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Welcome to The Best of Brazil! We've added a new recommended album to our Beyond Brazil section. It's Steve Allee Big Band's Naptown Sound. We have all the details and a sample track. Our Beyond Brazil section now features 310 albums we recommend from the world of music beyond Brazil, nearly all with sample tracks. Recent additions include Marcus McLaurine's Tributes: A Life Celebration; Alan Chaubert's Just the Three of Us; La Banda Ramirez's Lizzie's Lounge; and Liz Cole's I Want to Be Happy. Mafalda Minnozzi's new album, Riofonic, with special guest Roberto Menescal tops our New Releases section. We have complete information plus a sample track. That section features 194 Brazilian music albums, all with sample tracks. Recent additions include Christmastime in Rio by Romero Lubambo and Pamela Driggs; Cliff Korman Trio's Urban Tracks; Carol Saboya's Outro Tom: Canções de Antonio Adolfo; and Enrico Granafei's It's Hard to Say Goodbye with special guests Claudio Roditi and Mike Longo. Live at JazzBaltica by Trio da Paz and Joe Locke is the latest addition to our Audio Archives section. Our 33-minute feature on the album was originally broadcast June 25, 2008. We also added our memorial tribute to Dorival Caymmi, broadcast August 27, 2008, eleven days after his death. When you visit the Archives, you can listen to extended features on 219 Brazilian albums, features on 38 Beyond Brazil albums, interviews, tributes to musicians and composers, and much more. Thanks for checking out this website. We hope you'll spend some time exploring our features, listening to some sample tracks, and digging into our archives (you can always return to this page by clicking on our logo at the top of every page). Finally, if you like what you find here, please tell your friends about it. Thanks! 
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April 5, 2019 – Daniela Soledade is a new and compelling voice on the Brazilian musical landscape, one both
 Here are earlier sneak previews of new albums by: • Fato • Hamilton de Holanda & Yamandú Costa • Jon Gold • André Vasconcellos • Joe Carter • Pascalito • Luiz Simas • Harvey Wainapel
June 22, 2019 – GUAI is a sensational singer emerging on the Brazilian music scene.
 GUAI Here are two more Discovery Artists: • Rodrigo Garcia Lopes • Rubens Figueiredo Interview with Karrin Allyson
June 2, 2024 – A Kiss for Brazil, the  Here are other special features: • Remembering Sérgio Augusto • Incredible gift from the Brazilian Guitar Quartet • Remembering Tom Jobim • Interview with Antonio Adolfo • The story of “Mas que Nada” • Paula Morelenbaum interview • BOSSAlibre Artist Profiles are biographical sketches of Brazilian musicians and composers—and other artists noted for performing Brazilian music. They are listed in alphabetical order by first name. Click on a name to read a profile.
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Mafalda Minnozzi, Riofonic
Tracks 01 – Rio 02 – Corcovado 03 – Só danço samba 04 – Café South American style 05 – Eu e a brisa 06 – O barquinho 07 – Telefone 08 – Tu si 'na cosa grande 09 – Você 10 – Postcard from Rio 11 – The gentle rain 12 – Garota de Ipanema 13 – Se é tarde me perdoa 14 – Água de beber Read more Romero Lubambo & Pamela Driggs, Christmastime in Rio
Tracks 01 – Have yourself a merry little Christmas 02 – I'll be home for Christmas 03 – Holiday of love 04 – Christmas love song 05 – Silent night 06 – Presente de Natal 07 – Winter reverie 08 – The Christmas song 09 – Santa Claus is coming to town 10 – White Christmas 11 – Jingle bells 12 – Toyland Read more Cliff Korman Trio, Urban Tracks
Tracks 01 – Cheio de malícia 02 – Manhã de carnaval 03 – All the things you are 04 – Canhoto 05 – Whisper not 06 – Fall 07 – Francisca 08 – Trilhos urbanos 09 – Saudade do Paulo Read more Carol Saboya, Outro Tom: Canções de Antonio Adolfo
Tracks 01 – Outro tom 02 – Até que venha o amor 03 – Silêncio da aldeia 04 – Carola/Acalanto 05 – Aonde você vai 06 – Deixa a fonte despejar 07 – Por que é que você se esconde? 08 – A cada dia que passa 09 – Já é hora 10 – Alegria de carnaval Read more Enrico Granafei, It's Hard to Say Goodbye
Tracks 01 – Claudinho 02 – Night train 03 – Pia 04 – Medo de Amar 05 – L'ultima cialda 06 – Calabrossa 07 – What goes around comes around 08 – Amico 09 – Blusette 10 – To my lady 11 – It's hard to say goodbye Read more Livio Almeida, Brasília Sessions
Tracks 01 – Sambasus 02 – Partido Cerrado 03 – Brasília afro samba 04 – Folhas secas 05 – Rocks in my path (Pedras no caminho) 06 – Ditmas Avenue 07 – Um girassol da cor do seu cabelo 08 – Q train samba (Sambete do trem Q) Read more Plus...
Paula Maya, Rio de Janeiro Here are 99 more New Releases from 2011 to 2015. Click on a title to read about the album and listen to a sample track... Read more |
The Sons of Brasil will perform April 27, 6:00-8:30 pm, at Westport Coffee House,
The Sons of Brasil
The Brazilian Music Foundation will present a concert in tribute to the legendary composer Camargo Guarnieri,
Samba Meets Jazz Workshops has announced an immersion in Brazilian music for vocalists, instrumentalists,
Samba Meets Jazz Workshop in Paris
Brazilian musician Luiz Simas has released his new song and music video honoring the indigenous peoples
Canção dos Povos Originários
Seven-time GRAMMY®-winning saxophonist Paul Winter and Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann have released their performance of three
Paul Winter and Henrique Eisenmann
Photo: Matthew Muise
Here are 310 albums we recommend from the world of music beyond Brazil: Steve Allee Big Band, Naptown Sound; Marcus McLaurine, Tributes: A Life Celebration; Alan Chaubert, Just the Three of Us;
   NEWLY ARCHIVED FEATURE
Randy Morse produced and hosted the weekly radio program The Best of Brazil from 1999 through 2010. Many of the features from the program are archived here, organized by category and broadcast date... Read moreHere are links to the websites of 318 bands and musicians, listed in alphabetical order by first name.
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