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Já é setembro, already September

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  Listen to this week's show   September already? This week's show welcomes the new month with compositions from Hermeto Pascoal' s Calendário do Som . We need rain here in south central Texas, so there are couple of songs about that as well... Title / Time /   Year /  Artist / Album  /  Composer Sept. 1 / 4:47 / 2003 / Mike Marshall & Jovino Santos Neto / Serenata / Hermeto Pascoal Quatro de Setembro (Hermeto Pascoal) / 7:20 / 2006 / Rodrigo Ferrari Nunes / Bias Project #1 / Hermeto Pascoal 23 de Setembro / 5:01 / 2005 / Itiberê Zwarg & Itiberê Orquestra Familia / Calendário do Som / Hermeto Pascoal 24 de Setembro do 1996 / 5:16 / 2009 / Fabiano Araujo , Arild Andersen, Alexandre Frazão, Guto Lucena & Hermeto Pascoal / Calendário do Som - 9 Dias / Hermeto Pascoal September Song / 4:48 / 2008 / Music For A While / Weill Variations / Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson En Septembre Sous la Pluie (September in the Rain) / 3:07 / 2011 / Léo M...

Dani Gurgel - DDG19 Big Band

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    Listen to this week's show This week's edition of Caminhos do jazz radio presents selections from Dani Gurgel and the DDG19 Big Band (2024). They were in Austin for SXSW in 2024 and she connected with us for an interview . Read all about the album here ... "Growing up in a cosmopolitan environment, she had access to such Brazilian jazz greats as the eminent Zimbo Trio , who founded the Centro Livre de Aprendizagem Músical (CLAM) , where Dani entered as a young child and—in her early teens—became part of the faculty. She holds a Ph.D. in communication from the University of São Paulo, with a dissertation on música popular brasileira (MPB). In addition to her schedule as an active touring and recording artist, she runs a studio and production company, Da Pá Virada, which produces photography, music and audiovisual content for various artists, labels and networks..." PS: The YouTube at the top of the page features Brazilian guitarist Gabriel Santiago , a f...

Estate, Verão, Verano, Summertime

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  Listen to this week's show   Can you feel it? This week's program --a diverse mix from Brazil and beyond-- is all about that summer heat. Hope it helps to slake your thirst. Click above to listen to the show and below to hear a little bonus track... Title / Time /   Year /  Artist / Album  /  Composer O Verão Está Chegando / 2:42 / 2016 / MC Davi / O Verão Está Chegando / MC Kevin Estate / 4:52 / 2005 / João Gilberto / Live in Montreux / Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino Una Tarde de Verano / 8:19 / 1997 / Sarband, feat. Fadia Tomb el-Hage / Sephardic Songs  Verano del 79 / 6:33 / 1991 / Astor Piazzolla / Astor Piazzolla 1979-1983 / Astor Piazzolla Summertime / 3:22 / 1958 / Miles Davis with the Gil Evans Orchestra / Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz / DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin Samba de Verão / 3:08 / 2000 / Caetano Veloso /  A Bossa de Caetano / Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle Verão / 3:25 / 2021 / Vanessa Moreno / Sentid...

Hamilton de Holanda and Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Compatibilidade de Gênios

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Listen to this week's show This week's edition of Caminhos do jazz radio presents selections from Collab, the brilliant new work by two contemporary Latin jazz greats, one Brazilian, one Cuban... More on the release: "Sony Music Brazil unveils a remarkable musical convergence of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz on Collab , personified by two of its greatest exponents: the renowned Afro-Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba , named one of the great pianists of the 20th century (Piano & Keyboard Magazine) and known for his impeccable technique and rhythmic innovation, and the virtuoso Brazilian mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda , whose skill and creativity has revolutionized the instrument and Brazilian music. Equal parts challenging and accessible, Collab is a musical journey through varied soundscapes, with each track offering a new discovery rooted in their common African ancestry." Collab was r eleased in the US on July 19, 2024.   The YouTube above is João Bosc...

Reprise - Chico Science & Nação Zumbi

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    Listen to this week's show Title / Time /   Year /  Artist / Album  /  Composer Rios, Pontes e Overdrives / 4:05 / 1994 / Chico Science & Nação Zumbi / Da Lama Ao Caos / Fred Zero Quatro & Chico Science Samba Makossa / 3:06 / 1994 / Chico Science & Nação Zumbi / Da Lama Ao Caos / Chico Science Maracatu Atômico / 4:44 / 1996 / Chico Science & Nação Zumbi /  Afrociberdelia  / Jorge Mautner & Nelson Jacobina O Cidadão Do Mundo / 3:21 / 1996 / Chico Science & Nação Zumbi /  Afrociberdelia  / Chico Science, Nação Zumbi & Eduardo Bidlovski  Carimbó / 5:54 / 2000 / Nação Zumbi / Brazil Classics 7: What's Happening in Pernambuco O Fogo Anda Comigo (feat. Nina Miranda & Catatau) / 3:05 / 2002 / Nação Zumbi / Nação Zumbi / Jorge Du Peixe, Rogerman, Lucio Maia, Dengue & Pupillo Mormaço (feat.  Marcos Matias  & Scott Hard) / 4:45 / 2002 /  ...