MAUCHA ADNET — The Jobim Songbook (2006) APE (image+.cue), lossless

The lack of liner notes doesn't give much clue as to how long Maucha Adnet has been active professionally as a vocalist, though a quote from Antonio Carlos Jobim indicates that she toured with the late, legendary composer. Her deep, soulful voice is very appealing, similar to that of Leny Andrade. Accompanied by a mix of Brazilian and American musicians, including pianist Helio Alves, flugelhornists Claudio Roditi and Michael Brecker, trombonist Jay Ashby, guitarists Mario Adnet and Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta and drummer Duduka Da Fonsaca, she is obviously very familiar with a wide range of Jobim's compositions, covering both internationally known hits and pieces that have received less exposure outside of Brazil. The focus is on the singer, with occasional piano or guitar solos, with the brass and reed instruments providing background colors. She scats in unison with an unidentified male singer during the introduction to "Chega De Saudade" before swinging its joyous lyrics, with Alves switching to electric piano. She brings more depth to "Aquas de Marco" (The Waters of March)" than most singers, while Adnet's understated interpretation of "Outra Vez" is also welcome.  Ken Dryden  
Tracklist :
1 Vivo Sonhando 4:37
2 Só Tinha de Ser Com Você 4:19
3 Insensatez 4:57  
4 Ela é Carioca 4:33  
5 Chega de Saudade 4:54  
6 Samba Do Avião 5:26  
7 Águas de Março 3:55
8 Meditacão 3:59  
9 Desafinado 4:59  
10 Corcovado 4:29  
11 Outra Vez 5:10  
12 Garota de Ipanema 6:01  
13 Água de Beber 4:51
Credits :
Acoustic Bass – Nilson Matta
Acoustic Guitar – Romero Lubambo
Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By – Mario Adnet
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Flugelhorn – Claudio Roditi, Randy Brecker
Piano – Alfredo Cardim, Helio Alves
Saxophone – Joe Lovano
Trombone – Jay Ashby
Vocals, Producer – Maucha Adnet
Written-By – A.C. Jobim, N. Medonça (tracks: 8, 9), V. de Moraes (tracks: 3, 5, 13)

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - Passarim (1987) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Passarim is Jobim's major statement of the '80s, emerging during a time when his concerns were turning increasingly toward the Planet Earth. The title song is one of Jobim's most haunting creations, a cry of pain about the the destruction of the Brazilian rain forest that resonates in the memory for hours. Also, by this time, Jobim had resumed touring with a large group containing friends and family, and they carry a great deal of the load here, with lots of airy female backup vocals, two worthy songs by Jobim's multi-talented son Paulo, and another by flutist/singer Danilo Caymmi. Recorded entirely in Rio, the record's overall sound is very different from Jobim's '60s and '70s work: denser, hazier, still grounded in the samba yet rougher in texture (as is Jobim's voice). Though not as immediately winning as the Creed Taylor-produced albums, this music repays repeated listening -- particularly the extended suite from Jobim's score for the film Gabriela -- and there are samples of his wry humor in "Chansong" and the bossa nova reworking of "Fascinatin' Rhythm". by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1    Passarim 3:36
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
2    Bebel 3:11
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
3    Borzeguim 4:23
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
4    Anos Dourados 3:46
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
5    Isabella 3:22
Lyrics By – Gil Goldstein
Music By, Lyrics By – Paulo Jobim
6    Fascinatin' Rhythm 2:10
Lyrics By – Ira Gershwin
Music By – George Gershwin
7    Chansong 3:18
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
8    Samba Do Soho 2:59
Lyrics By – Ronaldo Bastos
Music By – Paulo Jobim
9    Luiza 2:32
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
10    Brasil Nativo 3:51
Lyrics By – Paulo Cesar Pinheiro
Music By – Danilo Caymmi
11    Gabriela 7:56
Music By, Lyrics By – A.C. Jobim
Credits :
Bass – Sebastião Neto
Cello – Jaques Morelenbaum
Drums – Paulo Braga
Flute – Danilo Caymmi
Guitar – Paulo Jobim
Painting – Elizabeth Jobim
Percussion – Rubens Ohana de Miranda
Piano, Vocals – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Producer – Jaques Morelenbaum, Paulo Jobim
Vocals – Ana Lontra Jobim, Danilo Caymmi, Elizabeth Jobim, Maucha Adnet, Paula Morelenbaum, Paulo Jobim, Simone Caymmi

