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29.2.24

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)

30.5.21

PAUL WINTER • OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES - Brazilian Days (1998) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Twelve bossa nova numbers recorded as duets between saxophonist Paul Winter and his Consort cohort Oscar Castro-Neves on guitar, Brazilian Days finds the duo digging up overlooked gems from the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carlos Lyra, Noel Rosa, Vinicius de Moraes, Edu Lobo, and Luiz Eca. The numbers are gentle and relaxed, with bassist Nilson Matta and drummer Paulo Braga fine in support. by Steve Huey
Tracklist :
1     Aula de Matemática 3:28
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Marino Pinto
Percussion – Cassio Duarte 
   
2     Coisa Mais Linda 4:09
Carlos Lyra / Vinícius de Moraes
3     Feitio de Oração 4:02
Noel Rosa
4     Feio Nao E Bonito 4:04
Carlos Lyra
5     Minha Namorada 3:58
Carlos Lyra
6     Tambén Quem Mandou 3:37
Carlos Lyra
Organ [Pipe Organ] – Paul Halley
7     Ana Luiza 3:07
Antônio Carlos Jobim
8     Fetiço Da Vila 4:18
Noel Rosa
Percussion – Cassio Duarte

9     Canto Triste 3:09
Edú Lobo
Organ [Pipe Organ] – Paul Halley

10     Imagem 4:48
Aloysio de Oliveira
11     Por Causa de Voc 2:17
Dolores Durán / Antônio Carlos Jobim
12     Se E Tarde Me Perdoa 3:13
Carlos Lyra
Percussion – Cassio Duarte

Credits :
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums – Paulo Braga
Guitar, Producer, Arranged By, Liner Notes – Oscar Castro-Neves
Soprano Saxophone, Producer – Paul Winter 

PAQUITO D'RIVERA - TICO TICO (1989) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Paquito D'Rivera's alto and clarinet skills were ably displayed on this session, which featured him working in Afro-Latin, salsa, funk, swing and hard bop. Compositions ranged from intense, jam-flavored numbers with torrid solos, like "Recife's Blue" and the title tune, to introspective ballads, group pieces with rhythmically explosive sections and numbers displaying classical influences. The unifying force was D'Rivera, who also played tenor, but was most prominent on clarinet, doing both swing-oriented and looser, freer solos. While not as strict a jazz vehicle as his Columbia dates, this session presented a more eclectic, versatile Paquito D'Rivera. by Ron Wynn
Tracklist :
1     Danza Caracteristica 5:47
Leo Brouwer
2     Añorado Encuentro 4:47
Alberto Vera, Bea Giraldo
3     Three Venezuelan Waltzes: Valse Criollo 1:03
Antonio Lauro
4     Three Venezuelan Waltzes: El Mardino 1:13
Antonio Lauro
5     Three Venezuelan Waltzes: Carola 1:46
Antonio Lauro
6     Tico-Tico 5:31
Jose Abreu / Ervin Drake / Aloysio Oliveira
7     Song for Maura 6:55
Paquito D'Rivera
8     To Brenda With Love 7:21
Paquito D'Rivera
9     Serenata 7:11
Carlos Franzetti
10     Elizabeth 4:56
Danilo Pérez
11     Chorinho No. 3: Sheep Meadow 2:17
David Chesky
12     Recife's Blue 7:14
Claudio Roditi
Credits :
Bass – David Finck (faixas: 1, 2, 5, 9, 10), Nilson Matta (faixas: 6 to 8, 12)
Drums – Mark Walker (faixas: 1. 2. 5. 9. 10), Porthino (faixas: 6 to 8, 12)
Executive-Producer – Norman Chesky
Guitar – Fareed Haque (faixas: 1), Romero Lubambo (faixas: 6, 8, 11), Tiberio Nascimiento (faixas: 4, 5)
Percussion – Raphael Cruz
Piano – Danilo Perez
Producer, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Paquito D'Rivera

