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  • Emmet Cohen

    THE INTEGRATED GLOBAL
    CREATIVE ECONOMY

    promulgated by
    The Brazilian Ministry of Culture

    fomented by
    The Bahian Secretary of Culture

    fomented by
    The Palmares Foundation
    for the promotion of Afro-Brazilian Culture

    fomented by
    The National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples

    I CURATE/pathways out

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  • Name: Emmet Cohen
  • City/Place: New York City
  • Country: United States

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  • from this node by: Matrix+

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  • What's Up? “On this live recording at the Dirty Dog Café, just outside of Detroit, ghosts are floating above the stage. Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller are there, no doubt admiring Cohen’s left hand, as he strides through a rendition of Waller’s formidable étude “Handful of Keys”. Cohen’s right is tossing off shimmering passages, conjuring apparitions of Duke Ellington, Earl Hines and Art Tatum...Flying close to these celestial luminaries risks a scorching comparison. Cohen would be the first to acknowledge that he hasn’t bested the heavyweights, but by deciding to play ball, he surely honors what they’ve achieved. One final feat Cohen and his trio are able to procure from the old-timers here is to make virtuosic, breathtaking music carefree and entertaining, an under-appreciated, yet visceral, proof of early-jazz greatness.”
    — Gary Fukushima, Downbeat

Life & Work

  • Bio: Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is in the vanguard of his generation's advancement of music and the related arts. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. Downbeat observed that his "nimble touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary indicate he's above any convoluted technical showmanship." Cohen notes that performing jazz is "about communicating the deepest levels of humanity and individuality; it's essentially about connections," both among musicians and with audiences. He leads his namesake ensemble, the "Emmet Cohen Trio," is a vibrant solo performer, and is in constant demand as a sideman. Possessing a fluid technique, an innovative tonal palette, and an extensive repertoire, Cohen plays with the command and passion of an artist fully devoted to his medium.

    Cohen has achieved a comprehensive position in the world of the creative arts that extends beyond keyboard performance. He serves as an international clinician through programs such as Lincoln Center's "Jazz for Young People"; however, in his role as a master teacher he reaches learners of all ages. Himself an alumnus of the YoungArts Foundation, Cohen now curates multidisciplinary YoungArts programs nationally that include creative writing, theater, dance, visual arts, cinematography, music, voice, and jazz. Through designing curricula and selecting master artists as teachers and mentors, Cohen establishes an atmosphere in which student performers become responsive to their audiences. Cohen has also assisted in developing interdisciplinary programs directed by choreographers Debbie Allen and Bill T. Jones.

    In addition to leading the "Emmet Cohen Trio," Cohen has appeared regularly with Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Kurt Elling, Billy Hart, Brian Lynch, and Lea DeLaria, among others. He is a member of Christian McBride's trio "Tip City" and serves as pianist and music director for jazz vocalist Veronica Swift. In recent years, Cohen held membership in both the "Herlin Riley Quintet" and the "Ali Jackson Trio." He is a Mack Avenue recording artist whose premier CD on that label, "Future Stride" (2021), features contemporary stars Marquis Hill and Melissa Aldana. Cohen's other recordings include "Masters Legacy Series Volume 4: George Coleman" (2019); "Masters Legacy Series Volume 3: Benny Golson and Tootie Heath" (2019); "Dirty in Detroit" (2018); "Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter" (2018), a Downbeat top-rated album; "Masters Legacy Series Volume 1: Jimmy Cobb" (2017); "Questioned Answer" (2014), co-produced with Brian Lynch; "Infinity" (2013), featuring his Italian trio: and his acclaimed debut CD "In the Element" (2011), with bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Rodney Green.

    Emmet Cohen is the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association, and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Indianapolis. He placed first in both the 2014 American Jazz Pianists Competition and the 2011 Phillips Piano Competition at the University of West Florida and, as a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, he was received in the Oval Office by President Obama. Cohen has appeared in varied international jazz events, including the Newport, Monterey, Detroit, North Sea, Bern, Edinburgh, and Jerusalem jazz festivals, as well as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. He has also performed at the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, Jazz Standard, London's Ronnie Scott's, Jazzhaus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, the Cotton Club in Tokyo, and Washington's Kennedy Center. For many years he was Hammond B-3 organist-in-residence at Harlem's SMOKE jazz club.

    Cohen holds a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, where he studied with the esteemed pianist and educator Shelly Berg. In his formative years he was tutored in classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music's Pre-College Division.