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - Antonio Brasileiro (1995) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Not only did Jobim stay active until the end of his life, he showed virtually no signs of creative burnout, as this, his last album, wondrously displays. Surrounded again by family and friends, he delivered a brace of 13 songs and compositions (plus two songs by the veteran songwriter Dorival Caymmi), many of them relatively new, most as heartbreakingly beautiful as anything from the bossa nova years. Sometimes Jobim's voice, never impressive, is almost gone and the production has a rough-hewn finish, but it doesn't matter; Jobim's craft and his brood carry him through, and son Paulo Jobim provides thick but highly competent orchestral arrangements. An especially touching passage is the brief "Samba de Maria Luiza," a Jobim duet with his little daughter Maria Luiza, who also turns up on the succeeding ode for the environment, "Forever Green." The final tone poem, "Trem De Ferro," obviously inspired by Heitor Villa-Lobos, is also the most startling, a strange chugging simulation of a train cutting through the underbrush. There is also an idiomatic duet with Sting on the familiar "How Insensitive" (later included on the Red, Hot and Rio anthology), and Caymmi makes a guest vocal appearance on "Maricotinha." Obviously Jobim still had a lot to give, making his death later in 1994 an even more poignant blow. Issued for the Latin market only, though pressed in the U.S., the CD is not difficult to locate in well-stocked big city shops. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1    Só Danço Samba 2:01
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Tamborim – Duduka De Fonseca
2    Piano Na Mangueira 2:43
Horn – Edeneck Svab
Lyrics By – Chico Buarque
Percussion – Duduka De Fonseca
Trombone – Raul De Souza
Trumpet – Marcio Montarroyos
Vocals – Tom Jobim
3    Insensatez 3:46
Bass – Ron Carter
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Vocals – Sting
4    Querida 3:32
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
5    Surfboard 3:09
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Antonio José Augusto, Edeneck Svab
6    Samba De Maria Luiza 1:14
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Vocals – Maria Luiza Jobim
7    Forever Green 3:15
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Antonio José Augusto, Edeneck Svab
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paulo Jobim
Trombone – Raul De Souza, Victor Silva Santos
Vocals – Maria Luiza Jobim
8    Maracangalha 2:41
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals – Dorival Caymmi
9    Maricotinha 3:50
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Antonio José Augusto, Edeneck Svab
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals – Dorival Caymmi
Trombone – Raul De Souza, Victor Silva Santos
10    Pato Preto 4:42
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Percussion – Duduka De Fonseca
11    Meu Amigo Radamés 3:56
Clarinet – Edu Morelenbaum
Flute – Paulo Guimarães
Horn – Edeneck Svab
12    Trem Azul 5:00
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Lyrics By – Rolando Bastos
Music By – Lo Borges
13    Radamés Y Pelé 2:49
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Edeneck Svab
Trombone – Raul De Souza
14    Chora Coração 3:09
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Vocals – Paula Morelenbaum
15    Trem De Ferro    4:34
Manuel Bandeira / Antônio Carlos Jobim
Créditos
Backing Vocals – Elizabeth Jobim, Maucha Adnet, Paula Morelenbaum, Simone Caymmi
Backing Vocals, Photography – Ana Lontra Jobim
Bass – Sebastião Neto
Cello – Jaques Morelenbaum
Drums, Percussion – Paulo Braga
Flute – Danilo Caymmi
Music By – Antonio Carlos Jobim (faixas: 1 to 7, 9, 10, 13 to 15)
Piano – Tom Jobim
Producer, Mixed By – Daniel Jobim
Producer, Mixed By, Violin – Paulo Jobim

TRIO DA PAZ - Brasil From The Inside (1992) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist:
1    Pedra Bonita 4:39
Mario Adnet
2    Keep the Spirits Singing 4:27
O'Donel Levy
3    Aquarela Do Brasil 3:50
Ary Barroso
4    Vera Cruz 5:06
Milton Nascimento
5    This Is for Luisa 4:52
Nilson Matta
6    Jeca's Baiao 4:40
Romero Lubambo
7    Forgive Me 4:49    
Duduka Da Fonseca / Astrud Gilberto
8    Trio da Paz 5:12
Romero Lubambo
9    Cor Do Pecado 4:14
10    Manhattan Style 5:05
Duduka Da Fonseca
11    Festa de Sao Joao 5:36
Credits
Maúcha Adnet - Vocals
Joanne Brackeen - Piano
Duduka Da Fonseca - Drums, Percussion
Romero Lubambo - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer)
Herbie Mann - Flute, Flute (Alto)
Nilson Matta - Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric), Electric Upright Bass
Claudio Roditi - Flugelhorn, Trumpet

