Grupo Dose Certa and Moacyr Luz

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Grupo Dose Certa and Moacyr Luz at the Samba Bar in Sao Paulo .

The group holds weekly jam sessions at the bar and regularly featuring big names from the Old guards of the main schools from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Formed by Alemão do Cavaco (cavaquinho & bandolim), Wilsinho (pandeiro ), Leandro (banjo) and Vítor (percussion) .

Uploaded by Grupo Dose Certa , Sept. 2009 .

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Carlos Malta & Pife Muderno

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One of the biggest names active in Brazil wind-playing, Carlos Malta has been a professional musician since 18. In more than 30 tours around the world in the 12 years that he was soloist in Hermeto Pascoal's band, he played in some of the biggest international music festivals.


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Jorge Ben Jor - " Menina Mulher / O Telefone Tocou "

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Cult Brazilian funk musician Jorge Ben Jor has released 30 albums, written more than 700 songs, and successfully sued Rod Stewart.

Jorge Ben Jor is unquestionably one of Brazil's most prolific and popular singer-songwriters. His career spans four decades and one name change (originally performing as Jorge Ben, he added the Jor in 1989 to avoid confusion with George Benson, after the American singer was mistakenly paid royalties for a Ben Jor tour) and covers an impressive range of styles, including frenetic barroom samba, Afrocentric funk, 1970s disco and samba rock — a genre he practically invented himself.

( Expatica.com )

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3namassa (feat. Marina da la Riva) - "Enladeirada"

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Rica Amabis of the Sao Paulo-based collective Insituto got together with bassist Dengue and drummer Pupillo of the Pernambuco rock band Nacao Zumbi. The idea was to musically illustrate erotic comic book frames of Italian artist Milo Manara. They signed on 13 actresses - some with singing experience, some without - to act-out tracks that tell little confidential stories about the erotic, sensual desires of women as a sort of musical bubble caption to Manara's sexy cartoon frames.

( About.com:Latin Music )

Uploaded by solanoproducoes , December 2009 .



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Jorge Ben Jor - " Por Causa deVocê, Menina / Chove Chuva"

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Born in Madureira and raised in Catumbi, Rio de Janeiro’s suburbs, Jorge enjoyed singing with the church choir and going out with carnival bands from an early age. In his teens, he was a given a guitar and started playing bossa nova and rock’n’roll with it. In the 60s, he performed at Beco das Garrafas, which later became a legendary nightclub area in Copacabana and home of the bossa nova movement. And that’s where he was spotted by a producer, who promptly offered him a record deal. Soon, in 1963, the first single was out, featuring "Mas Que Nada" and "Por Causa de Você, Menina", performed along with the group Copa Cinco.

( Allbrazilmusic. com )

Uploaded by "MysticPieces", April 2009 .

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Fernando Cappi and Rob Mazurek

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Hurtmold's guitarist Fernando Cappi .

Rob Mazurek (born 1965) is an American composer, jazz musician, and visual artist originally from Chicago, Illinois. Mazurek now resides in São Paulo .

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Simone and Martinho da Vila - " Danadinho, Danado "

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Recorded from the " Som Brasil " program in May 2009 .

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"Moro no Brasil" - Farofa Carioca

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Farofa Carioca, formed in 1990, varied in style and combination of genres including rock, pop, rap, samba and funk.

The group lead singer used to be Seu Jorge but taking his place is singer Mario Broder - former lead singer of Funk'n'lata.

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Farofa Carioca and Elza Soares - "Mas Que Nada"

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Elza Soares' high octane interpretation of "Mas Que Nada". Live concert with Farofa Carioca, January 2009, at Estrela da Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.

An explosive samba singer with a gravelly lower range, Elza Soares - born June 23 , 1937 - came into the national spotlight in the early 1960s, just as Brazilian popular culture was making the transition from the staid pop-vocal remnants of the old "radio singers" samba cancao sound into the sleeker, more modern bossa nova style. Like many artists of the time, her own recordings incorporated both genres, adding a dynamic, bluesy-jazzy twist, with just a hint of rock'n'roll in there as well. Early on, her most distinctive trait was a growling, aggressive imitation of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald's "scat" style, an homage that was later toned down, but crops up frequently in her career. Soares also explored soul and funk themes as these became popular in the late 1960s and early '70s.

( Slipcue.com )

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Catarina Dee Jah - "Mulher Tira-Gosto"

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Catarina Dee Jah is the daughter of artist Iza do Amparo, a mother, DJ and singer. From Olinda, Pernambuco

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Caracaxa Trailer

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Maracatu procession with footage of children participation .





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Camiranga - " Saudade de Aruanda "

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Camiranga at the Brincante Theatre, 2008 .

Founded in 2003 by Léo Nascimento and Fernanda de Paula. Originally from Minas Gerais and known as Sagarana .Now settle in Sao Paulo .

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Dani Gurgel - "Sem Morada"

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... "Born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1985, Dani Gurgel has been professionally working on music and photography since her early teens. She was born in a musical family, with a saxophonist father and a pianist mother. Dani had lived most of her life on instrumental music, until her debut as a singer and composer. She was a saxophone player at Tom Jobim University's big band, conducted by Roberto Sion, and at Zimbo Trio's support bigband, even a bass player at Quincas, a composers' group with Tó Brandileone and Vinicius Calderoni. That's when she started composing her own music, during college. Even though she started to sing later, listening to Flora Purim and Chick Corea on 'Return to Forever', she has Elis Regina's strenght and Luciana Souza's instrumental voice as standards. Since the beginning of her musical career, Dani Gurgel has been developing her compositional work and aggregating her generation..."

( Virtual Wormex )

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J. Nunes and Estrela de Marte - "Bobeira"

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Look for the surdo player on the left ( 01:14 onwards ).

Recorded live in Studio K, January 2010, for Ivete Sangalo's contest "Cante e conte comigo".
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Monobloco, June 2009

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Paradinhas with excellent tamborim playing ( 01:35 ).

Formed in 2000, the mass-membered outfit have a dual motivation - to revive the classic Rio samba sound but also to extend its horizon to embrace funk and pop. As such, their battery of percussion readily tackles the finer moments of Brazilian pop, often via the songbooks of icons like Chico Buarque, Jorge Benjor and the mighty Nacao Zumbi.

( Womad.org )

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