Contact Information

  • Management/Booking: MANAGEMENT
    [email protected]

    BOOKING
    North America
    Epstein & Company
    [email protected]
    256-344-7469
    www.epsteinco.com

    Worldwide, excluding North America
    Music Works International
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    PUBLICITY
    Maureen McFadden
    DL Media
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    215-292-4032

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  • ▶ Buy My Music: (downloads/CDs/DVDs) http://emmetcohen.com/shop
  • ▶ Buy My Vinyl: http://emmetcohen.com/shop
  • ▶ Buy My Merch: http://emmetcohen.com/shop
  • ▶ Twitter: emmetcohen
  • ▶ Instagram: heyemmet
  • ▶ Website: http://emmetcohen.com
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKBb--0F0qT_deSpMLsFRA
  • ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCPcNAJmIFJfSJWs_HeKwNgA
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/6nGurFCYFgfbZvyA7MB3sk
  • ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/4s7rQ8VXYPVqeTVnJRigu6
  • ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/3QSHQD4SWb6Hf5Abqsp661
  • ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/45SDmjxiOQbr0WFhIzdi07
  • ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/0xjndWniCoiG12mE7PYzii
  • ▶ Spotify 6: http://open.spotify.com/album/4HF7cR2q8WGzes2JDvKKW4
  • ▶ Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/arts/music/emmet-cohen-american-pianists-associations-prize.html
  • ▶ Article 2: http://downbeat.com/news/detail/pianist-emmet-cohen-combines-retro-modern-styles
  • ▶ Article 3: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/06/emmet-cohen-future-stride-review-piano-1920s-harlem

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João had something priceless to offer the world.
But he was impossible for the world to find.
✅—João do Boi

✅—Pardal/Sparrow
Royalty work in NYC for
Aretha Franklin, Gilberto Gil
Mongo Santamaria, Airto Moreira
Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand
Led Zeppelin, Philip Glass
Carlinhos Brown, Richie Havens
Jim Hall, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Ray Barretto, Wah Wah Watson
The Cadillacs, The Flamingos...
I've been screamed at by Aretha Franklin,
and harangued by Allen Klein over
royalties for the estate of Sam Cooke.
I built this matrix beginning with João do Boi.
Please link to, tell others about, join us!
[email protected]
PATHWAYS
from Brazil, with love
THE MISSION: Beginning with the atavistic genius of the Recôncavo (per the bottom of this section) & the great sertão (the backlands of Brazil's nordeste) — make artists across Brazil — and around the world — discoverable as they never were before.

HOW: Integrate them into a vast matrixed ecosystem together with musicians, writers, filmmakers, painters, choreographers, fashion designers, educators, chefs et al from all over the planet (are you in this ecosystem?) such that these artists all tend to be connected to each other via short, discoverable, accessible pathways. Q.E.D.

"Matrixado! Laroyê!"
✅—Founding Member Darius Mans
Economist, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✅—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil


The matrix was created in Salvador's Centro Histórico, where Bule Bule below, among first-generation matrixed colleagues, sings "Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor... The time has come for these bronzed people to show their worth..."

Music & lyrics (Brasil Pandeiro) by Assis Valente of Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. Video by Betão Aguiar of Salvador.

...the endeavor motivated in the first instance by the fact that in common with most cultures around our planet, the preponderance of Brazil's vast cultural treasure has been impossible to find from outside of circumscribed regions, including Brazil itself...

Thus something new under the tropical sun: Open curation beginning with Brazilian musicians recommending other Brazilian musicians and moving on around the globe...

Where by the seemingly magical mathematics of the small world phenomenon, and in the same way that most human beings are within some six or so steps of most others, all in the matrix tend to proximity to all others...

The difference being that in the matrix, these steps are along pathways that can be travelled. The creative world becomes a neighborhood. Quincy Jones is right up the street and Branford Marsalis around the corner. And the most far-flung genius you've never heard of is just a few doors down. Maybe even in Brazil.

"I am thrilled to receive your email! Thank you for including me in this wonderful matrix."
✅—Susan Rogers
Personal recording engineer: Prince, Paisley Park Recording Studio
Director: Music Perception & Cognition Laboratory, Berklee College of Music
Author: This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

"Many thanks for this - I am  touched!"
✅—Julian Lloyd Webber
That most fabled cellist in the United Kingdom (and Brazilian music fan)

"I'm truly thankful... Sohlangana ngokuzayo :)"
✅—Nduduzo Makhathini
Blue Note recording artist

"Thanks, this is a brilliant idea!!"
✅—Alicia Svigals
Founder of The Klezmatics

"This is super impressive work ! Congratulations ! Thanks for including me :)))"
✅—Clarice Assad
Compositions recorded by Yo Yo Ma and played by orchestras around the world

"Thank you"
(Banch Abegaze, manager)
✅—Kamasi Washington



Bahia is a hot cauldron of rhythms and musical styles, but one particular style here is so utterly essential, so utterly fundamental not only to Bahian music specifically but to Brazilian music in general — occupying a place here analogous to that of the blues in the United States — that it deserves singling out. It is derived from (or some say brother to) the cabila rhythm of candomblé angola… …and it is called…

Samba Chula / Samba de Roda

Mother of Samba… daughter of destiny carried to Bahia by Bantus ensconced within the holds of negreiros entering the great Bahia de Todos os Santos (the term referring both to a dance and to the style of music which evolved to accompany that dance; the official orthography of “Bahia” — in the sense of “bay” — has since been changed to “Baía”)… evolved on the sugarcane plantations of the Recôncavo (that fertile area around the bay, the concave shape of which gave rise to the region’s name) — in the vicinity of towns like Cachoeira and Santo Amaro, Santiago do Iguape and Acupe. This proto-samba has unfortunately fallen into the wayside of hard to find and hear…

