Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, has died in Rio de Janeiro. Andrade was a percussive, samba-driven improviser, an interpreter as worldly-wise as Édith Piaf and a consummate ...

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 ...

With her soulful, cigarette-tinged contralto and emotive “bossa-jazz” stylings, she mesmerized audiences and critics alike. By Alex Williams Leny Andrade, the Brazilian singer who earned an ...

André Peloso, one of the most prominent guitarists in the current Brazilian jazz scene, tells us a little about his career as a composer. He also lets us know more about his musical influences and ...

On Friday, a samba line will snake through the Hamilton Listening Studio, as the nine-member Brazilian jazz group Desafinado plays a Batucada, leading the audience for the first time in almost 20 ...

On their new acoustic Brazilian jazz quartet album AT PLAY, Romero Lubambo (acoustic guitar,) Helio Alves (acoustic piano,) Edu Ribeiro (drums) and Reuben Rogers (double bass) deliver a nine-song ...

Leny Andrade, a Brazilian singer who helped craft a new genre by fusing the country’s mellow bossa nova sound with jazz influences, including scat improvisations that drew comparisons to Ella ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alex Malheiros can’t remember the last time he visited Miami, either alone or with his band, Azymuth. He’s speaking to New Times over the phone through an interpreter – his daughter Sabrina, herself a ...

Genetic ancestry testing is skyrocketing in popularity as more and more people get curious about their genealogy. Recently, there was a story in the news about Korean-American identical twin sisters ...

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