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  • Nguyên Lê

    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: Nguyên Lê
  • City/Place: Paris
  • Country: France

CURATION

  • from this node by: Matrix+

Life & Work

  • Bio: Born in Paris from vietnamese parents, Nguyên Lê began to play drums at the age of 15, then took up guitar & electric bass. After graduating in Visual Arts, he majored in Philosophy, writing a thesis on Exoticism. Then he devoted to music, creating "ULTRAMARINE"(1983), a multi-ethnic band whose CD "DÉ" has been considered "1989's best World Music album" Philippe Conrath, Libération.

    A self-taught musician, Nguyên Lê started to play out of any stylistic borders: Rock & Funk (Jim Cuomo, Madagascar 84), Jazz standards & avant-garde Jazz (Marc Ducret, Yves Robert), Pop Singers (Ray Charles), Contemporary Music (André Almuro, Tona Scherchen, Marius Constant, Mauricio Kagel), Ethnic Music: African & Caribbean with ULTRAMARINE (85), Algerian with Safy Boutella & Cheb Mami, Indian with Kakoli, Turkish with Kudsi Erguner, Vietnamese with the learning of "Dan Bau" (monocorde) in 1979.

    In sept. 87 he was chosen by director Antoine Hervé to play with the O. N. J. (French National Jazz Orchestra). Within this big band, he played with such musicians as Johnny Griffin, Louis Sclavis, Didier Lockwood, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Courtney Pine, Steve Lacy, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gil Evans, Quincy Jones. Nguyên LE' s work also deals with programming synthetizers, effects & computers as well as writing orchestral pieces : "PROCESSOR" composed, arranged & recorded on CD "O.N.J. 87" & "LUNIK II" co-arranged with Dominique Borker & performed by the O.N.J. 1989.

    In sept. 89 he records ULTRAMARINE's 2nd album "DÉ" &, in may 90, his first album as a leader : "MIRACLES" recorded in the U.S.A. with Art LANDE, Marc JOHNSON & Peter ERSKINE. At the same time he works with such musicians as Michel Portal, Miroslav Vitous, Trilok Gurtu, J. F. Jenny Clarke, Aldo Romano, Daniel Humair, Dewey Redman, Andy Emler, Jon Christensen, Nana Vasconcelos, Glenn Ferris, Christof Lauer, Paolo Fresu, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor...

    In may 92, after a month tour with Paul McCANDLESS on winds, Art Lande (p), Dean Johnson (b) & Joël Allouche (d), he records his 2nd album ZANZIBAR, which gets the « ffff » award by Télérama. In Jan. 93 he records "INIT", a trio with André Ceccarelli, François Moutin & guest Bob Berg, while setting up a new band on the music of Jimi Hendrix, w/ Corin Curschellas (voc), Steve Argüelles (d), Richard Bona (b). Since Jan. 93 he's been a frequent guest soloist of Köln's WDR Big band, especially with composer/director Vince MENDOZA. Nguyên Lê plays on three of his projects: "Jazzpaña", "Sketches" w/ Dave LIEBMAN, Charlie MARIANO, Peter Erskine, & "Downtown", w/ Russell Ferrante. In April 94 he’s the guest soloist of "The New Yorker", a suite by Bob BROOKMEYER, with Dieter Ilg (b) & Danny Gottlieb (d). With these two musicians he set his first trio, & recorded "MILLION WAVES" in dec. 94. About this CD, Télérama writes : "This trio brings him to some musical spaces which he had not even imagined, & which are pure poetry".

    In the meantime, he's playing in trio with Michel Benita(b) & Peter Erskine, recording on Michel Portal's new album with Ralph TOWNER (g), & working with Ornette COLEMAN on one of his contemporary music pieces, "Freedom Statue". In June 95 he's invited by WDR BigBand in "Azure Moon", with the YELLOWJACKETS & Vince Mendoza. In July 95, in Stuttgart Festival, he's one of the guest guitar players to celebrate the "Universe of Jimi Hendrix", besides Trilok Gurtu, Terry BOZZIO, Cassandra WILSON, Jack BRUCE, Vernon REID, David TORN, Victor BAILEY, Pharoah SANDERS... Recently he has been playing with John McLaughlin, Michel Petrucianni, Markus Stockhausen, Enrico Rava, Ray Anderson, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Dave Douglas, Wolfgang Pushnig, Uri Caine, Tigran Hamasyan, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Joe Lovano...

