From the iPod

From the iPod, February 2013

• Kurt Rosenwinkel - Star of Jupiter

• Mario Adnet - Um olhar Sobre Villa Lobos

• Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net

• Yo-Yo Ma - Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

• Alexandre Desplat - Argo - Alexandre Desplat

• Steve Davis - Gettin'it done

• Brad Mehldau - Where do you start

• Caetano Veloso e a Outra Banda da Terra - Cinema Transcendental

From the iPod

... from the iPod (right before the Carnaval).

• Miguel Zenon - Alma Adentro (The Puerto Rican Songbook)

• Gustav Mahler - Symphony 6 - 'Tragic' (Bernstein & New York Phillarmonic)

• Dhafer Youssef - Abu Nawas Rhapsody

• Cedar Walton - The Bouncer

• Paul McCartney - Kisses on the bottom

• Gil Evans & Miles Davis - The complete Columbia Recordings

• Simon and Garfunkel - Live at the Central Park

Playlist July, 2011

• Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Monk/ Trane

• Duke Ellington & Count Basie - Battle of the Bands

• Larry Goldings - In my room

• Dhafer Youssef - Abu Nawas Rhapsody

• The New Gary Burton Quartet - Common Ground

• Jane Bunnet & Hilario Duran - Cuban Rhapsody

• Pat Metheny - What's it all about

• Zé Miguel Wisnik - Indivisível

Playlist - April 11'

• Eric Harland - Voyager: Live By Night

• Julian Lage - Sounding Point

• Steve Cardenas - West of Middle

• Anthony Wilson - Campo Belo

• Jesse Harris - Watching the Sky

Playlist Carnaval 2011

• Paulinho da Viola - A toda Hora rola uma história

• Nelson Cavaquinho - Depoimento do poeta ( 1970)

• Odete Amaral, Cartola, Clementina, Carlos Cachaça - Fala Mangueira

• Cartola - Cartola

• Wilson Batista - Coleção Funarte de Música, Wilson Batista

• João da Baiana - Quê quê rê quê quê ( 78 rpm)

• Gilberto gil & Jorge Ben - Gil & Jorge, Ogum e Xangô

• Dorival Caymmi - Eu vou pra Maracangalha

• Donga - A música de Donga

Cafezinho

• Terence Blanchard - Flow

• Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie

• Fred Hersh Trio - Whirl

• Jimmy greene - Mission Statement

• Nana Caymmi - Nana

• The Clayton Brothers - The new song and dance

... e um cafezinho para acompanhar... sempre bem vindo.

Mother's day playlist

Here's my mother's day playlist.
Naturally, most of the artists below are very appreciated by my mom... (with an exception or two, I must say!).


• Miles Davis - Nefertiti
• Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio - Reflections
• Dori Caymmi - Mundo de dentro
• Martha Argerich - Martha Argerich Plays Chopin, 1965
• Gilberto Gil - Refazenda
• Elomar - Das barrancas do Rio Gavião
• Gerald Clayton - Two-Shade
• Baptiste Trotignon - Share
• Claus Ogerman - gate of Dreams

Easter Playlist

• Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider
• Fred Hersh - Thelonious
• Claus Ogerman & Michael Brecker - Cityscape
• Konstantin Scherbakov - Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 1 - 24 Preludes, Op. 34
• Caetano Veloso - A Forein Sound
• Pat Metheny - Orchestrion
• Toto Bona Lokua - Toto Bona Lokua
• Brahms - Philadelphia Orchestra - Symphonie No.4 · 'Tragische Ouvertuere' Op. 81
• Lagrene & Luc - Summertime (2009)

Playlist of the week

Hi everybody,
Here's what I've been enjoying these last days;
• Anthony Wilson - Jack of Hearts
• Sérgio Santos - Litoral e interior
• Sting - If on a winter's night
• Project Zlust - Incubator
• Bob Mintzer & Michael Brecker - Twin Tenors
• Jonathan kreisberg - Night Songs
• Gilad Hekselman - Words Unspoken

From the Ipod...

Listening to...

• Paul Simon - Graceland
• Brad Mehldau - Largo
• Brahms - Symphonie No.4 · Tragische Ouverture Op. 81 with The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Pixinguinha Sinfonico - Orquestra Petrobras. Silvio Barbato
• Mike Moreno - Between the lines
• Daniel Santiago - Metrópole
• Fabio Torres - Pra esquecer das coisas úteis

Back to the Ipod...

