1995, since then has released his first solo album 'Da Horta', with compositions of instrumental brazilian jazz, and...Jurandir Santana (guitar)
Jurandir Santana Jurandir Santana, guitar player, that was born in 1970 in Bahia state,Brazil.Began in music on popular guitar at the age of ten years old 1995 • 1999 - He participated for four years in project Jazz MAM and put on...
Jussanam Dejah (vocal)
“Jussanam was born in Rio de Janeiro and she has lived and worked in the Icelandic capital , Reykjavik, since 2008 and became Icelandic Citizen in June 2011 by the Icelandic Parliament due her artistic habilities, contribuition for...
Kenia (vocal)
Kenia, who single-handedly defined the essence of heavenly, pop accented Brazilian jazz in the 1980s and '90s, returns with an album that surpasses all expectations. With the release of Simply Kenia, the singer confidently reasserts her...Kym Ambrose (vibraphone)
Kym's prpofessional career began at 16 when he started playing vibes. He'd already been playing drums with his father's jazz ensemble for a few years before this. After studying with Jim Bailey in Adelaide, Kym moved to Sydney in the...Laura Dreyer (sax, alto)
Laura Dreyer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has been a dynamic member of the New York jazz scene for more than two decades. Her original compositions fuse elements of jazz, funk, and rock with a Brazilian flair, creating a...
Laurindo Almeida (guitar)
Laurindo Almeida was born on September 2, 1917, Sao Paulo, Brazil, A fluent and skilled musician, famous in his native country as a classical Spanish guitar player, Almeida came to the USA in the 40s to work in film and...
Lea Freire (flute)
LEA FREIRE's "Cartas Brasileiras" (Brazilian Letters - 2007) is receiving the enthusiastic applause of either public and critic, in many languages. Its music is the confluence of the three main musical forces that coexist in Brazil today :...
Leo Gandelman (saxophone)
Saxophonist, producer, composer and arranger, music has always been present in Leo Gandelman's life. Son of a classic pianist and a conductor, at 15 years old he was already a Soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. Besides having a...
Leonardo Lucini (bass, electric)
Born in Rio de Janeiro and currently living near Washington, DC, bassist Leonardo Lucini has been bringing the sounds of Brazilian jazz to American audiences for over a decade. Lucini is a virtuoso performer on electric and...Levy DeAndrade (piano)
Levy DeAndrade Piano and Keyboard: One of the area’s most respected and sought after keyboard players, Levy has earned the admiration and respect of fans and peers alike for his talent and professionalism. His artistry in blending Latin...Lourenco Pezzuti (piano)
He was born in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and he began his musical studies at five years of age. He is graduated in piano with top marks by Conservatorio Drammatico Musical "Conselheiro Lafayette" in "São Paulo -Brazil " and he kept...Luca Mundaca (vocal)
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Luciana Souza (vocal)
2002 and 2003 Grammy nominee Luciana Souza is one of Brazil's leading singers and interpreters, while at the same time establishing herself as one of the most exciting songwriters of the time. Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, she grew up in...Lufe Lima (guitar)
Bossa's Gentle Breeze Lufe Lima was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1963. He grew up in a musical family and since the cradle was put to listen to the masters of jazz and the cool sounds of Bossa Nova, developing his love for music...
Luiz Bonfa (guitar, acoustic)
Luiz Bonfa was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus. Bonfa was born on October 17, 1922 in Rio de Janeiro. He began teaching himself to play guitar as a child; he studied...Luiz Simas (piano)
Luiz Simas was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a composer, singer and pianist, and he has performed and recorded with many of the top Brazilian artists. Many of his songs have been recorded in Brazil and in the US, and he also...Maggie Green (vocal)
Vocalist Maggie Green’s self-titled album of Brazilian music conveys a longing for the endless beaches and samba rhythms of Rio de Janeiro. With her soft yet rhythmic interpretations of bossa nova and samba, sung in masterful...
