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Group. Sentimental pop, mainstream jazz, Afro-Latin music and Third Stream/light traditional fare are tackled by this trio of generally acoustic guitarists.

Alaíde Costa can be an essential interpreter who had great success in the ’60s. Her obstinate adherence to her sensitive style, especially suitable for the delicate Brazilian genre modinha, produced her be placed aside with the ethnic sector and she continued to be forgotten with the public until her reappearance …

It usually seemed strange that Remo Palmieri, who gained some interest in the first times of bop, by no means became a larger name, particularly since he was dynamic for such an extended time frame. Palmieri originally hoped to become an designer and he performed guitar with regional groups to …

A high jazz and studio room bassist, Bob Magnusson spent some time working with virtually everyone in contemporary jazz. The child of the clarinetist who used the NORTH PARK Symphony, Magnusson analyzed French horn for 12 years before switching to bass in 1967. His skill and sound created rapidly, touring …

During a extended and uncommonly productive job, Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida accomplished a ubiquity in popular music which has yet to become fully recognized. Mainly in charge of the Brazilian/North American “samba jazz” that could ultimately catch on by means of a musical pattern referred to as bossa nova, he …

Having used Hermeto Pascoal, Zélia Duncan, Marco Pereira, Marcos Ariel, Rosa Passos, among others, Hamilton de Holanda was a kid prodigy who verified his virtuosic talent on the choro mandolin. Together with his single career, he shows mandolin on the School of Brasília and in the Escola de Choro Raphael …

Nicknamed “the Endure” due to his imposing presence and just how he clawed at his tool, Harry Babasin was much presence being a creative and innovative bassist. He was also the first ever to record jazz solos in the cello in 1947. He in addition has been acknowledged with being …

Perhaps one of the most widely respected jazz guitarists, and easily the best-known to ever emerge from the Cincinnati region, was Cal Collins. Blessed on, may 5, 1933, in Medora, IN, Collins started his profession by playing bluegrass mandolin, ultimately relocated to Cincinnati (once he’d finished serving within the Military), …

Oscar Castro-Neves was a gifted Brazilian musician who have lived in the U.S. after 1966. Besides his essential contribution towards the motion usually referred to as bossa nova, he also got part in tasks with Joe Henderson (including their shows in the JVC Jazz Event) along with other great titles …

Dick Farney was a superb singer, instrumentalist, and composer who contributed decisively towards the reconstruction of Brazilian well-known music using the incorporation of jazz harmonies and design. Having been the very first musician ever to record “Tenderly,” which would become a global hit later within the interpretation of Nat “Ruler” …