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A pretty nice little live date from the always-great team of Airto and Flora Purim -- recorded at the Queen Mary Jazz Festival, with a relatively open feel overall. Joe Farrell joins the group for a bit on saxes, and other instrumentation includes keyboards, trombone, flute, and plenty of... read more

Beautiful live work from Martinho Da Vila -- a set that features a mix of very intimate numbers with a few larger group tracks! A few tunes feature Martinho singing completely acapella -- a format we've never heard before, but which comes off great, given the strength of his famous vocals -- and... read more

A nicely up-close peformance by Djavan -- recorded for the Ensaio show, in its familiar intimate setting! The group's a bit larger than usual for an Ensaio performance, but the overall feel's still more personal than a larger concert setting -- and a video like this is a good reminder that in the... read more

The meeting of some of the world's greatest DJs, funky drummers, and Brazilian percussionists in Sao Paulo -- documented in the long in the works feature Brasilintime -- B+ and Mochilla's follow up to the already legendary Keepintime film and featuring Babu, Cut Chemist, Madlib, J Rocc, DJ Nuts,... read more

A well-done DVD version of a live TV performance from 1981 -- done when Luiz Gonzaga Jr was at the height of his powers, maturing wonderfully into a rich and personal style! His father joins him on a few tracks here, and Roberto Ribeiro's also a guest -- on titles that include "Galope",... read more

A live performance that's almost worth it more for the great guest stars than for Jobim himself -- thanks to contributions from a really well-chosen array of artists! All the tunes are famous compositions by the maestro, but the performances change things up nicely -- and titles include "Once... read more

A great 3DVD package -- one that features the excellent individual albums in this series, packaged together at a slightly better price! The DVDs here -- No More Blues, Waters Of March, and She's A Carioca -- offer up an array of visual tributes to the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim -- pulled... read more

An array of visual tributes to the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim -- pulled together from classic and contemporary performances of his music, interspersed with documentary photographs, footage, and some interviews as well! A good number of the performances here are from the last decade of Jobim's... read more

The genius of Antonio Carlos Jobim -- captured on screen in a host of beautiful images! The DVD's the third in this great series directed by Roberto De Oliveira -- and like the others, it blends together later concert footage, images of Brazil, and other more intimate performances -- the last of... read more

Great work from Edu Lobo's son -- a singer/songwriter who's really carrying on the family tradition! Bena sometimes shares his father's great ear for a complicated arrangement -- a groove that goes past the usual, often with a subtle bit of jazz in the mix, and some richer tones and colors too. ... read more

Surprisingly wonderful work from Marku Ribas -- every bit as soulful here as during his classic years of the 70s! Ribas sings and plays guitar, and comes across with a surprising amount of charm in the spoken bits between the tunes -- a real surprise, since we've only heard his work on studio... read more

Sivuca definitely earns the "poet of sound" in the title here -- working in a live setting to show that he's one of the greatest accordionists ever -- truly the Brazilian counterpart to Astor Piazzolla, but also an artist with a lot more range! Sivuca's working here in a number of... read more

A key post-Tropicalia moment in Brazilian music -- a live set that brings together four of the strongest forces in 70s MPB -- Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Maria Bethania -- all strong survivors from the early years, working here in a richly creative style! Although recorded in the... read more