There’s a lot of spectacle in Bahia…

Carnival with its trio elétricos — sound-trucks with musicians on top — looking like interstellar semi-trailers back from the future…shows of MPB (música popular brasileira) in Salvador’s Teatro Castro Alves (biggest stage in South America!) with full production value, the audience seated (as always in modern theaters) like Easter Island statues…

…glamour, glitz, money, power and press agents…

And then there’s where it all came from…the far side of the bay, a land of subsistence farmers and fishermen, many of the older people unable to read or write…their sambas the precursor to all this, without which none of the above would exist, their melodies — when not created by themselves — the inventions of people like them but now forgotten (as most of these people will be within a couple of generations or so of their passing), their rhythms a constant state of inconstancy and flux, played in a manner unlike (most) any group of musicians north of the Tropic of Cancer…making the metronome-like sledgehammering of the Hit Parade of the past several decades almost wincefully painful to listen to after one’s ears have become accustomed to evershifting rhythms played like the aurora borealis looks…

So there’s the spectacle, and there’s the spectacular, and more often than not the latter is found far afield from the former, among the poor folk in the villages and the backlands, the humble and the honest, people who can say more (like an old delta bluesman playing a beat-up guitar on a sagging back porch) with a pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine) and a chula (a shouted/sung “folksong”) than most with whatever technology and support money can buy. The heart of this matter, is out there. If you ask me anyway.

Above, the incomparable João do Boi, chuleiro, recently deceased.

 

 

Why Brazil?

 

Brazil is not a European nation. It's not a North American nation. It's not an East Asian nation. It straddles — jungle and desert and dense urban centers — both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.

 

Brazil absorbed over ten times the number of enslaved Africans taken to the United States of America, and is a repository of African deities (and their music) now largely forgotten in their lands of origin.

 

Brazil was a refuge (of sorts) for Sephardim fleeing an Inquisition which followed them across the Atlantic (that unofficial symbol of Brazil's national music — the pandeiro — the hand drum in the opening scene above — was almost certainly brought to Brazil by these people).

 

Across the parched savannas of the interior of Brazil's culturally fecund nordeste/northeast, where wizard Hermeto Pascoal was born in Lagoa da Canoa (Lagoon of the Canoe) and raised in Olho d'Águia (Eye of the Eagle), much of Brazil's aboriginal population was absorbed into a caboclo/quilombola culture punctuated by the Star of David.

 

Three cultures — from three continents — running for their lives, their confluence forming a scintillatingly unprecedented fourth. Pandeirista on the roof.

 

Nowhere else but here. Brazil itself is a matrix.

 

PORTUGUÊS (to English →)

 


João tinha algo inestimável a oferecer ao mundo.
Mas ele era impossível pro mundo encontrar.
✅—João do Boi

✅—Pardal/Sparrow
Trabalho de royalties para
Aretha Franklin, Gilberto Gil
Mongo Santamaria, Airto Moreira
Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand
Led Zeppelin, Philip Glass
Carlinhos Brown, Richie Havens
Jim Hall, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Ray Barretto, Wah Wah Watson
The Cadillacs, The Flamingos...
Fui gritado por Aretha Franklin,
e arengado por Allen Klein sobre
royalties para o patrimônio de Sam Cooke.
Eu construi este matrix a partir de João do Boi.
Por favor, faça um link para, conte aos outros, junte-se a nós!
[email protected]
CAMINHOS
do Brasil, com amor
A MISSÃO: Começando com a atávica genialidade do Recôncavo (conforme o final desta seção) e do grande sertão — tornar artistas através do Brasil — e ao redor do mundo — descobriveis como nunca foram antes.

COMO: Integrá-los num vasto ecosistema matrixado, juntos com músicos, escritores, cineastas, pintores, coreógrafos, designers de moda, educadores, chefs e outros de todos os lugares (você está neste ecosistema?) de modo que todos esses artistas tendem a estar ligados entre si por caminhos curtos, descobriveis e acessíveis. Q.E.D.

"Matrixado! Laroyê!"
✅—Membro Fundador Darius Mans
Economista, doutorado, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✅—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Presidente do Brasil


O matrix foi criado no Centro Histórico de Salvador, onde Bule Bule no clipe, entre colegas da primeira geração no matrix, canta "Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor..."

Música & letras (Brasil Pandeiro) por Assis Valente de Santo Amaro, Bahia. Vídeo por Betão Aguiar de Salvador.

...o empreendimento motivado na primeira instância pelo fato de que em comum com a maioria das culturas ao redor do nosso planeta, a preponderância do vasto tesouro cultural do Brasil tem sido impossível de encontrar fora de regiões circunscritas, incluindo o próprio Brasil.

Assim, algo novo sob o sol tropical: Curadoria aberta começando com músicos brasileiros recomendando outros músicos brasileiros e avançando ao redor do globo...

Onde pela matemática aparentemente mágica do fenômeno do mundo pequeno, e da mesma forma que a maioria dos seres humanos estão dentro de cerca de seis passos da maioria dos outros, todos no matrix tendem a se aproximar de todos...

