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From Brazil with love →

@ Ground Zero

 

Have you, dear friend, ever noticed how different places scattered across the face of the globe seem almost to exist in different universes? As if they were permeated throughout with something akin to 19th century luminiferous aether, unique, determined by that place's history? It's like a trick of the mind's light (I suppose), but standing on beach or escarpment in Salvador and looking out across the Baía de Todos os Santos to the great Recôncavo, and mindful of what happened there, one must be led to the inevitable conclusion that one is in a place unique to history, and to the present*.

 

 

"Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor / The time has come for these bronzed people to show their value..."Música: Assis Valente of Santo Amaro, Bahia. Vídeo: Betão Aguiar.

 

*More enslaved human beings entered the Bay of All Saints and the Recôncavo than any other final port-of-call throughout all of mankind's history.

 

These people and their descendants created some of the most uplifting music ever made, the foundation of Brazil's national art. We wanted their music to be accessible to the world (it's not even accessible here in Brazil) so we created a platform by which everybody's creativity is mutually accessible, including theirs.

 

El Aleph

 

The network was built in an obscure record shop (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar found it) in a shimmering Brazilian port city...

 

...inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' (short story) El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone.

 

It "works" by virtue of the "small-world" phenomenon...the same responsible for the fact that most of us 7 billion or so beings are within 6 or fewer degrees of each other.

 

It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):

 

www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world

 

With David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio: www.npr.org/2013/07/16/202634814/roots-of-samba-exploring-historic-pelourinho-in-salvador-brazil

 

All is more connected than we know.

 

Per the "spirit" above, our logo is a cortador de cana, a cane-cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.

 

If You Can't Stand the Heat

 

Image above is from the base of the cross in front of the church of São Francisco do Paraguaçu in the Bahian Recôncavo

 

Sprawled across broad equatorial latitudes, stoked and steamed and sensual in the widest sense of the word, limned in cadenced song, Brazil is a conundrum wrapped in a smile inside an irony...

 

This is not a European nation. It is not a North American nation. It is 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. It 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 — 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 an unprecedented fourth. Pandeirista on the roof. Nowhere else but here.

 

Oligarchy, plutocracy, dictatorships and massive corruption — elements of these are still strongly entrenched — have defined, delineated, and limited Brazil.

 

But strictured & bound as it has been and is, Brazil has buzz...not the shallow buzz of a fashionable moment...but the deep buzz of a population which in spite of — or perhaps because of — the tough slog through life they've been allotted by humanity's dregs-in-fine-linen, have chosen not to simply pull themselves along but to lift their voices in song and their bodies in dance...to eat well and converse well and much and to wring the joy out of the day-to-day happenings and small pleasures of life which are so often set aside or ignored in the European, North American, and East Asian nations.

 

For this Brazil has a genius perhaps unparalleled in all other countries and societies, a genius which thrives alongside peeling paint and holes in the streets and roads, under bad organization by the powers-that-be, both civil and governmental, under a constant rain of societal indignities...

 

Which is all to say that if you don't know Brazil and you're expecting any semblance of order, progress and light, you will certainly find the light! And the buzz of a people who for generations have responded to privation at many different levels by somehow rising above it all.

 

"Onde tem miséria, tem música!"* - Raymundo Sodré

 

And it's not just music. And it's not just Brazil.

 

Welcome to the kitchen!

 

* "Where there is misery, there is music!" Remarked during a conversation arcing from Bahia to Haiti and Cuba to New Orleans and the south side of Chicago and Harlem to the villages of Ireland and the gypsy camps and shtetls of Eastern Europe...

 

Harlem to Bahia to the Planet



Why a "Matrix"?

 

I was explaining the ideas behind this nascent network to (João) Teoria (trumpet player above) over cervejas at Xique Xique (a bar named for a town in Bahia) in the Salvador neighborhood of Barris...

 

Like this (but in Portuguese): "It's kind of like Facebook if it didn't spy on you, but reversed... more about who you don't know than who you do know. And who doesn't know you but would be glad if they did. It's kind of like old Myspace Music but instead of having "friends" it has a list on your page of people you recommend. Not just musicians but writers, painters, filmmakers, dancers, chefs... anybody in the creative economy. It has a list of people who recommend you, or through whom you are recommended. It deals with arts which aren't recommendable by algorithm but need human intelligence behind recommendations. And the people who are recommended can recommend, creating a network of recommendations wherein by the small world phenomenon most people in the creative economy are within several steps of everybody else in the creative economy, no matter where they are in the world. Like a chessboard which could have millions of squares, but you can get from any given square to any other in no more than six steps..."