Marcelinho Ferreira (guitar)
Biography missing, add it now.Marco Pontes (piano)
Started at the age of 4 years old, he is a very gifted musician. Maestro and pianist, he can also arrange an entire orchestra. He performed and recorded withManolo Otero, Julio Iglesias, Jens Winther, Tania Maria, Dorival Caymmi,Michel...Marcos Neves (guitar, acoustic)
Marcos Neves: la voix suave qui vient d’Itapuã*... Né au sud-ouest de Bahia, Marcos Neves auteur compositeur brésilien débute sa carrière en 1990. Il se produit à c'té du chanteur Neto Costa. Ensemble, ils interprètent un...
Marcos Paiva (bass)
BIO Cited by music critics as one of the top musicians of the new crop of Brazilian music, Marcos was born in Tupã, São Paulo and grew up in Viçosa, in the interior of Minas Gerais. He began studying music at the city’s...Maria Farinha (vocal)
Brief Bio: International Jazz Award Nominee (June 2008-Beverley Hills- California-USA), MARIA FARINHA (singer/composer/educator) is internationally recognized as one of the foremost performers of Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova. A native of...
Mariana Aydar (vocal)
Mariana Aydar can be easily located. Where there's good music, there she is, either in a traditional samba jamming, in a gig at the outskirts of town, in the studios, during Carnival, in Sao Paulo, Rio or Bahia. Since she was born in Sao...Maritaca Quintet (band/ensemble/orchestra)
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Featuring
THOMAS CLAUSEN - piano
TECO CARDOSO - flutes, saxes
LÉA FREIRE - flutes
FERNANDO...Mark Quint (vocal)
This unique and new recording features 10 handpicked musicians playing with Mark Quint. Each song on this new release has it's own
flavor and mood. Reminiscent of the style of Antonio Carlos Jobim, yet somehow quite unique to Mr. Quint's...
Matt Finley (flugelhorn)
A professional musician for over forty years, multi-instrumentalist Matt Finley is a native of Lake George, New York. He graduated from Union College, where he led a combined Union/SUNY Albany/RPI Jazz Workshop to a semi-final appearance...
Mauricio de Souza (drums)
Born in Brasilia, Brazil, Mauricio de Souza is a jazz drummer who easily performs in both traditional jazz and Brazilian jazz styles. His good taste and finesse have allowed him to play in numerous settings with various accomplished...Mauricio Pessoa (guitar, acoustic)
NYC resident and Rio de Janeiro native Mauricio Pessoa is a classically trained (graduated in Orchestration at Juilliard Music School) guitarist and singer-songwriter emanating from the current crop of young Brazilian music artists that...
Mayuto Correa (guitar)
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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to parents that had just become a middleclass by moving from a family own farm at Rio State to the big city, suburb of...Mente Clara (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Mente Clara was born out of a love for the music Hermeto
Pascoal and other Brazilian masters. The Austin based group
brings his "Universal Music" to anyone willing to listen.
Advanced and grooving, this is music for both the mind and...
Meretrio (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Meretrio was brought together in São Paulo - Brasil, in 2004,
as an initiative of the musicians Emiliano Sampaio (guitar),
Gustavo Boni (bass), and Luis André (drums), with the
purpose of researching the diversity of brazillian...
Miho Nobuzane (piano)
Miho Nobuzane hails from Osaka, Japan, and was a classical piano major in
college in Japan. It was after
graduation that she became inspired by jazz, studied and started performing
jazz, Brazilian music and
more in clubs in Japan.
She...Mike Levy (bass, electric)
Mike Levy has a career that spans the world of music
production. Mike is an accomplished bassist (acoustic and
electric), pianist, guitarist, vocalist, and drummer. Mike
is equally as skilled and comfortable on the other side of
the mixer....
