In the last episode of this special series dedicated to Hermeto Pascoal and his music, we´re gonna take a look at a very special period of his career. It begins when Hermeto goes back to live in Rio de Janeiro in 1977. He settled himself in Bairro Jabour, in the suburbs of the city and [...]

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This week we go on with our special series dedicated to multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger Hermeto Pascoal, and today we’ll take a look at the period that begins when he traveled to USA. There, his explosive appearance led him to his first solo record, besides getting the admiration of some of the greatest american [...]

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We’re finally back after our extended Carnival break!! In fact, I used this time to change the look of our page and I’ve been working on some surprises that I’ll be very happy to announce very soon. To come back in high profile, this is the first good news: Today we’ll begin a series of [...]

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On today’s show we’ll listen to Armazém, an amazing sextet from São Paulo and it’s explosive sound that combines the structural possibilities of concert music with the rhythmic and expressive elements of brazilian popular music thru compositions and arrangements rich in creativity and new aural landscapes. The result is contemporary brazilian music deeply rooted in [...]

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Today we have another Choro special, this time featuring Nó em Pingo D’Água, a group that for eighteen years has been pushing the style towards new directions through original compositions and arrangements that bring new sounds and inject life in brazilian instrumental music’s most tradicional(ist) style. 1-Pagode Jazz Sardinhas Club (Rodrigo Lessa/Eduardo Neves) 2-Choro de Criança (Mario [...]

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Come inside and listen to a classic concert by Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo. This live recording comes from a Stockholm 1987 radio show, and it captures all the energy displayed by Hermeto’s group during the 12 years they’ve been together with it’s classic line-up. It also features some really beautiful unreleased compositions by Hermeto, so [...]

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This show features the music of brazilian drummer / composer / arranger Nenê that, besides having played with Egberto Gismonti and Hermeto Pascoal (among other brazilian greats) has an incredibly beautiful solo career as a leader. 1-Itiberê 2-Baby Rose in New York 3-Salvador 4-Pablo e Luciane ————– 1-Garrote 2-Maracatu pra Tu 3-Outubro em Paris 4-Prezado Amigo Zeca All compositions/arrangements by Nenê Nenê Website Buy Nenê Cd Bugre/Minuano - [...]

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On this week’s show, we’ll listen to Harvey Wainapel and Paulo Bellinati’s New Choros of Brazil, a beautiful and delicate collection of Brazil’s modern choro compositions and composers. 1-Aos Amigos do Trio (Sérgio Santos) 2-Choro do Adeus (Nelson Ayres) 3-O Cabo Pitanga (Laércio de Freitas) 4-Simpática (Ricardo Peixoto/Claudio Villela) 5-Pra Quem Quiser me Visitar (Guinga/Aldir Blanc) 6-Seu Laércio na Cozinha (Harvey [...]

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Beginning our second year and debuting our podcast in english, we bring you 11 Cabeças, a small orchestra (but great group!) from Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian instrumental music at it’s best, full of rhythm and nicely crafted arrangements. 1-Seleção Nota 11 (Henrique Band) 2-Mei Cá, Mei Lá (Henrique Band) 3-Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard) 4-Chovendo na Roseira - Double [...]

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