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Marcos Valle - Túnel Acústico

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Listen to this week's show   Unwrapping the brand new disk from Marcos Valle on this week's show. We'll listen to it together. Playlist and credits are here . Check " Túnel Acústico," the title cut, below (YouTube).     Click here for the show archive.   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org.   New! Read the Caminhos do Jazz column on All About Jazz. Focusing on Brazilian music and musicians in and outside of Brazil, Caminhos do Jazz follows paths that traverse the jazz landscape, conversing with creators and delving into recordings and performances (past and present) along the way...   ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  All About Jazz . W hile you're at it, why not support community radio by becoming a member of the station at  join.krtu.org ?  What's that catchy theme music for Caminhos do Jazz?  Damas Grátis...

Guinga - Noturno Copacabana

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  Listen to this week's show   Dipping in to Noturno Copacabana this week on Caminhos do Jazz, guitarist-composer-singer Guinga 's deep blue-noir 2003 masterpiece. Check the title cut below.  An encapsulation of Francisco Bosco 's dark lyric is here . Wikipedia page on Guinga is here . Lyrics in Portuguese for the full album are here . Photo credit: Manfred Pollert .     Album Credits   Guinga's sixth album, released in 2003 by the Velas Recording Company. Artistic production by Paulinho Albuquerque , arrangements by Paulo Aragão and Lula Galvão , and special appearances by Leila Pinheiro , Fátima Guedes , Quarteto Maogani and Ana Luiza .     Guinga - acoustic guitar (all tracks except 12); vocals (track 11)  Lula Galvão - acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2 and 9); acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 13) Jorge Helder - bass (all tracks except 12 and 13)  Carlos Malta - flutes (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 14)  Paulo ...

Viva Sérgio Mendes (1941-2024)

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  Listen to this week's show   On this edition of Caminhos do Jazz, we celebrate pianist, songwriter, bandleader and collaborator Sérgio Mendes , who passed on September 5. For a trailer of the 2020 HBO documentary of his life, click the YouTube, below. Los Angeles Times obituary is here .   Title / Time /   Year /  Artist / Album  /  Composer Balafon / 3:29 / 1989 / Sergio Mendes / Arará / Gilberto Gil & Tracy Mann Berimbau/Consolação (feat. Stevie Wonder ) / 4:22 / 2006 / Sergio Mendes / Timeless / Baden Powell , Vinícius de Moraes   Caxanga (feat. Milton Nascimento ) / 4:41 / 2010 / Sergio Mendes / Bom Tempo / Fernando Brant Chove Chuva (feat. Ivete Sangalo ) / 3:46 / 2011 / Sergio Mendes & Ivete Sangalo / Celebration - A Musical Journey / Jorge Ben Day Tripper / 3:08 / 1966 / Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Herb Alpert Presents / John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Tommy Emmanuel Groovy Samba / 4:59 / 1962 / Cannonball Adderley /...