10.3.21

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

TRIO DA PAZ - Café (2002) Mp3

Trio da Paz's fourth record offers an alluring mix of originals, Brazilian classics, and jazz material seldom heard in a Latin context (Clifford Brown's "Blues Walk," for instance). Guitarist Romero Lubambo, one of Brazilian jazz's premier fingerstylists, is the main attraction, but he shares equal billing with bassist Nilson Matta and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca. Not for a moment do the trio's three special guests -- Joe Lovano, Dianne Reeves, and Hammond organist César Camargo Mariano -- come across as mere celebrity walk-ons; their contributions are genuine and substantial. Highlights include Reeves' haunting chromaticism on the very slow "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise," Lubambo's fretless guitar work on the Egberto Gismonti-penned title track, and the closing romp on Chick Corea's "Humpty Dumpty." Lubambo's lively original, "48th Street Baião," provides the strongest example of his brilliant, rhythmically inventive single-note playing. by David R. Adler
Tracklist:
1    Saudade da Bahia 4:15
Dorival Caymmi
2    Love Is Here to Stay 4:54
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
feat: Dianne Reeves  
     
3    Arioso 4:56
Johann Sebastian Bach
4    Baden 6:47
Nilson Matta
5    Wave 4:51
Antônio Carlos Jobim
feat: Joe Lovano 
   
6    Blues Walk 5:56
Clifford Brown
feat: César Camargo Mariano    
7    Café 4:49    
Egberto Gismonti
8    Influencia do Jazz 5:21
Carlos Lyra
9    Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise 5:06
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
feat: Dianne Reeves  
     
10    48th Street Baião 6:19
Romero Lubambo
feat: Joe Lovano  
 
11    Gentle Rain 5:22
feat: César Camargo Mariano     
   
12    Humpty Dumpty 4:40
Chick Corea
Credits:
Acoustic Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Guitar – Romero Lubambo

TRIO DA PAZ - Somewhere (2005) Mp3

 The well-traveled musicians who make up Trio da Paz (guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca) have eclectic tastes that range well beyond their native Brazil -- and they choose to exercise them without restraint on this album. Starting out with Miles Davis' "Seven Step to Heaven," the trio swings back and forth between Brazil and the U.S. without a care, filtering almost everything through the bossa nova and samba idioms. The Grover Washington, Jr. hit "Winelight" takes very well to a medium-tempo bossa nova treatment. Even, so help us, "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" is within their range, transformed into a swift samba. However Trio da Paz give Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" a straightforward, American pop standard rhythm, perhaps because they couldn't figure out how to Brazilian-ize it, and the off-kilter three-quarter meter take on the five-four meter "Take Five" nearly stumbles on itself. Among the Brazilian-made tunes, there is some exquisite out-of-the-way Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Look to the Sky") as well as standard-issue Jobim ("Corcovado"), rapid-fire Baden Powell in "Babel (Samba Novo)" and "O Astronauta," and a marvelous treatment of Durval Ferreira's "Batida Diferente." Whatever the sources of the material, this trio generates combustible fission that many of today's post-bossa nova recordings don't have. by Richard S. Ginell  
Tracklist:
1    Seven Steps to Heaven 3:49
Miles Davis
2    Partido Alto 5:52
3    Look to the Sky 5:08
A.C. Jobim
4    Babel (Samba Novo) 3:19
Baden Powell
5    Winelight 5:11
William H. Eaton Jr.
6    Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead 3:55    
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
7    Brazilian National Anthem 4:30
Fransisco Manuel Da Silva
8    Take Five 5:23
Paul Desmond
9    Batida Diferente 4:17    
Maurício Einhorn / Durval Ferreira
10    O Astronauta 3:00
Baden Powell
11    Somewhere 6:12
Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim
12    Loro 4:51
Egberto Gismonti
13    Corcovado 5:32
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Musicians:
Romero Lubambo - Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Nilson Matta - Acoustic Bass
Duduka Da Fonseca - Drums 

