In the liner notes for New Samba Jazz Directions, Da Fonseca notes that drummer Edison Machado— working with pianist Dom Salvador and bassist Sergio Barrozo in the mid'60s—merged the rhythmic dialects ...

Jazz pianist Art Hodes (1904–1993 ... On this 1984 episode of Piano Jazz, Hodes performs "St. Louis Blues" and "Someone To Watch Over Me." ...

On this 2008 episode of Piano Jazz, hosted by Marian McPartland, Nunn is accompanied by her husband, pianist Travis Shook. She demonstrates her soulful technique on "One Note Samba" as well as "I ...

One night in a Japanese jazz kissa changed music listening for me forever. My love for the jazz piano trio began in the most unique ... Oscar Peterson’s The Art of The Trio with Ray Brown and Ed ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more ... with Mariano’s Rhodes piano sparkling at the forefront. The album’s seamless fusion of jazz, funk, rock and traditional Brazilian styles ...

To illustrate how to play Brazilian Samba properly, let’s take a typical jazz-ish melody and chords, and change them into Samba form. Ex. 1 is a standard jazz-style melody, similar to what you might ...

"Jazz Samba." The landmark album he was about to record ... They’re great little works of art, these songs.” Today, those songs are universal. “If you buy a Casio keyboard or a drum machine ...

It's 40 years since his father, Australian jazz legend Bob Sedergreen, inspired little Steve to strike his first piano notes. His past 25 years as a player, composer, club booker and educator have ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — George Cables remembers the night of his first gig with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. It was 1969 and the 24-year-old piano player had just joined the group at the recommendation of ...

Attention, fans of samba ... Piano Player,” opening in Chicago March 1 at the AMC River East, investigates the short life and 1976 disappearance and likely political assassination of Brazilian ...