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Currently writing ‘A Walk in the Free World: Other Music in Brazil’ • Sonny Rollins Bridge Project https://sonnyrollinsbridge.net/ • urban planner • https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/arts/music/brazil-jazz-music.html?smid=url-share

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eats nails for breakfast

11.03.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iara Rennó (w. Luiza Brina), São Paulo, 3.10.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

11.03.2026 17:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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On The Margins | Sounds and Colours Hello, welcome back. A huge amount of music to show you this time round. I’ve found some madcap hardcore, post-rock, cyber-punky throbbing electronics, dense

Andy Cumming on the (current) margins of Brazilian music. Reviews of some personal favorites like Hurtmold & Oruã, plus plenty of stuff i wanna check out.

11.03.2026 16:22 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Luiza Brina (w. Iara Rennó), São Paulo, 3.10.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

11.03.2026 15:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Lê Almeida, Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 3.11.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

11.03.2026 14:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And on the east coast, Deodato was the man.

She also pointed out that percussionists/drummers were especially in high demand in the US, like Airto Moreira, Dom Um Romão, Naná Vasconcelos, & Ivan Conti.

11.03.2026 13:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you take all the world's emotions and put them into one sound, it's Sérgio Mendes How Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes made his mark on L.A.

Over the past year have been thinking about all the Brazilian jazz musicians who relocated to LA & NYC, esp. in the 60s & 70s. After a show last night i happened to meet a woman who just wrote her dissertation about it. She said that Sergio Mendes was key to several musicians relocating to LA.

11.03.2026 11:58 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Buck Island 🇻🇮 3.11.18
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

11.03.2026 11:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brilha&Reluxx: Luiza Brina & Iara Rennó tonight in São Paulo
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

11.03.2026 02:55 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Everybody loves the 70

10.03.2026 18:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Everybody loves the 70

10.03.2026 17:07 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Thelonious Monk • Live in Paris, 1967

April 24 • Rhythm-a-Ning Entertainment

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10.03.2026 16:08 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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I Hear Music in the Streets: New York 1969–89 📕 Edited by Guillermo M. Ferrando, foreword by Tim Lawrence

out now • La Fábrica

www.artbook.com/978841002468...

10.03.2026 15:54 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Lê Almeida, Escritório/Transfusão Noise Records, Rio, 3.10.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

10.03.2026 13:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Oruã, Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 3.10.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

10.03.2026 11:46 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Adam Rudolph • Sunrise

May 15 • Meta Records

adamrudolph.bandcamp.com/album/sunrise

10.03.2026 10:46 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Cabral & Kiko in their work uniforms

10.03.2026 02:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

She did maybe 3 songs solo, but was joined by Cabral & Theo Cecato for the rest of it, Kiko on maybe 5-6 songs, & Jonnata Doll the last 3-4.

Tonight was my tenth time seeing Kiko & Cabral play since ‘23. Didn’t take long - those guys gig a lot.

10.03.2026 02:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sophia Chablau, Kiko Dinucci, Jonnata Doll, Marcelo Cabral, & Theo Cecato @ Centro da Terra, São Paulo

10.03.2026 02:11 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nope, first night of the run was with the band

10.03.2026 01:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sophia Chablau tonight in São Paulo

10.03.2026 01:48 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Lúcio Maia, São Paulo 🇧🇷 1.31.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

09.03.2026 21:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This was a RSD 2024 release that they are finally putting out in general release.

CD version www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/catalogue/re...

09.03.2026 20:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Parliament • Osmium (Expanded Edition) 2xLP

April 24 • Demon

www.strandedrecords.com/collections/...

09.03.2026 19:55 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Lúcio Maia - Tábua das Horas Choose your preferred music service

Lúcio Maia • Tábua das Horas 🇧🇷

March 13

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09.03.2026 18:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Ornette Coleman & Don Cherry, Newport Rebels Festival, Rhode Island, July 1960

📸 William Claxton

09.03.2026 17:43 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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09.03.2026 17:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Baianá - Barbatuques | Corpo do Som
Baianá - Barbatuques | Corpo do Som YouTube video by barbatuques

Barbatuques had a massive hit w. “Baianá” in 1997, which has been sampled & repopularized

09.03.2026 15:32 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Morre Marcelo Pretto, integrante do grupo Barbatuques e cantor de voz elástica que ia 'do sussurro ao trovão' | G1 Vítima de complicações de diabetes, artista tinha 58 anos e estava internado em hospital de São Paulo.

RIP Marcelo Pretto (1967-2026), “member of the Barbatuques group and singer with an elastic voice that went 'from whisper to thunder'”

09.03.2026 15:27 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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mangroves, St. Thomas 🇻🇮 3.9.19
Sacramento 🇺🇸 3.9.20
Naná statue, Recife 🇧🇷 3.9.23
Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 3.9.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano

09.03.2026 12:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0