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Among the better-kept secrets among Brazil’s bossa nova pioneers, Manfredo Fest’s reputation and profile rose dramatically within the 1990s. Legally blind since delivery, Fest’s most significant early impact was George Shearing, but he created his own strategy aside from Shearing as well as other Brazilian jazz pianists, unleashing relentlessly moving …

For a particular concert on the Central Recreation area Zoo in 1993, vibraphonist Dave Samuels (who doubles on marimba) come up with the Caribbean Jazz Task for the very first time. Teaming Samuels using the outstanding (and pioneering) jazz metal drummer Andy Narell and saxophonist Paquito d’Rivera (who alternates between …

Drummer and percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca was created in Rio de Janeiro. He continues to be playing drums since he was 12 and by age 15 was carrying out with a few of the most experienced music artists in Brazil. In 1975, Da Fonseca relocated to NY where his profession …

Sergio Salvatore certainly qualifies being a prodigy, having recorded two albums for GRP by enough time he was 13. His dad is really a music instructor while his mom is a vocalist. Sergio began acquiring critical piano lessons at age group four and incredibly enough his initial two recordings provide …