On September 5, world-renowned Brazilian-American pop musician, arranger and bandleader Sergio Mendes died in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 83. According to an Instagram post published by ...

On Friday, a samba line will snake through the Hamilton Listening Studio, as the nine-member Brazilian jazz group Desafinado plays a Batucada, leading the audience for the first time in almost 20 ...

Hermeto Pascoal was a virtuoso who excelled in various instruments and had an extraordinary ability to improvise - Copyright AFP/File GEORGES GOBET Hermeto Pascoal ...

Sergio Mendes, the influential Brazilian jazz musician known for bringing bossa nova to worldwide audiences, has died at the age of 83. In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, the musician’s family ...

The first time that Dillon Vado experienced the music of Rio de Janeiro-reared pianist Jovino Santos Neto was in Gold’s Gulch, a secluded after-hours gathering spot nestled amidst the coastal redwoods ...

Jazz Dispensary’s compilations tend to work best when they lean into a specific mood, and Magia Brasileira takes the listener ...

Introducing the dynamic new project Laura Dreyer and the Manhattan-Rio Connection—Água e Sol, a musical collaboration that seamlessly blends the rhythms of jazz with the vibrant flavors of Brazilian ...

OLINDA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazil's unique tropical blend of samba-rock-guitar known as MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) has exerted an irrepressible influence on modern jazz, masters of the genre say.

KEENE — East Branch Friends of the Arts, in collaboration with Keene Arts, presents the Brazilian jazz World on a String Trio featuring guitarist Paul Meyers and drummer Vanderlei Periera at 7 p.m.

As a jazz fanatic who played the accordion, it was probably inevitable that Ben Rosenblum would be drawn to the sounds of Brazil. The New York City-based accordionist ...

Brazilian jazz legend Hermeto Pascoal has passed away at the age of 89, his family confirmed on Saturday. Renowned for his long white beard and hair, Pascoal earned the nickname “The Sorcerer” for his ...