TRIO DA PAZ & JOE LOCKE - Live At Jazz Baltica (2008) Mp3

The exciting Brazilian jazz group Trio da Paz -- guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca -- are joined by vibraphonist Joe Locke for this 2007 concert at JazzBaltica in Salzau, Germany. Lubambo's lyrical acoustic guitar makes him the logical heir to earlier Brazilian greats like Laurindo Almeida. Each of the bandmembers contributes enticing originals. The drummer's intense cooker "Dona Maria" showcases Locke in a furious solo, though the guitarist's percolating solo that follows is hardly anticlimactic. Matta's "Copacabana" is a relaxing bossa nova ballad, while Lubambo's driving"Bachião" is the highlight of their set. Locke's soft ballad "Sword of Whispers" also blends in perfectly. One could hardly expect a Brazilian group to overlook the works of the masterful Antonio Carlos Jobim, and intimate renditions of "Wave" and "Look to the Sky," with Locke sitting out on both, are the Jobim numbers featured on Live at JazzBaltica. A follow-up recording to this enjoyable concert is clearly merited. by Ken Dryden
Tracklist:
1    Dona Maria 7:38
Duduka Da Fonseca
2    Copacabana 4:45
Nilson Matta
3    Pro Flávio 8:35
Romero Lubambo
4    Sword of Whispers 6:50
Joe Locke
5    Bachião 9:24
Romero Lubambo
6    Wave 5:44
Antônio Carlos Jobim
7    All the Things You Are 8:40
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
8    Look to the Sky 6:05
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Credits:
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Guitar – Romero Lubambo
Vibraphone – Joe Locke

TRIO DA PAZ - 30 (2016) Mp3

Only very special collaborations last 30 years, and rarely do they become more exciting and together over the decades. Trio da Paz, however, is one such long-lasting and still lightning band. The team of drummer Eduardo "Duduka" Da Fonseca, guitarist Romero Lubambo and bassist Nilson Matta, all Brasilian jazzmen of New York City, is just as dashing today as when the three first met in 1985.
So 30, their seventh album and ZOHO debut release, wastes no time glancing back. Rather, Trio da Paz celebrates the past as a way to get to what's now and what's next. This is not to imply that the band or 30 denies history. As friends, Duduka, Romero and Nilson are utterly secure in their enduring triangle, and as musicians they tap well-established elements of bedrock Brasilian samba and bossa nova -- the music of Jobim, Gilberto and Bonfá -- as well as bebop and its developments, Wes Montgomery, third stream and even free improvisation for ingredients of their signature sound. Romero's urban gypsy melodies and percussive chording, Nilson's firm yet flexible baselines and Duduka's rhythms -- which, whether surging or simmering, are always energized -- flow fast and inseparably over the course of 30.
Sampa 67 is characteristic: A brisk tune that welcomes the listener to enjoy the musicians' empathic interplay. The composition is slangily named for São Paulo, where Nilson, its composer, was born, and his rubato statement is at the track's center. Hear how Romero and Duduka, in stimulating exchanges, ramp the tempo back up to where it started.
In a similar mood and moving quickly, For Donato is Romero's tribute to bandleader and pianist Joao Donato, a Brazilian master who absorbed Caribbean accents during his stints with Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader and Tito Puente, among others, when he lived in the United States during the late '50s and '60s. The tune uses an afoxé rhythm that comes from Bahia, and is closely related to an Afro-Cuban groove.
The pace slows somewhat – Duduka using brushes instead of sticks - for Romero's bossa nova Outono ("Autumn"). Says the guitarist-composer: "With its changing of colors and cooler days after the summer, autumn is really a season for romantic music." And this is really music for romance. Alana is Duduka's piece for his older daughter, now an adult. Her father says Alana's personality is reflected in the song, which changes meter from 15/8 to 6/8 to a doubletimed 4/4 for the bass solo to Duduka's own episode in 15/8. So may we assume Alana is a sparkling and strong woman whose many dimensions fit together gracefully? Complementary yet contrasting, Luisa is for Romero's daughter, currently 17. The guitarist calls her "a beautiful person inside and out, who I love very much!" Although written in ?, "Luisa" is not phrased as a jazz waltz but instead sways in a way that Duduka identifies as a waltz with a Brasilian lilt.
Brasilian guitar virtuoso Baden Powell (1937 – 2000), obviously a hero to Romero, Nilson and Duduka as an early exemplar of the pan-stylistic approach Trio da Samba favors, wrote Samba Triste which at a breakneck tempo doesn't seem triste at all. Nilson's Águas Brasileiras refers to the Atlantic ocean, which has exerted implacable influence on the Trio's native land. A ballad, the song moves in soft waves; the trio's improvisation opens up the theme's depths and crosscurrents. Nilson recorded this previously, on his 2010 ZOHO album Copacabana.
Sweeping the Chimney, which Duduka calls "fast, really fast," was inspired by workers attending to Romero's house in New Jersey. "Luisa was three years old when I wrote that," the guitarist mentions, "and she helped me decide some of the notes." Duduka contributed Flying Over Rio, the melody of which came to him in an airplane taking off over Guanabara Bay, giving him a view of the mountains around Rio and Sugar Loaf, their peak. "Wow, it was gorgeous," he remembers – also remembering to credit Paulo Jobim (Tom Jobim's son) with suggesting to him one perfect note that launched the bridge "in a completely different direction."

