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Douglas Lora - Choro!

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Listen to this week's show Seven-string guitar ace Douglas Lora 's solo release, Choro! (and more) on this week's edition of Caminhos do Jazz. Check the interview with Lora on AllAboutJazz . For a taste of the new album, click below (YouTube).  Title / Time /   Year /  Artist / Album  /  Composer Assanhado - Jacob do Bandolim / 3:32 / 2024 / Douglas Lora / Choro! Vibrações - Jacob do Bandolim / 4:45 / 2024 / Douglas Lora / Choro! Odeon - Ernesto Nazareth / 4:08 / 2024 / Douglas Lora / Choro! Rosa - Pixinguinha / 4:18 / 2024 / Douglas Lora / Choro! Desvairada - Garoto / 3:18 / 2024 / Douglas Lora / Choro! Se Ela Perguntar / Dilermando Reis / 3:37 / 2024 / Douglas Lora / Choro! Frevo: Frevo: / 4:50 / 2023 / Brasil Guitar Duo (feat. Douglas Lora and João Luiz ) / Brasil Guitar Duo Plays Gismonti / Egberto Gismonti 7 Anéis / 8:56 / 2023 / Brasil Guitar Duo (feat. Douglas Lora and Joao Luiz) / Brasil Guitar Duo Plays Gismonti / Egberto Gismonti Jobim Medley: Mod

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  (Ladies Free) / 4:37 / 2007 /  Eduard

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 Sérgio Santos - clarinet (tracks 1, 2,

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 / Cannonball's Bossa Nova / Sérgi

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 Marjane / Best of Leo

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 / Sentido / Fernando de Oliveira, Rosa Pass