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Music Remembrance: Adeus, João Gilberto, Free-Spirited Creator of Bossa Nova

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Melhor do que isso só mesmo o silêncio, melhor do que o silêncio só joão (The only thing better than [music] is silence, the only thing better than silence is João)—Caetano Veloso (“Pra Ninguém”)

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, World Music Tagged: bossa nova, João Gilberto

Coming Attractions in Jazz: June 2010

By J. R. Carroll June brings a cupful of world jazz. [Updated: See Mose Allison item below] Photo by Daniel Sheehan While the eyes of the sporting world may be on the stadiums of South Africa, there will be plenty of international flavor here in New England this month. Brazilian born but now Seattle-based, pianist/composer/arranger […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music, Visual Arts, World Books Tagged: Afrobeat, Al Di Meola, Allen Toussaint, Amazing Things Arts Center, Arturo Sandoval, Cesar Pedroso, Discover Jazz Festival, Don Byron, Duduka da Fonseca, Fela Kuti, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, João Gilberto, Jovino Santos Neto, Joyce Moreno, Julian Lage, Los Van Van, Manolo Mairena, Middle-East, Mose Allison, Narrows Center for the Arts, Natick Center for the Arts, Nilson Matta, Paradise Rock Club, Pupy y Los Que Son Son, Romero Lubambo, songo, Symphony Hall, Tony Allen, Trio da Paz, Trombone Shorty, Troy Andrews, Wilbur Theatre, World Sinfonia

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