One of the things I like the most while jogging, I mean, running around the neighborhood ( yes, it's aways good to take good care of your health. As a musician, there's this physical aspect of playing an instrument that we should take it seriously...) is to listen to some nice tunes, each day a different playlist, depending on the mood.

• Hermann Scherchen and Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra - A. Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5; Friede auf Erden Op. 13; Erwartung Op. 17
• George Garzone - Four's and Two's
• Philippe Baden e M. Adnet - Afrossambajazz
• Claus Ogerman & Danilo Perez - Across the Crystal Sea
• Yamandu Costa - Ida e Volta
• Alex Sipiagin - Mirages
• Nat King Cole - Lush Life

São Paulo 24 hs

• Paris Jazz Big Band - Paris 24 hs
• John Taylor, Steve Swallow & Gabriele Mirabassi - New Old Age
• The terminal Soundtrack - John Williams
• Toninho Horta - Moonstone
• Larry Goldings - Whatever it takes
• Konstantin Scherbakov - Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 1 - 24 Preludes, Op. 34
• Nelson freire - Nelson Freire Interpreta Villa Lobos
• Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
Here's some of the stuff I've been checking out lately.
The Paris Big Band has such an incredible and tight horn section plus some beautiful arrangments/ compositions... is absolutely worth to listen to this guys!
I met Gabrielle Mirabassi two years ago, at this Jazz project we played in São Paulo... we became friends at that time and he gave me an album... such a lirical album. The trio sounds great with no drums.
John Williams is like one of those "you-must-listen-to" composers of our days... an amazing musical mind. This particular score "The Terminal" brings a Jazz flavor within ( it has to do with the history) that I enjoyed so much.
Back in 98', while living in Boston, I was checking out some cds at this store, and suddenly they start playing an album with a guitar player that knocked me out! I asked to the guy "who's playing??" It was Peter Bernstein, and the album was Whatever it takes, by Larry Goldings.
Shostakovich is one of the greats from Russia ( St. Petersburg)...I love this album. Another combination that can't go wrong: Nelson Freire and Villa Lobos.
Moonstone is one of my favorite albuns by Horta. The title track's version, with two guitars, him and Metheny, it's a classic. Paul Simon is a terrific songwriter... this album has all those classics and more, a Landmark. There's also a DVD with that Central Park Concert, wonderful... enjoy!

Why do we never get tired of it?

Could music be defined as some kind of drug, a fuel, an incredible moving force surrounding us all?
Absolutely! Thank's God for putting the ipod into our lives... oh yes!


• Dori Caymmi - Contemporâneos
• Helio Alves e Duduka Da Fonseca - Songs From The Last Century
• Fleurine - San Francisco
• Tom Jobim & Elis Regina - Elis & Tom
• Edu Lobo - Camaleão
• Gilberto Gil - Refavela
• Chico Buarque - Meus Caros Amigos
• Rosa Passos - Morada do Samba
• Sérgio Santos - Mulato
• Yamandú Costa - Lida

Música, sempre...

• Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Antonio Sanchez - Migration
• Raphael Rabello - Todos os Tons
• Mike Moreno - Third Wish
• Me'shell NdegeOcello - Confort Woman
• Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
• Ivan Lins - Saudades de Casa
• Muiza Adnet - As canções de Moacir Santos
• The Neil Cowley Trio - Displaced (Bug)
• Pierre Boulez: Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes

These days I've been listening to some cool diferent things. One of the things that grabbed my attention was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's beautiful soundtrack, by Alexandre Desplat. Mike Moreno (New York) happens to be a great composer, besides a wonderful guitar player.
Antonio Sanchez ( from Mexico) is one of my favorite drummers nowadays... his sound, musicality and fluency is just phenomenal.
Raphael is such a beautiful, spetacular guitarist... one of my all time favorites...
Me'shell has this deep groove coming out so naturally, it's so easy to start stepping the foot and want to dance listening to her. Michael Brecker's Pilgrimage is, for me, nothing less than one of the most impressive jazz masterpieces created in a long time. Talking about a pretty song, I just love to listen to Formigueiro, an old song written by Ivan Lins.
The Neil Cowley Trio can bring some interesting textures, it's kinda 'New York oriented', even though you can tell from the very first listening they're from London, by the way they play.
I've been listening to the noturnos and La Mer, by Debussy, since as I can remember, and I like very much this recording by the Cleveland Orchestra. So much music... so little time...

