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Ryan Keberle's Collectiv Do Brasil: Sonhos Da Esquina

By Dan McClenaghan
February 19, 2022
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Ryan Keberle's Collectiv Do Brasil: Sonhos Da Esquina

Trombonist Ryan Keberle fell in love with Brazilian music. It happens. Who has not experienced infatuation on an encounter with Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1964), from saxophonist

Stan Getz

saxophone, tenor
1927 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Getz and vocalist, guitarist & tunesmith

Joao Gilberto

vocals
1931 - 2019

" data-original-title="" title="">Joao Gilberto. But for Keberle, it was the music of

Elis Regina

vocals
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Elis Regina that led him to travels to Sao Paulo in 2017, and a hook-up with Paulista musicians

Felipe Silveira

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Felipe Silveira, bassist

Thiago Alves

bass, electric

" data-original-title="" title="">Thiago Alves and drummer

" data-original-title="" title="">Paulinho Vicente, who support the trombonist on Sonhos Da Esquina.

A trombone with a three-player rhythm section is not your run-of-the-mill small jazz ensemble. It is usually a saxophone out front, or maybe a trumpet. But

J.J. Johnson

trombone
1924 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">J.J. Johnson should not be overlooked, with early albums such as Blue Trombone (Ais, 1957) and First Place (Columbia, 1957), both featuring the blue- ribbon rhythm section of

Tommy Flanagan

piano
1930 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Tommy Flanagan on piano,

Paul Chambers

bass, acoustic
1935 - 1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Chambers on bass along with drummer

Max Roach

drums
1925 - 2007

" data-original-title="" title="">Max Roach.

What Johnson proved from the early fifties onward was the trombone's potential for suppleness and fluid elocution. Keberle, on the relentlessly beautiful Sonhos Da Esquina follows right along that path, deeply engaged in the cool Afro-centric rhythms and fluid quartet interplay, with the piano, bass and drums accompaniment as accomplished and gorgeous as that of Johnson's high-profile sidemen back in '57.

The choice of tunes nods to

Milton Nascimento

guitar and vocals
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Milton Nascimento and

Toninho Horta

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Toninho Horta, and Keberle adds three of his own compositions, including the sad and longing "Campinas," the introspective "Carbon Neutral" and the majestic and slightly ominous title tune.

Sonhos Da Esquina is Brazilian music at its best—an enchanting listening experience.

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Track Listing

Cio da Terra; Campinas; Carbon Neutral; Sonhos da Esquina; Clube da Esquina 2; Aqui, Oh!; Tarde; Francisca.

Personnel

Ryan Keberle

trombone

Felipe Silveira

piano

Thiago Alves

bass, electric

Paulinho Vicente

drums

Album information

Title: Sonhos Da Esquina | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Self Produced

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