Milton Nascimento (guitar)
Multitalented Milton Nascimento is frequently acclaimed as
Brazil's greatest musician. As a singer/songwriter, he
weaves a startling blend of musical influences, including
Brazilian and African folk strains, European classical...
Minas (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Orlando Haddad and Patricia King formed Minas in 1978 at North Carolina School of the Arts to bring Brazilian music to stateside audiences. They proceeded to play all over the eastern US before going back to their musical roots in...
Moacir Santos (composer/conductor/leader)
You don’t have to apologize if you don’t know who Moacir Santos is. Many people are oblivious to the works of the arranger and songwriter, regarded by the critics and researchers as one of the most innovative talents in the history of...
Nana Vasconcelos (percussion)
Premier percussionist Nana Vasconcelos was an innovator in the fusion of Brazilian rhythms and jazz in the 1970’s. Born in Recife on the Northeast Coast of Brazil and, after a lifetime of playing throughout the world, his roots are...
Nene (drums)
The drummer, composer and arranger Realcino Lima Filho, Nenê, was born in
Porto Alegre. The self-taught musician is known as one of the best Brazilian
drummers, ever.
Nenê joined some of the most important Brazilian jazz groups...Norbert Goldberg (drums)
Born in Argentina, Norbert Goldberg began his professional career in New York City. He received a B.A. degree from Brooklyn College where he studied symphonic percussion with Morris Lang. Norbert’s work on drumset and percussion...
Oscar Aleman (guitar)
Oscar Marcelo Alemán, was an Argentine jazz guitarist.
Oscar Marcelo Alemán, talented singer, dancer, entertainer, and guitarist, was born in Chaco Province in Northern Argentina on February 20, 1909. At the age of six, he was dancing...
Pablo Ziegler (piano)
Pablo Ziegler is an Argentine composer based in Buenos Aires and New York City. He is currently the leading exponent of nuevo tango, thanks to the skills and reputation he gathered while working extensively as Astor Piazzolla's regular...
Paul Lieberman (reeds)
Early in saxophone and flute player Paul Lieberman’s career during a session at Mickey Hart’s, Gil Evans commented to Airto “everything he plays sounds right”-and David Sanborn responded to a NY performance with a surprise...
Paulinho Garcia (guitar)
Born in Belo Horizonte (capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Paulinho began his
musical career at the age of nine as a singer in a Sunday
children's program
in his city's principal radio station, Radio Inconfidencia. In
his teens, he
performed...
Paulo Paulelli (bass)
He has received a good influence from his relatives, especially from his uncle Messias Santos Jr, the partner of Chico Buarque and the arranger of Joao Gilberto.
Paulo Paulelli has worked as a professional bassist since the age of fifteen....Pedro Bromfman (guitar)
Born in Rio de Janeiro and currently residing in Los Angeles, guitarist/composer Pedro
Bromfman has been writing, playing and producing music professionally for over a decade.
He graduated Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music, majoring...Pedro de Alcantara (piano)
Pedro de Alcantara was born in Vitoria--ES--(BRAZIL) on March, 1st, 1974. Professional musician since he was 16, working with a great number of artists from his hometown, producing, arranging, recording and performing.
His most important...
Pedro Isea Herrera (pandeiro)
Pedro Isea is a Venezuelan musician born in Caracas in October 28th 1971 who very early in his life started to make vocal music and play the Venezuelan Cuatro and percussion for vocal groups in his school and university. He began music...Raphael McGregor (guitar)
Professional and experienced young guitarist with feet in a number of styles. Well versed in jazz and American music such as funk, blues, and rock, currently studying and performing Brazilian music from the Northeast such as Maracatu,...Robert Kyle (saxophone)
Born & raised in the Los Angeles area, Robert Kyle came from a family of passionate music lovers. He entered college as a music major and aspiring drummer, but soon found himself drawn to the saxophone. "I’d always loved the sound of...
Roberto Menescal (guitar)
Roberto Menescal is a Brazilian jazz guitarist important to the founding of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea. He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra. Menescal has performed in a variety of Latin music...