 

And João said (in Portuguese): "A matrix where you can move from one artist to another..."

 

A matrix! That was it! The ORIGINAL meaning of matrix is "source", from "mater", Latin for "mother". So the term would help congeal the concept in the minds of people the network was being introduced to, while giving us a motto: "We're a real mother for ya!" (you know, Johnny "Guitar" Watson?)

 

The original idea was that musicians would recommend musicians, the network thus formed being "small world" (commonly called "six degrees of separation"). In the real world, the number of degrees of separation in such a network can vary, but while a given network might have billions of nodes (people, for example), the average number of steps between any two nodes will usually be minuscule.

 

Thus somebody unaware of the magnificent music of Bahia, Brazil will be able to conceivably move from almost any musician in this matrix to Bahia in just a few steps...

 

By the same logic that might move one from Bahia or anywhere else to any musician anywhere.

 

And there's no reason to limit this system to musicians. To the contrary, while there are algorithms written to recommend music (which, although they are limited, can be useful), there are no algorithms capable of recommending journalism, novels & short stories, painting, dance, film, chefery...

 

...a vast chasm that this network — or as Teoria put it, "matrix" — is capable of filling.

 

  • João Luiz
    I RECOMMEND

CURATION

  • from this node by: Matrix

This is the Universe of

  • Name: João Luiz
  • City/Place: Brooklyn, NY
  • Country: United States
  • Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil

Life & Work

  • Bio: João Luiz is a Brazilian classical/popular guitar player/composer now living in Brooklyn and teaching at Hunter College.

    Among much else he plays compositions especially composed for him by Sérgio Assad and other greats...

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Website: http://music.hunter.cuny.edu/faculty/full-time-faculty/joao-luiz/
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/Jo%C3%A3oLuiz12
  • ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCEYr7adTcj4EjJk7lmKikTw
  • ▶ Article: http://acousticguitar.com/brazilian-journey-guitarist-joao-luiz-takes-the-music-of-his-homeland-around-the-globe/

Clips (more may be added)

  • 2:50
    Jacobiana by Sérgio Assad: João Luiz, guitar
    By João Luiz
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  • 4:47
    Choros 1 - Heitor Villa-Lobos - João Luiz
    By João Luiz
    27 views
  • 5:11
    Los Guardianes de La Magia (Leo Brouwer) João Luiz Rezende, guitar
    By João Luiz
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Imagine the world's creative economy at your fingertips. Imagine 10 doors side-by-side. Beyond each, 10 more, each opening to a "creative" somewhere around the planet. After passing through 8 such doorways you will have followed 1 pathway out of 100 million possible (2 sets of doorways yield 10 x 10 = 100 pathways). This is a simplified version of the metamathematics that makes it possible to reach everybody in the global creative economy in just a few steps It doesn't mean that everybody will be reached by everybody. It does mean that everybody can  be reached by everybody.


Appear below by recommending João Luiz:

