All it takes is one listen to “Cipriano" to be reeled in by the sublime guitar work of Jan Dumee. The fifth track from Dumee & Dijkgraaf Quinteto's new album, Heloisando, “Cipriano" features some of ...

Brazilian-American virtuoso Clarice Assad is a Grammy-nominated composer, an innovative vocalist, a celebrated pianist and an educator, all wrapped into one. She has shared the stage with prominent ...

Grammy-nominated composer Clarice Assad has built a celebrated career driven by diversity. The self-described musical ...

Yes, Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal was a jazz legend. But his talent for even-handedly incorporating jazz, Brazilian folk music and avant-garde classical music meant ...

Andre Mehmari is one of those rare musicians equally comfortable in classical and jazz idioms. A prolific composer, he is just as adept at writing down notes in a score as he is pulling them from his ...

Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. No ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Henrique Morelenbaum, considered one of Brazil’s most prominent conductors and music directors, died Friday of natural causes in Rio de Janeiro at 90. “He was one of the most ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after ...

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