TRIO DA PAZ - Black Orpheus (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

No discussion of the history of Brazilian music is complete without mentioning the 1959 Brazilian film Black Orpheus, which brought attention to the music of Brazilian composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá and popularized the Bonfá classics "Manha de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orfeo." The Black Orpheus soundtrack was a major source of inspiration for Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd. and other key figures in the bossa nova explosion of the early to mid-'60s, and it's also Brazilian group Trio da Paz's primary inspiration on this jazz-oriented release, which flutist Herbie Mann produced for his Kokopelli label. Consisting of guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Dudaka da Fonseca, Paz favors what could be called Brazilian hard bop. Though the Brazilians are quite melodic, they favor a much more intense and hard-swinging approach to the samba, and to Bonfá and Jobim's gems than Getz did in the early to mid-'60s. Subtlety and restraint characterized Getz's bossa nova, but Trio da Paz is passionately aggressive on this excellent CD. by Alex Henderson
Tracklist:
1    A Felicidade 0:58
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
2    Frevo 5:11    
Antônio Carlos Jobim
3    A Felicidade 7:49
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
4    Manha de Carnaval 4:20
Luiz Bonfá
5    O Nosso Amor 4:02
Antônio Carlos Jobim
6    Chão de Estrelas 7:38
Orestes Barbosa / Silvio Caldas
7    Samba de Orfeu 5:27    
Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria
8    Doña María 3:43
Duduka Da Fonseca
9    A Felicidade (vocal) 1:58
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
10    Manha de Carnaval 4:22
Luiz Bonfá
11    Namacumba 1:52
Naná Vasconcelos
12    Hugs & Kisses 4:20
Nilson Matta
13    Samba de Orfeo 2:41
Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria
Credits:
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums, Percussion – Duduka Da Fonseca
Flute – Herbie Mann
Guitar – Romero Lubambo
Percussion – Cyro Baptista, Jorge Silva, Naná Vasconcelos
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Claudio Roditi
Vocals – Alana Da Fonseca, Geoff Mann, Maucha Adnet

