Dorival Caymmi

Born: April 30, 1914

Dorival Caymmi was a prominent Brazilian singer, songwriter, and musician. He was born on April 30, 1914, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Caymmi is considered one of the most influential figures in Brazilian popular music and is often referred to as one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre.

Caymmi's musical style was deeply rooted in the rich cultural traditions of Bahia, incorporating elements of samba, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and folk music. His songs often celebrated the daily life, landscapes, and people of Bahia, and he was known for his poetic lyrics and melodic compositions.

Catina De Luna, Otmaro Ru��z, Roswell Rudd, Sheila Jordan

by Katchie Cartwright
September 7, 2025

A two-fer on this week's edition of Caminhos do Jazz... First up is Lado B Brazilian Project 2 (Sunnyside, 2025), from Brazilian singer-pianist Catina De Luna and Venezuelan guitarist and arranger-producer Otmaro Ruíz, the second installment of the illustrious duo's B-side project. Read our review here. The idea of the project is to interpret what we ...

Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ru��z: Lado B Brazilian Project 2

by Katchie Cartwright
August 17, 2025

In a time of disembodied digital-only releases, luxuriously well-crafted albums like Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruiz's Lado B Brazilian Project 2, with physical disk, album notes, lyric translations and evocative graphics, can really be the balm. The project was born in 2015 with the release of Lado B Brazilian Project (Self Produced), which received ...

Luciana Souza: Cometa

by Angelo Leonardi
May 8, 2024

Luciana Souza �� la massima voce della musica brasiliana pi�� legata al jazz, come testimoniano i molti riconoscimenti, le prestigiose collaborazioni (Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Danilo Perez, Guillermo Klein, Vince Mendoza ecc...) e la decina di dischi a suo nome (tra cui l'intima dedica a Chet Baker in The Book Of Chet). Anche se ha vissuto ...

Luciana Souza: Cometa

by Katchie Cartwright
August 18, 2023

Luciana Souza and Trio Corrente inhabit the deep intersections of Brazilian and jazz practices, a realm Souza's double-take Yemanj��-Lady Liberty garb suggests lies somewhere in the Atlantic (see the album cover). They share rarified air as Grammy winners, as composers and as performers. It seems inevitable that they would eventually collaborate. A fan of Trio Corrente ...

Magos Herrera: Aire

by Angelo Leonardi
May 30, 2023

Se amate l'universo musicale latino nelle sue varie espressioni--pi�� o meno jazzisticamente orientate--verrete coinvolti profondamente da questo disco intenso e sorprendente. Magos Herrera �� una cantante e compositrice messicana poco nota in Italia ma considerata tra le massime vocalist contemporanee. Magos risiede a New York dal 2008 e in due decenni ha pubblicato dischi ...

Eliane Elias: Quietude

by Edward Blanco
December 7, 2022

Brazilian-born pianist/vocalist and multi-Grammy-winning artist Eliane Elias returns to her musical roots on Quietude, her 31st album as leader and a follow up to her Grammy Award-winning album Mirror, Mirror (Candid Records, 2021), a duet with the late Chick Corea and Chucho Valdes. Recorded in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and in New York, on this album Elias ...

Djangada

Born: January 1, 1979

ast emerging as the new Brazilian sound from the UK, Djangada's funky reworking of Brazilian classics has captivated audiences all over. Their dynamic trio interplay comes from years of performing together and is a thrill to witness live; a blend of traditional Brazilian music with a jazz aesthetic that is lively and accessible, but with a deep sense of craft and musicality.

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The name Djangada comes from the word jangada, a fishing boat found in the north-east of Brazil, the home of Afro-Brazilian rhythms. It is from here that Djangada draws their inspiration, transforming the classic songs of Bahia's Dorival Caymmi and Gilberto Gil into punchy instrumental grooves

A Pegada Agora ? Essa (The Sway Now)

By Antonio Neves

Label: Romaria Discos
Released: 2021
Track listing: Simba; A Pegada Agora ? Essa; Noite de Temporal; Luz Negra; Forte Apache; Lamento de um Perplexo; Summertime; Jongo no Feudo;

Reconvexo

By Anat Cohen

Label: Anzic Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Reconvexo; ?nima; O Que ? Que A Baiana Tem?; Andar Com F��; Maria Maria; Correnteza; Paula E Bebeto; El Diablo Suelto; Never Dreamed You��d Leave In Summer;