Música em doses generosas

Viajar sobre quatro rodas pode ser uma experiência e tanto. Sempre gostei de sair por aí, pegar a estrada.
Dependendo das condições do tempo, da boa companhia e, claro, da trilha, a jornada pode se tornar algo realmente agradável.
Essa seleção veio conosco na última viagem, voltando da Planície para a cidade grande.
Música em doses não homeopáticas:

• Sting - All This Time
• Nicolas Folmer ( Paris Jazz Big Band) - Fluide
• Gilfema - Gilfema + 2
• Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben - Gil & Jorge
• Marcos Suzano & Lenine - Olho de Peixe
• Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol I
• Dorival Caymmi - Eu não tenho onde morar
• Bernard Herrmann - Blue Denim
• Gustav Mahler - Mahler Lieder

Blindfolded listening

Hi there Folks,
This weekend I've been hearing to some interesting stuff on my Ipod while driving my car.
I must confess that in the past I use to be that kind of "against any blindfolded Ipod playlists" type of person, and that's a reason for that: I was afraid that it could happen that I fell in love with some music and, by the time I look to the screen searching for the artist's name... it's just saying: "track 4, unknown artist"; that's sad, and believe me, it happens more often than you think!
All my life I just love to seek the personnel information on any album... I mean; each player, arranger, songwriter, and so on.
Anyway, that fear vanished after I found out that: yes we can do it, to find out a certain artist "hidden" behind some lack of information!
Let's say: someone tells me about some album and I end up including it on my Ipod.
If for some reason I don't have the personnel information, or even the main artist from that album, I still can google that particular album, just having the tracks lengths... and problem solved, the rest you'll be able to find easily, Voilà!

Here we go:

• Tigran Hamasyan Trio - New Era
• Gabriele Mirabassi e Guinga - Graffiando Vento
• Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
• João Donato - A Bad Donato
• Lenine - Labiata
• Toninho Horta - From Ton to Tom
• Maysa - Barquinho
• John Mayer - Inside wants out
• Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
• Kenny Kirkland - Kenny Kirkland

Latest Playlist...

This is the Ipod's playlist of the week, already feeling the Christmas spirit around São Paulo City... summertime.

• João do Vale - João do Vale (1981)
• Edu & Tom - Tom Jobim & Edu Lobo ( by the way, this video is spetacular!)
• Spok frevo Orquestra - Passo de Anjo
• Caetano Veloso - Outras palavras
• Brahms - Symphonie No.1 - Claudio Abbado and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Stevie Wonder - Musiquarium
• Anthony Wilson Trio - Savivity
• Étienne Mbappé - Misiya

São Paulo traffic...

The only thing we can do about facing the São Paulo traffic (my dear hometown) showing some civilized manners is to charge your Ipod and enjoy some good music while driving, and relax...that's the best way out from getting nuts, garanteed!
Here's my playlist from this past week:

• Glazunov - Glazunov: The Sea, Oriental Rhapsody, Ballade
• Gerald Wilson - Monterey Moods
• Chico Buarque - Almanaque
• Milton Nascimento & Belmondo - Milton Nascimento & Belmondo
• Paulinho da Viola - Prisma Luminoso
• Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - Painted from Memory
• Joe Henderson - So near so far
• Maria João e Mário Laginha - Chorinho Feliz
• Sylvain Luc - Trio Sud
• Zé Miguel Wisnik - Pérola aos poucos
• André Mehmari - Lachrimae

Things I've been listening to...

Hi there! These are some of the stuff I've been playing on my IPod lately... I will be posting more soon.

• Martha Argerich - Rachmaninoff: Concerto No.3/Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
• Bob Belden - Black Dahlia
• Gabriel Hernandez - Jazz a lo cubano
• Baden Powell - Le Monde Musical De Baden Powell Vol.1
• David Sanchez - Cultural Survival
• João Gilberto - João
• Manuel Valera - Melancolía
• Guillermo Klein - Una Nave