Com a diferença que no matrix, estes passos estão ao longo de caminhos que podem ser percorridos. O mundo criativo se torna uma vizinhança. Quincy Jones está lá em cima e Branford Marsalis está ao virar da esquina. E o gênio distante que você nunca ouviu falar tá lá embaixo. Talvez até no Brasil.

"Fico muitíssimo feliz em receber seu e-mail! Obrigada por me incluir neste matrix maravilhoso."
✅—Susan Rogers
Engenheiro de gravação pessoal para Prince: Paisley Park Estúdio de Gravação
Diretora: Laboratório de Percepção e Cognição Musical, Berklee College of Music
Autora: This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

"Muito obrigado por isso - estou tocado!"
✅—Julian Lloyd Webber
Merecidamente o violoncelista mais lendário do Reino Unido (e fã da música brasileira)

"Estou realmente agradecido... Sohlangana ngokuzayo :)"
✅—Nduduzo Makhathini
Artista da Blue Note

"Obrigada, esta é uma ideia brilhante!!"
✅—Alicia Svigals
Fundadora do The Klezmatics

"Este é um trabalho super impressionante! Parabéns! Obrigada por me incluir :)))"
✅—Clarice Assad
Composições gravadas por Yo Yo Ma e tocadas por orquestras ao redor do mundo

"Thank you"
(Banch Abegaze, empresário)
✅—Kamasi Washington


A Bahia é um caldeirão quente de ritmos e estilos musicais, mas um estilo particular aqui é tão essencial, tão fundamental não só para a música baiana especificamente, mas para a música brasileira em geral - ocupando um lugar aqui análogo ao do blues nos Estados Unidos - que merece ser destacado. Ela deriva (ou alguns dizem irmão para) do ritmo cabila do candomblé angola... ...e é chamada de...

Samba Chula / Samba de Roda

Mãe do Samba... filha do destino carregada para a Bahia por Bantus ensconced dentro dos porões de negreiros entrando na grande Bahia de Todos os Santos (o termo refere-se tanto a uma dança quanto ao estilo de música que evoluiu para acompanhar essa dança; a ortografia oficial da "Bahia" - no sentido de "baía" - foi desde então alterada para "Baía")... evoluiu nas plantações de cana de açúcar do Recôncavo (aquela área fértil ao redor da baía, cuja forma côncava deu origem ao nome da região) - nas proximidades de cidades como Cachoeira e Santo Amaro, Santiago do Iguape e Acupe. Este proto-samba infelizmente caiu no caminho de difíceis de encontrar e ouvir...

Há muito espetáculo na Bahia...

Carnaval com seu trio elétrico - caminhões sonoros com músicos no topo - parecendo semi-reboques interestelares de volta do futuro...shows de MPB (música popular brasileira) no Teatro Castro Alves de Salvador (maior palco da América do Sul!) com total valor de produção, o público sentado (como sempre nos teatros modernos) como estátuas da Ilha de Páscoa...

...glamour, glitz, dinheiro, poder e publicitários...

E depois há de onde tudo isso veio... do outro lado da baía, uma terra de agricultores e pescadores de subsistência, muitos dos mais velhos incapazes de ler ou escrever... seus sambas precursores de tudo isso, sem os quais nenhuma das anteriores existiria, suas melodias - quando não criadas por eles mesmos - as invenções de pessoas como eles, mas agora esquecidas (pois a maioria dessas pessoas estará dentro de um par de gerações ou mais), seus ritmos um constante estado de inconstância e fluxo, tocados de uma forma diferente (a maioria) de qualquer grupo de músicos do norte do Trópico de Câncer... fazendo com que o martelo de forja do Hit Parade das últimas décadas seja quase que doloroso de ouvir depois que os ouvidos se acostumam a ritmos sempre mutáveis, tocados como a aurora boreal parece...

Portanto, há o espetáculo, e há o espetacular, e na maioria das vezes o último é encontrado longe do primeiro, entre o povo pobre das aldeias e do sertão, os humildes e os honestos, pessoas que podem dizer mais (como um velho bluesman delta tocando uma guitarra batida em um alpendre flácido) com um pandeiro (pandeiro brasileiro) e uma chula (um "folksong" gritado/cantado) do que a maioria com qualquer tecnologia e dinheiro de apoio que o dinheiro possa comprar. O coração deste assunto, está lá. Se você me perguntar de qualquer forma.

Acima, o incomparável João do Boi, chuleiro, recentemente falecido.

 

 

Por que Brasil?

 

O Brasil não é uma nação européia. Não é uma nação norte-americana. Não é uma nação do leste asiático. Compreende — selva e deserto e centros urbanos densos — tanto o equador quanto o Trópico de Capricórnio.

 

O Brasil absorveu mais de dez vezes o número de africanos escravizados levados para os Estados Unidos da América, e é um repositório de divindades africanas (e sua música) agora em grande parte esquecido em suas terras de origem.

 

O Brasil era um refúgio (de certa forma) para os sefarditas que fugiam de uma Inquisição que os seguia através do Atlântico (aquele símbolo não oficial da música nacional brasileira — o pandeiro — foi quase certamente trazido ao Brasil por esse povo).

