I've been a fan of Latin jazz for many years. I can remember as a child hearing Pérez Prado or Xavier Cugat records (or later watching Desi Arnaz perform "Babalu" on TV) so the stage was set early. But I'd guess that the strongest influence on me was what occurred in the Sixties - the beginning of what came to be known as the bossa nova era. You can point to a lot of different events as the beginning of the movement, but most experts agree that one of the seminal moments occurred when saxophonist Stan Getz and [...]
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Toronto - How do you link the following topics: traditional Bossa Nova, modern electronica, music royalty, and soul revivalists? The answer is of course Bebel Gilberto . Her latest album All In One has just been released, making it her debut on the Verve label. Furthering her work of creating Bossa-Nova infused pop, All In One provides a laid-back and non-confrontational vibe. Gilberto keeps things updated by partnering with such modern luminaries as Mark Ronson and the Dap-Kings. At the same time, she remains firmly grounded in her colourful past by working with a [...]
year end thoughts, in no particular order: traveling too much for work – with ione turning 2 next month, for every week i'm away, i'm missing out on ~1% of her life. pseudo-science – if we don't let a non-physician treat patients, and a non-engineer build bridges, why would we let non-scientists do science? admittedly, the scientific community desperately needs to get its head out of its ivory tower ass and do a better job of explaining the science to the lay public, but ultimately, this is still about knowing what [...]
It's birds today, with two summer songs. Charlie Byrd is notable for two things. He brought classical guitar techniques to jazz (he went to Italy in 1954 to study with the great Andrés Segovia). And he helped bring bossa nova and samba to American audiences. During a 1961 South American concert tour of the Charlie Byrd Trio (sponsored by the State Department), he fell in love with Brazilian music. In 1962, Stan Getz and Byrd recorded Jazz Samba , the first bossa nova album by American jazz musicians. [...]
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