Hermeto Pascoal was a virtuoso who excelled in various instruments and had an extraordinary ability to improvise - Copyright AFP/File GEORGES GOBET Hermeto Pascoal ...

Over the years, the piano has assumed a leading role not just in North American jazz, but in the improvised musics that have originated all over the New World and across the lands of the African ...

Summer Song; Golden; Christmas Black; Frevo; Seven; Bli' Min; Samba Optimista; Tomorrow Knows; Sambartido. Luckily, I have had the great fortune to be near Brazilian popular music for almost forty ...

Mendes: Paul McCartney enjoyed his uptempo version of the Beatles standard The Fool on the Hill - Jim McCrary/Redferns Sérgio Mendes, who has died in Los Angeles aged 83, created a string of worldwide ...

Raquel Cepeda and Marvio Ciribelli bring Brazil Samba Jazz to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts for a two-night concert on September 6 and 7, 2024. This performance promises an immersive ...

'My Heart Speaks' features jazz vocal icons Dianne Reeves and Jane Monheit, rising star singer Tawanda, and trumpet great Randy Brecker. On September 15, 2023 Resonance Records—the award-winning ...

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DECORAH, IOWA—The Luther College Jazz Orchestra is traveling to Brazil May 20 through June 5, where the group will perform concerts and participate in workshops in the country with prominent musicians ...

The first time that Dillon Vado experienced the music of Rio de Janeiro-reared pianist Jovino Santos Neto was in Gold’s Gulch, a secluded after-hours gathering spot nestled amidst the coastal redwoods ...

As a jazz fanatic who played the accordion, it was probably inevitable that Ben Rosenblum would be drawn to the sounds of Brazil. The New York City-based accordionist ...

Celebrated Brazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal, who gained international fame for his collaborations with fellow jazz legend Miles Davis, has died aged 89, his family said Saturday. With his ...