 

Através das savanas ressequidas do interior do culturalmente fecundo nordeste, onde o mago Hermeto Pascoal nasceu na Lagoa da Canoa e cresceu em Olho d'Águia, uma grande parte da população aborígine do Brasil foi absorvida por uma cultura caboclo/quilombola pontuada pela Estrela de Davi.

 

Três culturas - de três continentes - correndo por suas vidas, sua confluência formando uma quarta cintilante e sem precedentes. Pandeirista no telhado.

 

Em nenhum outro lugar a não ser aqui. Brasil é um matrix mesmo.

 

  • Milad Yousufi Singer
  • Pat Metheny Guitar
  • Swami Jr. Bass
  • Romero Lubambo Jazz
  • Liberty Ellman Brooklyn, NY
  • Les Filles de Illighadad Niger
  • Ricardo Markis Bandolim, Mandolin
  • Hugo Rivas Buenos Aires
  • Sameer Gupta Drums
  • Los Muñequitos de Matanzas Rumba
  • João Jorge Rodrigues Bahia
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Cello
  • Brad Ogbonna Brooklyn, NY
  • Lalá Evangelista Percussão, Percussion
  • Ronell Johnson Funk
  • Joel Ross Brooklyn, NY
  • Edsel Gomez Latin Jazz
  • Muhsinah Piano
  • Egberto Gismonti Piano
  • Stephen Guerra New York City
  • Angel Bat Dawid Jazz
  • Dadi Carvalho Rio de Janeiro
  • Stephan Crump Bass Instruction
  • Molly Tuttle Nashville, Tennessee
  • Sunna Gunnlaugs Reykjavik
  • Carlos Blanco Guitarra, Violão, Guitar
  • Elie Afif Dubai
  • Gian Correa Choro
  • Armen Donelian Jazz
  • Dafnis Prieto Jazz
  • Toninho Nascimento Singer-Songwriter
  • Kermit Ruffins Composer
  • Rudy Royston Percussion
  • Marcos Suzano Brazil
  • Mauro Refosco Marimba
  • Tia Fuller Composer
  • Seth Rogovoy Jewish Music
  • Anoushka Shankar Indian Classical Music
  • Chris Potter Jazz
  • Filhos de Nagô Samba de Roda
  • Jon Madof Jewish Music/Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Matt Garrison Jazz Fusion
  • Ali Jackson Composer
  • Bongo Joe Records Record Shop
  • Paolo Fresu Jazz
  • Chico César Singer-Songwriter
  • Marilda Santanna Cantora, Singer
  • Welson Tremura Bossa Nova
  • Vincent Herring Manhattan School of Music Faculty
  • Alberto Pitta Carnivalesco
  • Missy Mazolli New York City
  • Riley Baugus Folk & Traditional
  • David Simon Baltimore, Maryland
  • Mike Moreno Composer
  • Avner Dorman Contemporary Classical Music
  • Yamandu Costa Samba
  • Immanuel Wilkins New York City
  • Case Watkins Writer
  • Angelique Kidjo Africa
  • Keith Jarrett Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Teresa Cristina Songwriter
  • Nego Álvaro Repique de Mão
  • Mary Norris Writer
  • Maria Rita MPB
  • Woody Mann Writer
  • Orquestra Afrosinfônica Brasil, Brazil
  • Carwyn Ellis Wales
  • Simon McKerrell Bagpipes
  • Simone Sou São Paulo
  • Tab Benoit Music Venue Owner
  • Raelis Vasquez Dominican Republic
  • Rebeca Tárique Salvador
  • Brentano String Quartet String Quartet
  • Plinio Oyò Bahia
  • Marc Maron Guitar
  • Emily Elbert Singer-Songwriter
  • Nádia Taquary Salvador
  • Saileog Ní Cheannabháin Viola
  • D.D. Jackson Piano
  • Samuel Organ Composer
  • Charles Munka Painter
  • Myles Weinstein Agent
  • Peter Erskine Record Producer
  • Burhan Öçal Tanbur
  • Dan Trueman Hardanger Fiddle
  • Delbert Anderson Navajo
  • Garvia Bailey Writer
  • Julia Alvarez Poet
  • Virgínia Rodrigues Singer
  • James Brady Jazz
  • Sam Harris New York City
  • Guga Stroeter Record Producer
  • Gino Banks India
  • Steve McKeever Record Label Owner
  • Ivan Sacerdote Composer
  • Joe Newberry Old-Time Music
  • Antonio Adolfo Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Gabrielzinho do Irajá Versador
  • Abhijith P. S. Nair Composer
  • Clint Mansell Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Nick Douglas Comedy Writer
  • Harish Raghavan Educator
  • Steven Isserlis Classical Music
  • Hugues Mbenda Marseille
  • Flor Jorge Los Angeles
  • Liberty Ellman Guitar
  • Marco Pereira Choro
  • Yola England
  • Martin Fondse Arranger
  • Lucio Yanel Guitar Courses
  • THE ROOM Shibuya Tokyo
  • César Camargo Mariano Record Producer
