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 ...

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 ...

Ever since Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim fused American jazz with Brazilian samba in the 1950s to form the new style known as Bossa Nova, countless musicians have been inspired to create ...

One of the all-time greats of Brazilian jazz fusion, Flora Purim, returns with her first studio album in over 15 years, 'If You Will', released on Strut on 29th April. Conceived as a celebration of ...

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Jazz singer Raquel Cepeda and pianist Marvio Ciribelli bring Brazil to Houston with “Brazil Samba Jazz.” The concert will feature the sensual and energizing rhythms of Brazil and will include classic ...

Sergio Mendes, the influential Brazilian jazz musician known for bringing bossa nova to worldwide audiences, has died at the age of 83. In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, the musician’s family ...

There is more to Brazilian music than bossa nova and samba. For a crash course on those deeper and wider recent pop traditions, pull up a seat and listen to guitarist Vinicius Gomes. “Bossa nova is ...

The musician, now 80, looks back at her time with Chick Corea and Carlos Santana as she prepares to release her first album in 17 years. By Brad Farberman Once, at a Miles Davis concert, Flora Purim ...

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

On September 5, world-renowned Brazilian-American pop musician, arranger and bandleader Sergio Mendes died in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 83. According to an Instagram post published by ...

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 ...