Home » Jazz Musicians » Ramiro Musotto

Ramiro Musotto

Sign in / sign up and request update access to the Ramiro Musotto page.


Tags

435
Album Review

Ramiro Musotto: Sudaka

Read "Sudaka" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Musical impresario Ramiro Musotto is Argentine-born and Brazil-based--argento-brazuka, he would say. His Civilizacao & Barbarye (Los Anos Luz/Circular Moves, 2006) won critical acclaim for its mix of traditional South American musical forms with electronica. Perhaps in response to that record's favorable reception, his 2003 debut effort Sudaka has been reissued on the Fast Horse label.

“Sudaka" is the name of Musotto's informal musical collective (drawing upon Cuban, Argentine and Brazilian musicians), but it is also a pejorative term ...

91
Album Review

Ramiro Musotto: Sudaka

Read "Sudaka" reviewed by AAJ Staff


When you hit play on Sudaka, you'll either find yourself dazed or get up and shake it. Or both. Such is the ultimate collision between ritual and postmodern invention, something Ramiro Musotto delights in mixing to no end. He describes the record as “a psychedelic trip throughout and into the Afro-Brazilian and South American culture," which is as good an explanation as any for the virtual cornucopia of sounds on the record.

Musotto, who has played percussionist to ...

Read more articles
Berimbaucomtudo
percussion

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Sudaka

Fast Horse Recordings
2008

buy

Sudaka

Fast Horse
2003

buy

Similar

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.