  • Dave Jordan Americana
  • Paulo Dáfilin Arranger
  • Nicholas Barber Film Critic
  • Luiz Antônio Simas Escritor, Writer
  • Joyce Moreno Brasil, Brazil
  • Ariel Reich New York City
  • Lalá Evangelista Brasil, Brazil
  • John McLaughlin Composer
  • Andy Kershaw Radio Presenter
  • Ibram X. Kendi Boston University Faculty
  • Matt Glaser Jazz
  • Danilo Caymmi Rio de Janeiro
  • Louis Marks Record Label Owner
  • Ronell Johnson Singer
  • Carwyn Ellis Singer-Songwriter
  • Gilad Hekselman Israel
  • Brandon Seabrook New York City
  • Luques Curtis Latin Jazz
  • McClenney Singer-Songwriter
  • Nahre Sol YouTuber
  • Shalom Adonai Salvador
  • Melvin Gibbs Brooklyn, NY
  • Rogério Caetano Guitar
  • Hisham Mayet Filmmaker
  • Tom Green Glasgow
  • Adam Cruz New York City
  • Calypso Rose Trinidad & Tobago
  • Yasushi Nakamura Bass
  • Safy-Hallan Farah Somalia
  • Augustin Hadelich New York City
  • Mariana Zwarg Saxophone
  • H.L. Thompson Brazil
  • Marilda Santanna Bahia
  • Mike Marshall Author
  • Giovanni Russonello Washington, D.C.
  • David Bragger Mandolin
  • Marco Pereira Classical Guitar
  • Joana Choumali Photographer
  • Eder Muniz Salvador
  • Francisco Mela Composer
  • Seu Jorge Brazil
  • Mandla Buthelezi Jazz
  • Marta Sánchez New York City
  • Yosvany Terry Percussion
  • Mick Goodrick Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Omer Avital Oud
  • Gino Sorcinelli DJ Culture
  • Sátyra Carvalho MPB
  • Eduardo Kobra Arte Urbana, Urban Art
  • Jason Parham Editor
  • Thundercat Singer
  • Dudu Reis Brasil, Brazil
  • Jonga Cunha Percussion
  • Marcus Teixeira Brazil
  • Alicia Svigals New York City
  • Larry Grenadier Bass Instruction
  • Catherine Russell Singer
  • Arturo Sandoval Film Scores
  • Rory Marx Anderson Cinematographer
  • Dave Weckl Multi-Cultural
  • Rowney Scott Jazz
  • Pierre Onassis Música AFRO
  • Bruno Monteiro Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • Paulo César Figueiredo Brasil, Brazil
  • Sean Jones Trumpet
  • Fábio Luna Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Michelle Mercer Music Critic
  • Gustavo Caribé Santo Amaro
  • Brett Orrison Record Label Owner
  • Sebastian Notini Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • Piti Canella Brasil, Brazil
  • Linda May Han Oh Film Scores
  • Anna Webber Contemporary Classical Music
  • Sombrinha Banjo
  • Aloísio Menezes Salvador
  • Obed Calvaire Jazz
  • Kimmo Pohjonen Composer
  • Seth Swingle Kora
  • Vivien Schweitzer New York City
  • Vinnie Colaiuta Session Drummer
  • Gregory Porter Jazz
  • Bebel Gilberto Brazil
  • Manuel Alejandro Rangel Caracas
  • Congahead African Music
  • Léo Rugero Film Scores
  • Mehdi Rajabian Arranger
  • Mário Pam Percussion
  • Trilok Gurtu Multi-Cultural
  • Anoushka Shankar Author
  • Tonynho dos Santos Bahia
  • Ben Monder New York City
  • Michael Formanek Bass
  • Maladitso Band African Music
  • Sam Wasson Author
  • Melissa Aldana Chile
  • Ana Luisa Barral Bahia
  • Maria Calú Chapada Diamantina
  • Yosvany Terry Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Sam Yahel Organ Instruction
  • Tony Kofi Composer
  • Demond Melancon Black Masker
  • Joe Lovano Composer
  • Cleber Augusto Samba
  • Mestre Nelito Capoeira Angola
  • Olivia Trummer Piano
  • Olga Mieleszczuk Poland
  • Liz Dany Colombia
  • Adriano Souza Choro
  • Nelson Ayres Brazil
  • Juçara Marçal São Paulo
  • Flying Lotus Rapper
  • Cory Wong Guitar
  • Jim Hoke Composer
  • Marcus Printup Composer
  • Leela James R&B
  • Nancy Viégas Cantora-Compositora, Singer-Songwriter
  • Keb' Mo' Singer-Songwriter
  • Nettrice R. Gaskins Ford Global Fellow
  • The Weeknd Singer-Songwriter
  • Lenna Bahule São Paulo
  • Jessie Montgomery New York City
  • Eddie Palmieri Piano
  • Christopher Silver Maghrib
  • Chris Speed Saxophone
  • Clint Mansell Composer
  • Mandisi Dyantyis Singer
  • Arson Fahim Contemporary Classical Music
  • Guillermo Klein Argentina
  • Intisar Abioto Writer