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  • 2 Brazilian Classical Guitar
  • 2 Brooklyn, NY
  • 2 Choro
  • 2 Classical Guitar
  • 2 Composer
  • 2 Guitar
  • 2 Hunter College Faculty
  • 2 Jazz
  • 2 MPB
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  • Demond Melancon Black Masker
  • Marcel Camargo Arranger, Orchestrator
  • Johnathan Blake Composer
  • Daniel Owoseni Ajala Ballet School Owner
  • Eric Bogle Scotland
  • Otto Manguebeat
  • Chad Taylor Drums
  • Yoruba Andabo Havana
  • Johnny Vidacovich Second Line
  • André Muato 8 String Guitar
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  • Magary Lord Bahia
  • Tambay Obenson Journalist
  • Barney McAll Australia
  • Kiko Souza R&B
  • Lalah Hathaway Singer-Songwriter
  • Reena Esmail Composer
  • Nancy Viégas Bahia
  • Michael Peha Talent Management
  • Victor Wooten Singer
  • Dale Barlow Jazz
  • Yotam Silberstein Jazz
  • Mart'nália Rio de Janeiro
  • Jahi Sundance DJ
  • Miles Okazaki Guitar
  • Luis Perdomo Jazz
  • Stormzy Singer-Songwriter
  • Toninho Horta Composer
  • Martin Fondse Film Scores
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson DJ
  • D.D. Jackson Jazz
  • Horace Bray Los Angeles
  • Daru Jones Nashville, TN
  • Christian McBride Composer
  • Ronaldo Bastos Composer
  • James Grime Mathematics
  • Leela James Singer-Songwriter
  • Casa da Mãe Bahia
  • Dave Douglas New York City
  • Celino dos Santos Viola Machete
  • Congahead World Music
  • Jan Ramsey Jazz
  • Tony Trischka Country
  • Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Hardanger d'Amoré 10-string Fiddle
  • Maciel Salú Maracatu
  • Tia Surica Brazil
  • Scotty Apex Record Producer
  • Aindrias de Staic Television Presenter
  • Jakub Knera Musical Event Producer
  • Roots Manuva Dub
  • João Parahyba Percussion
  • Edil Pacheco Record Producer
  • Jimmy Greene Composer
  • Ari Rosenschein Seattle
  • Jill Scott Spoken Word
  • Patty Kiss Bahia
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi Photographer
  • Joshue Ashby Afro-Caribbean Music
  • Ricky (Dirty Red) Gordon Second Line
  • Anthony Hamilton R&B
  • Maria Nunes Photographer
  • Tomoko Omura Japan
  • Marc Johnson MPB
  • Mark Bingham New Orleans
  • Corey Henry New Orleans
  • Muri Assunção Rio de Janeiro
  • Jon Faddis Composer
  • Ken Coleman Detroit, Michigan
  • Nicolas Krassik MPB
  • Béla Fleck Americana
  • Woody Mann Folk & Traditional
  • Inaicyra Falcão Dançarina, Dancer
  • Wynton Marsalis Composer
  • Nicole Mitchell Jazz
  • Taj Mahal Folk & Traditional
  • Seth Swingle Banjo
  • David Byrne Painter
  • Deesha Philyaw Short Stories
  • Paulinho Fagundes Rio Grande do Sul
  • Paulo Martelli Alto Guitar
  • Brad Ogbonna Brooklyn, NY
  • Peter Erskine Record Producer
  • Flying Lotus Record Producer
  • Henrique Cazes Banjo
  • Ronaldo do Bandolim Brazil
  • Jeremy Pelt New York City
  • Tony Kofi Saxophone
  • Jared Jackson Writer
  • David Kirby Journalist
  • Yotam Silberstein New York City
  • Gino Sorcinelli Educator
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant Singer
  • Gilsons MPB
  • Liz Dany Barranquilla
  • Mickalene Thomas Collage
  • Paquito D'Rivera Author
  • Jau Salvador
  • Paulo César Figueiredo Produtor Cultural, Cultural Producer
  • Pedro Abib Samba
  • Tiganá Santana Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Merima Ključo Los Angeles
  • Irma Thomas Blues
  • Alegre Corrêa Percussion
  • Rez Abbasi Jazz
  • Evgeny Kissin Composer
  • Duane Benjamin Composer
  • Miroslav Tadić Composer
  • Flora Purim Jazz
  • Ambrose Akinmusire Composer
  • Riley Baugus Old-Time Music
  • Ferenc Nemeth Jazz