Rogerio Boccato (percussion)
As a longtime percussionist with the Jazz Symphony Orchestra of the São
Paulo State, Brazilian
percussionist, drummer and educator Rogerio Boccato has played with
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto
Pascoal, Milton Nascimento, Cláudio Roditi,...
Romero Lubambo (guitar)
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1955, Romero Lubambo studied classical piano and music theory as a young boy. From the time he played his first notes on the guitar at age thirteen, he devoted himself to that instrument. Lubambo graduated from...Ronaldo Diamante (bass, acoustic)
Braziliam bass player e composer. Worked with some of the most important Bossa Nova and popular artist of Brazil like:Roberto Menescal, Maria Bethania, Marisa Monte, Durval Ferreira, Steve Hackett,Roberta Sá, Joyce etc.
Played Jazz and...
Rosa Passos (guitar)
In her native Brazil, Rosa Passos is known and loved as "a feminine João Gilberto." For a singer/songwriter who carries the soulful cool of bossa nova into a new age, there can be no higher compliment. Mingling the classics of Gilberto,...Rose Max (vocal)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rose realized she had the gift of singing at a very early age.
Everyone from her mother's side was a musician. She is the great-grand daughter of the conductor and composer CUPERTINO DE MENEZES and grand daughter...Rowland Sutherland (flute)
Rowland Sutherland
'...improviser of real character'. John Fordham - THE GUARDIAN
Flautist, Rowland Sutherland enjoys an international career in many different fields of
music. He regularly performs in Jazz groups as well as with various...Ryan Elliott Green (vocal)
Ryan Green is a New York City based singer and theatre performer. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and earned a Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre from Baldwin -Wallace College Conservatory of Music in Cleveland. After moving...
Sabrina Rabello (vocal)
Born and raised within a family of Flamenco performers, Sabrina draws her vibrant musical inspirations from experiences of having lived in Brazil, the United States, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Contrary to the popular...Santonio (guitar, acoustic)
When you think of soothing melodies and heartfelt rhythms, one name should come to mind. "Los Santonio". As an established pianist & acoustic guitarist, this awesomely talented producer, composer, and writer has been blessed with the...Senor Coconut (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Senor Coconut, the man of a thousand aliases, has struck again and amazed everyone once more. Following "El Baile Alemán" (dedicated to the German Electro pioneers Kraftwerk), "Fiesta Songs" (a joyful collection of popular songs including...Sergio Cassiano (pandeiro)
Sérgio Cassiano (percussion and voice) graduated in music from the Federal University of Pernambuco. He has preformed with several theater groups as a musician and actor including "Havia Brasil" (There was a Brazil) and "Cor-de-Chuva"...Shaq (trombone)
Rastaman Vibration !!!!
Sivuca (accordion)
Severino Dias de Oliveira alias Sivuca
Accordion player - Guitarist - Vocal artist - Pianist -...
Steve Sacks (sax, alto)
Saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger Steve Sacks
conveys a message of hope and peace through jazz which
transcends the boundaries of genre. Born in Washington, D.C. in
1953, he grew up in Chicago and Connecticut. He began...Susan Pereira (vocal)
Vocalist, pianist, percussionist, composer and arranger Susan Pereira, a New
York native, has been one of the most versatile musicians on that city’s
Brazilian music scene since 1983. While deeply rooted in traditional...Tatiana Parra (vocal)
Artists coming from the same generation as Tatiana Parra that possess her
professional experience are rare. Working since she was five, the performer
and composer from Sao Paulo is known and admired within the music scene
for her...Terri England (guitar)
Multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger, Terri England, produces original music characterized by a unique combination of cool Brazilian and Latin rhythms, jazz highlights and classical orchestral arrangements, all blended with a...Thaís Fraga (vocal)
Tha-s Fraga is a brazilian singer of jazz, bossa nova and samba-jazz style. Perhaps you could introduce her...