  • Marcus Rediker Writer
  • Carlos Paiva Servidor Público, Public Servant
  • Ben Monder Composer
  • Jonga Cunha Salvador
  • Arturo Sandoval Piano
  • Gunter Axt Historiador, Historian
  • Sebastião Salgado Fotojornalista, Photojournalist
  • John Archibald Writer
  • Robertinho Silva Jazz
  • Lakecia Benjamin Jazz
  • Safy-Hallan Farah Journalist
  • Sunn m'Cheaux Guitar
  • Jeff Parker Guitar
  • Bobby Sanabria Percussion
  • Gevorg Dabaghyan Yerevan
  • Robert Everest Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Nádia Taquary Artista Plástico, Artist
  • Greg Kurstin Record Producer
  • Greg Spero App Developer
  • Jorge Alfredo Brasil, Brazil
  • Wilson Simoninha MPB
  • David Castillo Actor
  • Shanequa Gay Storyteller
  • Anthony Coleman Jewish Music
  • Mestrinho Accordion
  • Horacio Hernández Percussion
  • Ben Wendel Saxophone
  • Anna Mieke Ireland
  • PATRICKTOR4 Bahia
  • César Camargo Mariano São Paulo
  • Diosmar Filho Bahia
  • Don Byron Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Thiago Trad Brasil, Brazil
  • Lucas Santtana Brasil, Brazil
  • Patricia Janečková Soprano
  • Jon Madof Record Producer
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi Jazz Photographer
  • Hélio Delmiro Jazz
  • Brandon J. Acker Lute
  • Buck Jones Cantor, Singer
  • João Teoria Chef
  • Fred Hersch Piano
  • Ana Luisa Barral Mandolin
  • Bodek Janke Drums
  • Damion Reid Hip-Hop
  • Restaurante Axego Restaurant
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan Multi-Cultural
  • Msaki Singer-Songwriter
  • Cleber Augusto Guitar
  • J. Period Hip-Hop
  • Marcelo Caldi Música Nordestina
  • Ahmad Sarmast Music School Director
  • Michael League Multi-Instrumentalist
  • João Teoria Compositor, Composer
  • Anthony Hervey Singer
  • Merima Ključo Klezmer
  • Rowney Scott Compositor, Composer
  • Ron Blake New York City
  • Joshua White Jazz
  • Ilê Aiyê Salvador
  • Richie Stearns Bluegrass
  • Andrew Finn Magill Fiddle
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Record Producer
  • Zisl Slepovitch Clarinet
  • David Sánchez Saxophone
  • Ronald Angelo Jackson Historian
  • Tonho Matéria Samba Reggae
  • Rez Abbasi Guitar
  • Ken Coleman Essayist
  • Lô Borges Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Masao Fukuda Brazil
  • Simone Sou Record Producer
  • Paolo Fresu Television Scores
  • Jerry Douglas Nashville, Tennessee
  • Ari Hoenig Drums
  • Thundercat Los Angeles
  • Mohamed Diab Director
  • Sparrow Roberts Bahia
  • Gilsons Brazil
  • Lazzo Matumbi Brazil
  • Joatan Nascimento Bahia
  • Gabriel Grossi MPB
  • João Parahyba Songwriter
  • Di Freitas Cello
  • Adriano Souza Samba
  • Kiko Souza Bahia
  • Barry Harris Jazz
  • Gustavo Di Dalva Bahia
  • Dan Weiss Tabla
  • Dale Farmer Fiddle
  • Miroslav Tadić Contemporary Classical Music
  • Mestre Nenel Salvador
  • Joel Ross Vibraphone
  • Donald Harrison Mardi Gras Indian
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates Journalist
  • Samba de Nicinha Samba
  • Paulo Costa Lima Compositor, Composer
  • Lula Galvão Samba
  • Ron Wyman Photographer
  • Eliane Elias Classical Music
  • Delbert Anderson New Mexico
  • Milton Nascimento Brazil
  • Rita Batista Apresentadora de Rádio, Radio Presenter
  • Philip Cashian Royal Academy of Music Staff
  • Ceumar Coelho Singer-Songwriter
  • Danilo Caymmi MPB
  • Casey Benjamin Vocoder
  • Martin Shore Memphis, Tennessee
  • Avner Dorman Composer
  • Nara Couto Cantora, Singer
  • Rhiannon Giddens Artistic Director
  • Frank Olinsky Illustrator
  • Léo Rugero Brazil
  • Cory Wong R&B
  • Dave Smith Alternative, Improv
  • Barlavento Brazil
  • Gavin Marwick Scottish Traditional Music
  • John Patrick Murphy Pernambuco
  • Mary Stallings San Francisco
  • Tank and the Bangas R&B
  • Barbara Paris Multi-Media Artist
  • Carrtoons Bass
  • Gerald Albright Songwriter
  • Djamila Ribeiro Filósofa, Philosopher
  • Gilmar Gomes Brazil
  • Paolo Fresu Paris, France
