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Leny Andrade, Roni Ben-Hur: Alegria de Viver
by Angelo Leonardi
Tra le voci storiche della musica brasiliana, Leny Andrade è una delle meno note al pubblico internazionale. Eppure è tra le massime interpreti della musica sudamericana e lo conferma -all'età di 72 anni -in questo ultimo album, registrato in duo col chitarrista Roni Ben-Hur. Sorretta da un timbro dalla venatura polverosa, che negli anni ha aggiunto spessore drammatico, Leny ha privilegiato un ambito ai confini tra jazz e samba, con personali incursioni nel repertorio della bossa nova. Di lei ricordiamo ...
read moreBackgrounder: Leny Andrade, 1968
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1968, Brazilian singer Leny Andrade released an album with celebrated vibraphonist Breno Sauer. The album, Leny Andrade, was recorded in Mexico, where Andrade would spend five years before moving on to the U.S. and Europe. On the album, Andrade and Sauer were joined by Adão Pinheiro (p), Portinho (b) and Erneo Eger (d). Many Brazilian musicians recorded in Mexico after the 1964 coup that established a military dictatorship in Brazil. Andrade's album was a masterpiece on many levels—the feathery ...
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Brazillian Legend Leny Andrade Retuns to Birdland from Rio
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Michael Ricci
After a very successful week last summer at the legendary club Birdland in NYC, where Leny Andrade received a rave review from The New York Times, she's been invited back to Birdland and will go on tour to important Festivals and clubs in and around NY: The Litchfield Festival Summer Concerts on the Hudson in NJ, Scullers in Boston, Belleayre Music Festival in Belleayre NY (in the Catskills), and back to Birdland."
To describe Ms. Andrade as both the Sarah ...
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