DUDUKA DA FONSECA - Samba Jazz Fantasia (2008) APE (image+.cue), lossless

"Fantasia" aptly describes this exuberant debut by drummer/percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca. Many tracks feature him with his partners in Trio da Paz (guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta), but there's also a rotating cast of jazz heavyweights: guitarist John Scofield, trumpeters Tom Harrell and Claudio Roditi, saxophonists Joe Lovano, David Sanchez, and Billy Drewes, pianists Kenny Werner and Marc Copland, and more. The results are upbeat, melodic, and richly textured, with ample and inspired improvisations -- the above names virtually guarantee it. Da Fonseca includes three of his own compositions: the odd-metered "Partido Out," the Tyner-esque "Dona Maria" (a tour de force for Kenny Werner and Billy Drewes), and the bright finale, "Manhattan Style." There are also original entries by Scofield, Harrell, Lubambo, and Helio Alves, along with gems by Dori Caymmi, Jobim, and others. The blend of electric and acoustic guitars (courtesy of Scofield and Lubambo) on "Pro Flavio" is one of the album's many winning moments; Da Fonseca sets up the track with a two-minute "Berimbau Fantasia." Albums like these raise the creative bar for Brazilian jazz, bringing the form squarely into the new millennium. by David R. Adler
Tracklist:
1    Pardito Out 5:35
Bass – Eddie Gomez
Drums, Cuica – Duduka Da Fonseca
Percussion – Valtinho Anastacio
Piano – Helio Alves
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Billy Drewes
Trombone – Jay Ashby
Vocals – Alana Da Fonseca, Lisa Ono, Maucha Adnet
Written-By, Arranged By – Chico Adnet, Duduka Da Fonseca
2    Terrestris 6:26
Bass – Dennis Irwin
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Percussion – Valtinho Anastacio
Piano – Dom Salvador
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Lovano
Written-By, Arranged By, Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell
3    Sco's Bossa 6:04
Acoustic Guitar – Romero Lubambo
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums, Bells, Arranged By – Duduka Da Fonseca
Piano – Marc Copland
Tenor Saxophone – Richard Perry (2)
Vocals – Alana Da Fonseca, Lisa Ono, Maucha Adnet
Written-By, Arranged By, Guitar – John Scofield
Acoustic Guitar – Romero Lubambo
4    Bala Com Bala 5:37
Acoustic Guitar – Romero Lubambo
Arranged By [Horn], Piano – Helio Alves
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums, Arranged By – Duduka Da Fonseca
Tenor Saxophone – David Sanchez
Written-By – João Bosco
5    Pedra Bonita 5:49
Bass – Eddie Gomez
Drums, Arranged By – Duduka Da Fonseca
Piano, Arranged By – Helio Alves
Written-By – Mario Adnet
6    Dona Maria 6:10
Bass – Nilson Matta
Piano – Kenny Werner
Soprano Saxophone – Billy Drewes
Vocals – Isabel Adnet Da Fonseca
Written-By, Arranged By, Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
7    Saveiros 5:12
Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By – Romero Lubambo
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums, Arranged By – Duduka Da Fonseca
Piano – Kenny Werner
Soprano Saxophone – Billy Drewes
Vocals – Maucha Adnet
Written-By – Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta
8    Song For Claudio 5:44
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Flugelhorn – Claudio Roditi
Tenor Saxophone – David Sanchez
Written-By, Arranged By, Piano – Helio Alves
9     Berimbau Fantasia 2:17
Written-By, Berimbau – Duduka Da Fonseca
10     Pro Flavio 8:19
Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By – Romero Lubambo
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums, Berimbau, Caxixi, Vibraslap, Arranged By – Duduka Da Fonseca
Guitar – John Scofield
Percussion – Valtinho Anastacio
Written-By – Romero Lubambo
11     Fotografia 4:44
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Piano, Arranged By – Alfredo Cardim
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Lovano
Vocals – Maucha Adnet
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
12     Manhattan Style 6:41
Bass – Nilson Matta
Piano – Helio Alves
Tenor Saxophone – David Sanchez
Trumpet – Claudio Roditi
Written-By, Arranged By, Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca

DUDUKA DA FONSECA & HÉLIO ALVES ft. MAUCHA ADNET - Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim (2019) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tom Jobim and João Gilberto’s partnership provided one of the most incredible musical contributions to the musical world. In 1958, the first Bossa Nova album, Chega de Saudade, was recorded by Gilberto, featuring arrangements by Jobim. American Jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Byrd, Keter Betts and Herbie Mann, went to Brasil around that time and fell in love with Brazilian music. They brought several Bossa Nova albums to the United States. Charlie Byrd was the one who introduced Stan Getz to the music of Jobim and Gilberto. Bossa Nova was a great influence to American Jazz from then on.
Jobim’s legacy has lived on through his admirers, followers and apprentices. Bossa Nova and the Brazilian jazz tradition continue to flourish, led by the likes of drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and pianist Helio Alves. With the addition of the great vocalist Maucha Adnet, the friends have assembled a program of music highlighting the beauty of the Brazilian Jazz music that they have performed all over the world. Their new recording, Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim, was recorded to spread their passion even further. dudukadafonseca.bandcamp
Tracklist:
1. Gemini Man (feat. Claudio Roditi) 6:00
2. Alana 6:28
3. Untitled 7:01
4. Pato Preto 3:58
5. Dindi 6:49
6. A Correnteza 2:49
7. Pedra Bonita Da Gavea 6:04
8. Helium 5:59
9. Você Vai Ver 3:56
10. Polo Pony 4:55
11. A Vontade Mesmo (feat. Wynton Marsalis) 4:50
12. I Loves You Porgy (Bonus Track) 6:26
Credits:
Billy Drewes - saxofones e flauta (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Romero Lubambo - guitarras (1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11)
Hans Glawischnig - baixo
Maucha Adnet - voz (4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12)
Helio Alves - piano e Rhodes
Duduka Da Fonseca - bateria
Claudio Roditi - trompete (1)
Wynton Marsalis - trompete (11)