  • Adam O'Farrill Multi-Cultural
  • Yazhi Guo 郭雅志 Saxophone
  • Herlin Riley Jazz
  • Las Cafeteras Son Jarocho
  • Roque Ferreira Author
  • Myron Walden New York City
  • Alan Bishop Singer-Songwriter
  • David Fiuczynski Microtonal
  • James Andrews New Orleans
  • Adam Shatz Editor
  • Ariel Reich Actor
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Balkan Music
  • Vanessa Moreno Singer-Songwriter
  • Bobby Fouther Portland, Oregon
  • Mestrinho Sergipe
  • Ricardo Markis Choro
  • Tomo Fujita Blues
  • Karim Ziad Drums
  • Geraldine Inoa Writer
  • Júlio Lemos Samba
  • Itamar Vieira Júnior Novelist
  • Tom Green Scotland
  • Jane Ira Bloom Multi-Cultural
  • Huey Morgan Author
  • Brooklyn Rider Brooklyn, NY
  • Otto Pernambuco
  • Michelle Burford Editor
  • Jahi Sundance DJ
  • Ivo Perelman Brazilian Jazz
  • Congahead World Music
  • Echezonachukwu Nduka Piano
  • Steve Lehman Saxophone Instructor
  • Corey Harris Blues
  • Brandon Seabrook Guitar
  • Corey Ledet Accordion
  • Ben Paris New York City
  • Bill Summers Latin Jazz
  • David Byrne Writer
  • Daniel Owoseni Ajala Dance Instructor
  • David Wax Museum Charlottesville, Virgina
  • Bernardo Aguiar Brazil
  • Ravi Coltrane Saxophone
  • Welson Tremura Latin American Classical Guitar
  • Tom Wilcox Music & Arts Consultant
  • Linda Sikhakhane South Africa
  • Antonio Adolfo Bossa Nova
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr Writer
  • Yasushi Nakamura Tokyo
  • Michael W. Twitty Food Writer
  • Ricky (Dirty Red) Gordon Composer
  • Léo Rodrigues São Paulo
  • Magda Giannikou Film Scores
  • Ivan Neville New Orleans
  • André Mehmari Brazil
  • Quatuor Ebène String Quartet
  • Marco Pereira Author
  • Nailor Proveta Compositor, Composer
  • Pretinho da Serrinha Rio de Janeiro
  • Robin Eubanks Jazz
  • Sérgio Machado Diretor de Filmes, Film Director
  • Bob Telson Film Scores
  • Donny McCaslin Brooklyn, NY
  • The Rheingans Sisters Sheffield
  • Seckou Keita Percussion
  • Gerald Albright Saxophone
  • Deesha Philyaw Literary Critic
  • Jan Ramsey Cajun Music
  • James Brandon Lewis Composer
  • Sarah Jarosz Singer-Songwriter
  • David Sacks Washington, D.C.
  • David Braid Film Scores
  • Gevorg Dabaghyan Armenia
  • Thana Alexa Jazz
  • Simon Shaheen Composer
  • Ivan Lins Rio de Janeiro
  • Celsinho Silva Rio de Janeiro
  • Joey Baron New York City
  • Elio Villafranca Cuba
  • Andrés Prado Guitar
  • Mark Markham Jazz
  • Jorge Pita Bahia
  • Logan Richardson Jazz
  • Del McCoury Bluegrass
  • Rowney Scott Saxophone
  • King Britt University of San Diego Faculty
  • Bill Laurance Dance Scores
  • Ronald Bruner Jr. Record Producer
  • Gamelan Sekar Jaya Bali
  • David Ritz Lyricist
  • Joyce Moreno Cantora, Singer
  • Alex Clark Cinematographer
  • Antibalas Pan-Africana
  • Philip Cashian Composer
  • Fabiana Cozza MPB
  • Snigdha Poonam Delhi
  • Nana Nkweti Africa
  • Elio Villafranca Juilliard Faculty
  • Amy K. Bormet Composer
  • Dónal Lunny Bodhrán
  • George Porter Jr. Bass
  • Shaun Martin Songwriter
  • Heriberto Araujo Writer
  • The Assad Brothers Classical Guitar
  • Jared Jackson Short Stories
  • Tonho Matéria Brasil, Brazil
  • Jaques Morelenbaum MPB
  • Alan Bishop Egypt
  • Brian Cross aka B+ Essayist
  • Lauren Martin Radio Presenter
  • Guto Wirtti Bass
  • Geraldine Inoa Playwright
  • Vijay Iyer Composer
  • Liz Pelly Writer
  • Reggie Ugwu Writer
  • Trombone Shorty Jazz
  • Bebê Kramer Samba
  • Gary Lutz Writer
  • Casa PretaHub Cachoeira Estúdio de Fotografía, Photography Studio
  • Rez Abbasi Pakistani Music
  • Jubu Smith Blues
  • Myron Walden Jazz
  • Zebrinha Brasil, Brazil
  • Oswaldo Amorim Bass
  • Questlove Music Journalist
  • Howard Levy Keyboards
  • Chris Boardman Arranger
  • Daymé Arocena Singer
  • Aaron Diehl Jazz
  • Paul Cebar Singer-Songwriter
  • Alex de Mora London
  • Mavis Staples Gospel
  • Julia Alvarez Novelist
  • Gel Barbosa Luthier

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