To conclude, Nilson's LVM/Direto Ao Assunto (the initials of his wife and sons/"to the point") goes in a flash from subtle reflection to searing line. Both of these songs have been recorded before by Duduka and Nilson with pianist Helio Alves: "Flying over Rio" in 2008 on The Brazilian Trio's ZOHO release "Forests", and "LVM/Direto ao Assunto" on that group's album "Constelacao". Nilson introduced the song on the late pianist Don Pullen's album Kele Mou Bana, released in 1991.
That was just one year before Trio da Paz's own recording debut, Brasil from the Inside. Annotating that album, I wrote, "If North Americans hadn't invented jazz, surely Brasilians such as guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta and percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca would have." In fact, the members of Trio da Paz have invented jazz that's personally and musically unique. Their music is cool and hot, rooted in Brasilian heritage but cosmopolitan, timely and timeless.
"After 30 years together, we still bring the same energy, emotion and happiness whether we're stepping onstage or into a recording session," says Nilson. "That's the secret to Trio da Paz, what captivates our fans and why we keep making new ones all over the world." Romero agrees: "To play as Trio da Paz is a unique experience because the music always transcends notes, chords, tempos and anything written on sheet music. Naturally, because we've been playing together for 30 years, we know each other so well that we don't need to explain anything. These are qualities that are impossible to teach or articulate in words. They come from the hearts, souls and feelings that we have as individuals and as a group." Duduka adds simply, "When we play, we're very organic and spontaneous. Even to songs we perform often, we like to take a fresh approach. Sometimes one of us does something a little different, and we all realize it's better, so we stick with that. It's like a democracy. We all have ideas and try to do our best." The best of Trio da Paz is very fine. And though journalists used to use "-30-" to indicate the end of a story, 30 whets the appetite for more from a band in its prime. -- Howard Mandel
Tracklist:
1    Sampa 67 5:15
Nilson Matta
2    For Donato 5:45
Romero Lubambo
3    Outono 4:18
Romero Lubambo
4    Alana 5:01
Duduka Da Fonseca
5    Luisa 3:33
Romero Lubambo
6    Samba Triste 4:05
Baden Powell
7    Águas Brasileiras 4:47
Nilson Matta
8    Sweeping the Chimney 4:05
Romero Lubambo
9    Flying Over Rio 3:30
Duduka Da Fonseca
10    Lvm/Direto Ao Assunto 5:24
Nilson Matta
Musicians:
Romero Lubambo - Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Nilson Matta - Acoustic Bass
Duduka Da Fonseca - Drums 


9.3.21

BRAZILIAN TRIO - Forests (2008) FLAC (tracks), lossless

The Brazilian Trio consists of three Brazilian-born musicians who left their native land to expand their musical horizons in New York. Pianist Helio Alves has recorded extensively as a leader, while bassist Nilson Matta and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca make up two-thirds of the group Trio da Paz. The band is not a typical piano/bass/drums trio, but an interactive group with all members contributing to the arrangements. They explore gems by Milton Nascimento (including a shimmering, reflective rendition of "Tarde" and a driving romp through "Vera Cruz"), along with a breezy take of Ivan Lins' "Amor." Their originals, which make up half of the CD, are just as potent: Alves' sauntering samba "Ubatuba," and Matta's "Forests," which conveys both the beauty of Brazilian wilderness and the tense daily battle for survival among its inhabitants. Da Fonseca's easygoing, lyrical "Flying Over Rio" is also noteworthy. by Ken Dryden
Tracklist:
1    Amor 6:20
Ivan Lins
2    Forests 7:06
Nilson Matta
3     Samba Alegre 6:40
Hélio Alves
4    Montreux 6:22   
Hermeto Pascoal
5    Pro Zeca 7:08
Victor Assis Brasil
6    Tarde 5:50
Milton Nascimento
7    Ubatuba 6:27
Hélio Alves
8    Paraty 5:56
Nilson Matta
9    Flying Over Rio 3:37   
Duduka Da Fonseca
10    Vera Cruz 7:06
Milton Nascimento
Credits:
Bass – Nilson Matta
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Piano – Helio Alves