  • Patrice Quinn Singer
  • Ariel Reich Mark Morris Dance Group Teaching Artist Faculty
  • Marcel Camargo Brazil
  • Carla Visi Salvador
  • Magary Lord Percussion
  • Jon Batiste Piano
  • Ofer Mizrahi Singer-Songwriter
  • Negrizu Candomblé
  • Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro Percussion
  • Miles Okazaki Guitar
  • Jeff Coffin Record Label Owner
  • Justin Stanton Trumpet
  • Nath Rodrigues Belo Horizonte
  • Pedro Aznar Poet
  • Baiba Skride Violin
  • António Zambujo Lisbon
  • Martín Sued Composer
  • Tiganá Santana Trilhas Sonoras, Film Scores
  • Brigit Katz Writer
  • Otmaro Ruiz Los Angeles
  • Leela James Soul
  • Benjamin Grosvenor Piano
  • Al Kooper Record Producer
  • Yelaine Rodriguez Bronx, NY
  • David Kirby Non-Fiction
  • Eliane Elias Piano
  • Miles Okazaki Author
  • Mokhtar Samba Morocco
  • Frank Beacham Storyteller
  • Cassandra Osei Brazilianist
  • Jubu Smith Bass
  • Aditya Prakash Ropeadope
  • Fred Dantas Samba
  • António Zambujo Cante Alentejano
  • Béla Fleck Bluegrass
  • Leo Nocentelli Guitar
  • Luciana Souza Brazilian Jazz
  • Billy O'Shea Ireland
  • Paulo Dáfilin Guitar
  • Aaron Goldberg Jazz
  • Courtney Pine Flute
  • Joel Best London
  • Yvette Holzwarth Singer
  • Mykia Jovan Jazz
  • Carwyn Ellis Multi-Cultural
  • Joe Newberry Bluegrass
  • Nettrice R. Gaskins Writer
  • Ken Avis Music Writer
  • Matt Ulery Composer
  • Cory Wong Songwriter
  • Ned Sublette Musicologist
  • Richie Barshay New York City
  • Igor Osypov Germany
  • Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah Multi-Cultural
  • Nêgah Santos São Paulo
  • Jen Shyu Composer
  • Tony Austin Drums
  • Raymundo Sodré Forró
  • John Zorn Composer
  • Richard Bona New York City
  • Brady Haran Podcaster
  • John McLaughlin Multi-Cultural
  • Kiko Freitas Brazil
  • Matthew Guerrieri Composer
  • Anthony Hervey Trumpet Instruction
  • Anouar Brahem Jazz
  • Mickalene Thomas Sculptor
  • Mauro Diniz Cavaquinho
  • Brian Stoltz Guitar
  • Nathan Amaral Violin
  • Janine Jansen Violin
  • Jason Reynolds Lesley University Faculty
  • Betsayda Machado Venezuela
  • Orlando Costa Bahia
  • Myron Walden Saxophone
  • John Donohue Journalist
  • Benny Benack III Jazz
  • Yo La Tengo Experimental Rock
  • Egberto Gismonti Brazil
  • Theo Bleckmann Singer
  • Nilze Carvalho Bandolim
  • Lorna Simpson Photographer
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Piano
  • Perumal Murugan Poet
  • Frank Negrão Music Director
  • Mika Mutti Bahia
  • Gui Duvignau Contemporary Classical Music
  • Anthony Hervey Actor
  • Béla Fleck Songwriter
  • Roberto Fonseca Piano
  • Terence Blanchard New Orleans
  • Gerald Clayton Blue Note Records
  • Turíbio Santos Guitar
  • Questlove Hip-Hop
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Record Label Owner
  • Shannon Sims Rio de Janeiro
  • Eric Coleman Cinematographer
  • Corey Henry Second Line
  • Eliane Elias New York City
  • Sophia Deboick England
  • Jussara Silveira MPB
  • Paquito D'Rivera Saxophone
  • Chau do Pife Maceió
  • Rachel Aroesti England
  • David Greely Cajun Fiddle
  • Curtis Hasselbring Brooklyn, NY
  • Nahre Sol Contemporary Classical Music
  • Joatan Nascimento Brazilian Jazz
  • Linda Sikhakhane South Africa
  • Alita Moses Jazz
  • Gel Barbosa Salvador
  • Avishai Cohen Trumpet
  • Maciel Salú Composer
  • Antonio García Jazz
  • Bob Mintzer Saxophone
  • Donny McCaslin Jazz
  • Henrique Araújo Choro
  • Regina Carter Manhattan School of Music Faculty
  • Jimmy Dludlu Jazz
  • George Cables Composer
  • Lazzo Matumbi Singer-Songwriter
  • Donald Harrison Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Sérgio Pererê Belo Horizonte
