More than 7 million, this is the number of views accumulated by the Portal do Beiradão channel on YouTube. Led by the musician, singer and composer Hadail Mesquita, the channel has been on the air since 2016 and... Read Article
Renowned trombone player, arranger and music producer Joabe Reis is one of the most iconic musicians of Brazilian jazz right now. After several years collaborating with great artists such as Bob Mintzer (USA), Hermeto Pascoal, Hamilton de Holanda,... Read Article
When the LA-based Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Rodrigo Amarante, delivered his first solo album Cavalo in 2014, it announced a new and genuinely original talent. Amarante had been a part of the rock group Los Hermanos, the samba... Read Article
Love him or leave him, there’s surely no denying that the sun-kissed beach boy from Rio has a felicitous way with a toon. Like Burt Bacharach and Paul McCartney, melody must be in his DNA. Purists might disapprove... Read Article
Ivan “Mamão” Conti has followed many paths in Brazilian music. With his group Azymuth he conquered Brazil and the world with their incredible cutting-edge fusion of samba, bossa and jazz. It proves that Mamão has always been at the... Read Article
Back in 1994, I recorded a broadcast on Radio 3 of Hermeto Pascoal live in concert with a big band made up of top London-based jazz musicians. It was part of The Hairy One’s European tour and my... Read Article
Brazilian contemporary jazz has another great representative: Amaro Freitas. From Recife, in north-eastern Brazil, the young pianist combines classic jazz with his musical roots, such as the Afro-Brazilian maracatu and the carnival sounds of frevo and baião. In... Read Article
Far Out Recordings continue their series of reissues from Brazil’s prestigious Quartin Records with a re-release of jazz rarity Esperanto by Victor Assis Brasil. Originally recorded in the summer of 1970, the album contains four original compositions including “Children”,... Read Article
Rio de Janeiro, holds near-mythical status as an arena in which giants of time are nurtured and modern day legends are played out. The list of carioca cultural deities is seemingly endless: from football’s immortals, such as the... Read Article
We’re really sad to hear that Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, the drumming powerhouse behind crazy samba pioneers Azymuth, has been struggling due to an injury sustained to his left hip, an injury which has meant he’s in huge amounts... Read Article
Italian-duo Nicola Conte and Stefania Dipierro have joined forces for a new album entitled Natural, their first collaborative effort for over fifteen years. Dipierro’s vocal contributions to Conte’s 2000 album Jet Sounds were a real highlight, and this latest endeavour doesn’t disappoint. It... Read Article
When it comes to understanding the European love for Latin music, Far Out Recordings is one of the keys. The independent record label from the UK has been bringing the finest jazz-infused and bossa nova-rooted Brazilian music to... Read Article
