From Brazil to New Orleans

Charlie Dennard has arranged a collection of Brazilian songs for an eclectic band of New Orleans jazz musicians to create a unique sound — a blend of New Orleans and Brazilian jazz that defies category. New Orleans second-line rhythms mix with boogaloo. Vibrant brass band horns mix with Latin percussion. Mellifluous contemporary jazz piano mixes with cello. And ambient electronica mixes with an improvisational jazz quartet and an angelic, classic female Brazilian voice. The result is truly an album – a diverse set of Brazilian folk songs and contemporary Brazilian compositions crafted into a coherent whole thanks to Dennard’s vision and a stellar group of players from the New Orleans jazz scene.
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