  • Hermeto Pascoal Composer
  • Béco Dranoff DJ
  • Tyshawn Sorey Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Nguyên Lê Guitar
  • Jim Hoke Record Producer
  • Joey Baron Jazz
  • Paul Mahern Record Producer
  • Giba Gonçalves Salvador
  • Shemekia Copeland Blues
  • Jeff 'Tain' Watts Drums
  • Nego Álvaro Percussion
  • Alphonso Johnson Funk
  • Léo Rodrigues Frevo
  • Michael League Bandleader
  • McIntosh County Shouters Gullah Geechee
  • Alicia Svigals Violin
  • Keshav Batish Drums
  • Alain Pérez Big Band
  • Luiz Santos Multi-Cultural
  • Arthur Verocai Singer-Songwriter
  • Bombino Blues
  • Ivan Sacerdote Classical Music
  • Lenna Bahule Maputo
  • Magary Lord AFROBIZ Salvador
  • Matt Ulery Multi-Cultural
  • Marisa Monte MPB
  • Ivan Bastos Compositor, Composer
  • Matt Glaser Violin
  • Luedji Luna Brazil
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Composer
  • Diosmar Filho Escritor, Writer
  • Weedie Braimah Folk & Traditional
  • Angel Bat Dawid Singer
  • Tonynho dos Santos Flugelhorn
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Dave Smith Drums
  • Jason Reynolds Washington, D.C.
  • Dafnis Prieto Author
  • Etienne Charles Composer
  • Harish Raghavan Jazz
  • The Bayou Mosquitos Zydeco
  • John Schaefer Writer
  • Jamael Dean Jazz
  • Norah Jones Piano
  • Cécile Fromont Yale Faculty
  • Terell Stafford Temple University Boyer College of Music & Dance Faculty
  • Mário Pam Brazil
  • Laércio de Freitas Brazil
  • Celso de Almeida Drums
  • Buck Jones Música Afro-Baiana, Afro-Bahian Music
  • Sombrinha Rio de Janeiro
  • Martin Hayes County Clare
  • Max ZT Brooklyn, NY
  • Wynton Marsalis New Orleans
  • Daniil Trifonov New York City
  • Romero Lubambo Brazilian Jazz
  • Joe Chambers Jazz
  • Barry Harris New York City
  • Zakir Hussain Multi-Cultural
  • Dale Farmer Old-Time Music
  • Chris Cheek Jazz
  • Tom Oren Piano
  • Onisajé Educadora, Educator
  • Omari Jazz Portland, Oregon
  • António Zambujo Singer
  • Simone Sou Record Producer
  • Caroline Keane Concertina
  • Steve Cropper Record Producer
  • Angel Deradoorian Music Producer
  • Sabine Hossenfelder Physicist
  • Michael Olatuja New York City
  • Arturo O'Farrill New York City
  • Justin Kauflin Composer
  • Plinio Oyò Samba de Roda
  • Henrique Cazes Bandolim
  • Ubiratan Marques Bahia
  • Gui Duvignau Composer
  • Kiko Horta Rio de Janeiro
  • Allen Morrison Jazz History Lecturer
  • Sarah Jarosz Americana
  • Casa PretaHub Cachoeira Afroempreendedorismo, Afro-Entrepreneurship
  • Robertinho Silva Brazilian Jazz
  • Philip Ó Ceallaigh Short Stories
  • Kiko Freitas Samba
  • 小野リサ Lisa Ono Guitar
  • Rowney Scott Compositor, Composer
  • Jim Lauderdale Bluegrass
  • Mary Halvorson Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Little Dragon Electronic Music
  • Andrew Finn Magill Samba
  • Sahba Aminikia Iran
  • Gord Sheard Toronto
  • Nic Hard DJ
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Brazilian Jazz
  • André Becker Jazz
  • Tom Green Composer
  • Ben Williams Bass
  • Daymé Arocena Jazz
  • Benoit Fader Keita Afrohouse
  • Howard Levy Record Label Owner
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi Johannesburg
  • Wilson Simoninha Music Producer
  • Emicida Rapper
  • Michael Doucet Mandolin
  • Max ZT Hammered Dulcimer
  • Benoit Fader Keita Singer-Songwriter
  • Collins Omondi Okello Kenya
  • Jericho Brown Poet
  • Leon Bridges Singer-Songwriter
  • Jurandir Santana Bahia
  • Maladitso Band African Music
  • William Parker Jazz
  • Karim Ziad North African Music
  • Colm Tóibín Short Stories

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