BRAZILIAN TRIO - Constelação (2012) Mp3

The second album from these Brazilian veterans finds them using the piano/bass/drums format to great effect, with a light touch throughout (even the drum solo on "LVM/Direto Ao Assunto" is subtle). Pianist Helio Alves brings melody as assurance to a range of material, although Jobim accounts for three of the ten tracks here, letting everything glide with the smoothness of a Copacabana wave, while the others push and prod just enough to add meat underneath. "Luiza" is a standout, limpid and beautiful, the emotion coming through in every note. But this is an album that covers the spectrum of moods, from sadness to sparkling sunlight, as with the title cut, and the compositions from bandmembers stand tall next to those from more established figures. It's a highlight of Brazilian jazz. by Chris Nickson
Tracklist:
1    Constelação 6:20
Alfredo Cardim / Dee Dee McNeil
2    Bebe 5:47
Hélio Alves
3    Embalo 3:59
Tenorio Jr.
4    O Cantador 4:38
Dori Caymmi / Nelson Motta
5    Quebra Pedra 4:24
Antônio Carlos Jobim
6    LVM / Direto Ao Assunto 6:25
Nilson Matta
7    Luiza 5:33
Antônio Carlos Jobim
8    O Bôto 5:13
Jararaca / Antônio Carlos Jobim
9    Isabella 4:12
Duduka Da Fonseca
10    Bolivia 5:12
Cedar Walton
Credits:
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
Bass – Nilson Matta
Piano – Helio Alves 

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

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TRIO DA PAZ - Partido Out (1998) Mp3

While the impact of bossa nova is palatable on some of '50s West Coast jazz, the inspiration went both ways. Trio da Paz, formed in 1986, exhibit on Partido Out not only this long-felt influence of American jazz on bossa nova, but international forms of samba and more. When, in the late 19th Century, Brazilian musicians fused their unique syncopations onto European polkas and waltzes, choro, a sort of tropical ragtime, was born. Inspiring a community of late night jam sessions, a new creative form of Brazilian jazz grew up out of this experimentation. by Tom Schulte

NILSON MATTA & HENDRIK MEURKENS - Encontros (Meetings) 2000 / Mp3

This delightful CD is the long-postponed project of two popular interpreters and composers of Brazilian music: bassist Nilson Matta and Hendrick Meurkens on vibes, marimba, and chromatic harmonica, making wistful, soulful sounds that blend naturally into this harmonic landscape. The other players include the splendid Italian jazz pianist Dado Moroni on two tracks and four superb Brazilian musicians based in New York: guitarist Romero Lubambo, drummer Duduka Da Fonsesca, vocalist Maucha Adnet, and pianist Helio Alvez, known for his clean, swinging lines. Two Jobim standards are nicely done: the languid "Amor em Paz," with lovely soloing by Lubambo, and the triumphant "Chega de Saudade" (aka "No More Blues"), where the mix doesn't capture Adnet's satiny, live voice, but can't hide her impeccable time. The closer is a free-form romp on Hermeto Pascoal's "O Ovo," where Da Fonsesca finally gets to stretch out and shine. The rest are tuneful originals by the co-leaders, such as Meurken's evocative travel pieces -- "Summer in San Francisco" and "Prague in March" -- and Matta's beautiful bossa tributes to his mother, "Rosa," and wife, "This Is for Luisa." There's also Meurken's jolly, jazzy version of the traditional chorinho and Matta's churning salute to Baden Powell, which highlights his strong, warm bass work and contains a surprise: a Bach prelude that swings hard. Fine work all around and an excellent, varied sampler of Brazilian jazz. by Judith Schlesinger  

e.s.t. — Retrospective 'The Very Best Of e.s.t. (2009) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"Retrospective - The Very Best Of e.s.t." is a retrospective of the unique work of e.s.t. and a tribute to the late mastermind Esb...