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During the period of a global career, Joyce (aka Joyce Moreno) has recorded over 21 solo discs and over 300 of her songs by a number of the greatest names in Brazilian and international music, such as for example Flora Purim, Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, among others. Her …

The Brazilian-born Paulinho Da Costa, an endlessly adaptable percussionist using a knack for hitting exactly the best isolated beat at the proper time, became perhaps one of the most in-demand sidemen in Los Angeles’ busy recording studios in the later ’70s and early ’80s. He began playing his equipment at …