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Welcome to The Best of Brazil! We've added a new recommended album to our Beyond Brazil section. It's Joyful Foundation: The Music of Justin Copeland by Entre Amigos. We have all the details plus a sample track. That section now features 340 albums we recommend from the world of music beyond Brazil, nearly all with sample tracks. Other recent additions include Retrospective by Carl Clements and The Real Jazz Trio;
Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project's The Longest Way Round; The Jones Factor's not sure; and Dave Stryker's Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session. Topping our New Releases section is The Park Avenue Experience's Diário. We have complete information and a sample track. That section features 206 albums of Brazilian music — all with sample tracks. Other recent additions include Mark Tonelli's Brasiliana; Gafieira Rio Miami's Beleza Pura; Saudade do Paulo by Carlos Malta and Cliff Korman featuring the music of Paulo Moura; and Roberto Montero's Todos os Tempos. The latest addition to our Audio Archives section is Brazilian Playground, an excellent compilation of Brazilian children's music. Our 23-minute review of the album was originally broadcast October 17, 2007. When you visit the Archives, you can listen to extended features on 221 Brazilian albums, features on 38 Beyond Brazil albums, interviews, tributes to musicians and composers, and much more. Thanks for stopping at this website. We hope you'll take a few minutes to explore our features, listen to some sample tracks, and dig into our archives (you can always return to this page by clicking on our logo at the top of every page). As always, if you like what you find here, please tell your friends about it. Thanks! 
Stand with Ukraine
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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Birthdays
May 15, 1940 – Oscar Castro-Neves May 17, 1963 – Gerhard Hetzendorfer May 18, 1954 – Jaques Morelenbaum May 19, 1929 – Johnny Alf May 21, 1962 – Roberto Frejat May 23, 1908 – Sílvio Caldas May 23, 1928 – Rosemary Clooney May 24, 1958 – David Ganc May 25, 1926 – Miles Davis May 26, 1930 – Sivuca May 27, 1926 – Bud Shank May 28, 1913 – Cyro Monteiro May 28, 1946 – Cláudio Roditi May 31, 1948 – Paulinho da Costa June 1, 1941 – Robertinho Silva June 4, 1948 – Paquito D'Rivera June 5, 1941 – Erasmo Carlos June 5, 1948 – Sérgio Abreu June 9, 1943 – Kenny Barron June 10, 1931 – João Gilberto June 10, 1950 – Guinga June 13, 1963 – Julie Koidin June 16, 1945 – Ivan Lins June 17, 1939 – Geraldo Ribeiro June 17, 1946 – Arthur Verocai June 18, 1946 – Maria Bethânia June 19, 1944 – Chico Buarque June 19, 1955 – Edelton Gloeden June 21, 1932 – Lalo Schifrin June 21, 1950 – Almir Chediak June 21, 1952 – Kimson Plaut June 22, 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal June 28, 1915 – Garoto June 29, 1946 – Gilberto Gil June 29, 1960 – Tony Bellotto July 1, 1946 – Alceu Valença July 1, 1967 – Marisa Monte July 6, 1948 – Toquinho July 8, 1948 – Márcio Montarroyos |
The Park Avenue Experience, Diário
Tracks 01 – Esperança 02 – Totalmente demais 03 – Toque 04 – Paraíba 05 – Sentimento 06 – Escurinha 07 – Paraíso 08 – Sonho 09 – Poeira 10 – Talvez Read more Mark Tonelli, Brasiliana
Tracks 01 – Velha alma 02 – Four-sided circle 03 – Minha felicidade é estar com você 04 – A solidão não tem cura 05 – Doi mas é bom 06 – Bloco 3M 07 – Praça Jardim Finotti 08 – Twenty one biscuits 09 – End of an era Read more Gafieira Rio Miami, Beleza Pura
Tracks 01 – Tô voltando (I'm coming back) 02 – Dama ideal (Ideal lady) 03 – Você não entende nada (You don't understand anything) 04 – Pé do meu samba (The root of my samba) 05 – Um a zero (One to zero) 06 – A voz do morro (The voice of the favela) 07 – Mas que nada (No way) 08 – Trilha do amor (The path of love) 09 – Só danço samba (Jazz samba) 10 – A volta da gafieira (The return of gafieira) Read more Carlos Malta and Cliff Korman, Saudade do Paulo
Tracks 01 – Guadaloupe 02 – Tarde de chuva 03 – Fibra 04 – Tempos felizes 05 – Lavadeira's blues 06 – Linda 07 – Saudade do Paulo 08 – Mulatas etc. e tal Read more Roberto Montero, Todos os Tempos
Tracks 01 – Igarapé (Caminho de Canoa)/ River stream (Way of the canoe) 02 – Valsa do tempo parado/ Static time waltz 03 – Vila rica 04 – Bom balaio/ Hamper box 05 – Luz da lua/ Light of the moon 06 – Chorando de rir/ Laughing 'till it hurts 07 – Nem tempo nem distância/ Neither time nor distance 08 – De duas, uma/ One out of two 09 – Aquele mar/ The sea over there 10 – Vou mas fico/ Gone but still here Read more Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini, Revolução
Tracks 01 – Cem mil réis 02 – Contradança 03 – Tenho sede 04 – Capenga mas não cai 05 – De mão cheia 06 – Dizia Maria 07 – Blues for James 08 – Moda de viola 09 – Natty's waltz 10 – Revolução 11 – Vigil 12 – Rio-mar Read more Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ruiz, Lado B Brazilian Project 2
Tracks 01 – Passarim 02 – Mar e lua 03 – Na volta que o mundo dá 04 – Requebre que eu dou um Doce 05 – Choro das águas 06 – Águas de março 07 – É luxo só 08 – Aluvião 09 – Meu silêncio (Velho companheiro) 10 – Vatapá Read more Plus...
Antonio Adolfo, Carnaval: The Songs Were So Beautiful 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 |
Five-time GRAMMY® Award winner Samara Joy has released a new single, “Flor de Lis” (Upside Down), a fresh take on the Brazilian classic written by Djavan nearly 50 years ago.
Flor de Lis
Brazilian musician Luiz Simas has released his new song and music video honoring the indigenous peoples
Canção dos Povos Originários
Here are 340 albums we recommend from the world of music beyond Brazil: Entre Amigos, Joyful Foundation: The Music of Justin Copeland; Carl Clements and The Real Jazz Trio, Retrospective; Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project, The Longest Way Round;
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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 more
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