The Bossa Brothers Trio (piano)
I've been playing piano for about 40 years and I've always been attracted to the different Afro-American forms of music starting with Rock n' Roll which lead me to the Blues which turned me on to Jazz which took me to New Orleans. From...The Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble (guitar)
nter the exciting world of Brazilian Instrumental music with
the Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble. This group is so versatile
in its approach that it is a great fit for Folk, world
music, Brazilian and Jazz festivals. This quartet is
composed...The Brazilwood Trio (vocal)
The Brazilwood Trio is made up of dedicated musicians who have been playing
Brazilian music together for many years. We're always working to
improve our craft, looking for more accuracy, better musicianship, a new way
into the story, a...The Hammocks
Norwegian/Brazilian group playing bossa nova.
Espen S. Frederiksen, vocals
Mads Lien, alt sax/perc
Hans Jørgen Whist, guitar/piano/vocals
Fredrik Baden, drums/perc
Celio de Carvalho, perc
Gesse Edvardsen, double base
Eilif Moe,...
Thiago Pach (vocal)
A Brazilian professional actor and singer, Thiago Pach is well known for his strong and versatile tenor voice and for his sensitive performances of an eclectic musical selection that goes from Blues and Jazz songs to the most extraordinary...
Thiago Trinsi (guitar, electric)
An experienced musician and instructor very active in the music world; work undertaken includes composition, arranging, orchestration, performing (solo and in bands), clinician/tutor, studio session playing.
Have contributed as a columnist...
Tom Lellis (vocal)
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Tom Lellis began singing professionally at the age of 15. By age 21, he was working on bills with Ray Charles and Gregory Hines and a 15-piece big band. After 9 years as a stand up singer, Tom began intensive piano...
Toninho Horta (guitar)
Toninho Horta is a virtuoso electric and nylon-string guitar player; his music could be defined as (jazz influenced) Brazilian music. He has developed his own very personal style. His compositions are marked by beautiful harmonies and rich...Tony Vella (piano)
Tony Vella, pianist, organist, composer, arranger and orchestra director , been born to Terrasini (Palermo), in activity from 1957, have acquired immense experience working, to the foreign country with big and small formations and in Italy...
Toots Thielemans (harmonica)
Jean 'Toots' Thielemans is widely regarded by most people as the most accomplished harmonica player in the world. Of course, that's not all he does and it would be a great injustice to label him as just a good harmonica player. If you are...
Victor Monsivais (vocal)
Victor Monsivais practice as a musician goes back for almost
forty years playing Bossa Nova and Brazilian Samba classics,
Jazz Standards, Latin Jazz and his own compositions in a
variety of venues and ensembles including a couple of...
Vinicius Cantuaria (guitar)
Vinicius Cantuária was born in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, living there until he was seven, when his family moved to Rio. As singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist, his career connects several zones of Brazilian music. And though...
Vinicius De Moraes (guitar)
Vinicius de Moraes, nicknamed O Poetinha (the little poet), born Marcus Vinicius da Cruz de Mello Moraes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, of his parents, Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, Vinicius was a seminal figure...William Friedson (piano)
I've been playing jazz and improvizing for over twenty years. My Jazz studies really got started in New York (in the 90's) with teachers like Mike Longo, Barry Harris, and Hilton Ruiz. I've played in clubs and Hotels from New York to...Zé Renato (vocal)
Zé Renato, one of the most beautiful voices of Brazilian music, started his carrier 30 years ago and soon
joined the band Boca Livre that became famous in Brazil and worldwide. In parallel, he is leading his
own carrier since 1982 and is...Ze Luis Oliveira (flute)
Jose Luis Oliveira a Rio de Janeiro born artist that goes by Ze Luis
is a multi instrumentalist, composer and producer that have credits
in more than 260 albums.
In his homeland during the eighties he was a member of the band of
Caetano...