    In April 96, Nguyên Lê creates "Tales from Viêt-Nam", a project on Vietnamese music, with a 8-piece band blending jazz & traditional musicians. With stage director P. J. San Bartolomé, he starts " Of the Moon & the Wind ", a complete show where traditional & contemporary Vietnamese dancers are integrated to the "Tales from Viêt-Nam" orchestra. The CD has received a great welcoming from international critics : Diapason d'Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Choc of Year 1996 Jazzman, 2nd best CD 96 for JAZZTHING (Germany), Best CD 96 on radio TRS 2 (CH), "a minor masterpiece" JAZZTIMES (USA).

    On 4/97 Nguyên Lê releases his 5th CD, " 3 Trios", with Marc Johnson/ Peter Erskine, Dieter Ilg/ Danny Gottlieb & Renaud Garçia Fons/ Mino Cinelu. JAZZIZ Magazine USA says : « At times, jazz guitar can sound staid - but not in the case of N. Lê. He’s forever breaking boundaries for our benefit ». He has recorded 2 Cds with Paolo Fresu’s quartet : « Angel » (2/98) & « Metamorfosi » (4/99). On 5/98, 6th N. Lê record : « Maghreb & Friends », an exploration of Maghreb musical traditions & a deep collaboration with Algerian musicians. « Far from a false world music, N. Lê simply touches, with force & intensity, to universality » F. Medioni. N. Lê produced the 1rst CD of Huong Thanh, « Moon & Wind », entirely done in his home studio. He also has been nominated for the « Victoires de la Musique 1999 » award. His last CD, « BAKIDA », based on his regular trio with Renaud Garçia Fons (b) & Tino di Geraldo (perc, dr) plus guests from all over the world like Kudsi Erguner, Chris Potter, Carlos Benavent... This CD has been voted "best jazz album of the year" by "CD Compact" (Spain). ELB, a new trio CD has just been recorded in Rainbow studios, Oslo, with Peter Erskine & Michel Benita. He's touring with Terri Lyne Carrington's band, with Geri Allen, Matt Garrison & Gary Thomas & plays with Maria Schneider.

    Sept 2002 : 2nd CD of Huong Thanh « Dragonfly ». In june 2002 he's invited by the Metropole Orchestra (NL) to play his music arranged by Vince Mendoza. « Purple », an album celebrating Jimi Hendrix is released in sept 2002. In sept 2002 it's n° 1 on the charts of UK magazine "Jazzwise". Today it's N. Lê's most successful album, with 20 500 CD sales & non stop touring all over the world. "Mangustao", Huong Thanh's 3rd album, released in jan. 2004, is awarded as "Choc de la Musique" by french magazine "Le Monde de la Musique". In March 2005 release of "Walking on the Tiger's Tail", new album with his great friends Art Lande, Paul McCandless & Jamey Haddad “A universe where the alliance between acoustic and electric, improvisation and writing, inner delicacy and virtuosic expressivity reach the ideal balance.”(Le Monde).

    Several projects were built in 2006 : the score writing of "Le Sheitan", a movie by Kim Chapiron with Vincent Cassel, & « Homescape », a very electronic, improvised & mystical recording in duo with Paolo Fresu & Dhafer Youssef, all done at home, #1 in « Jazzwise » april 2006 charts; the score for the Vietnamese movie "Saigon Eclipse" by Othello Khanh; the recording of "Mozart" last Uri Caine's album; a 13-gig tour in USA with "Tiger's Tail" quartet, thanks to a CMA/FACE grant; two "classical" compositions commissioned by the Ahn Trio & the Laguna Beach Fest in LA. Nguyên Lê was unanimously awarded as the guitar "Django d'Or" 2006.

    In 2007, after tours in US & China, he releases "Fragile Beauty", the 4th album with Huong Thanh «Simply an album that captures the heart from the first note and leaves it hungering for more as the last one fades» (All That Jazz). In 2008 he records "The Othello Syndrome" for Uri Caine, "Blauklang" for Vince Mendoza's & also « Dream Flight » a new ELB album, with guest Stéphane Guillaume on sax. A new album comes out in oct 2009: SAIYUKI, an asian trio with Mieko Miyazaki (koto) & Prabhu Edouard (tablas) & special guest Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute). He’s the mixing engineer & co-producer of Dhafer’s Youssef «Abu Nawas Rhapsody», Céline Bonacina’s «Way of Life» & Mario Canonge «Mitan». «Signature Edition», a double-CD album showing 20 years of music creation has been released by ACT in march 2010. AllAboutJazz will say: «the ample evidence of an artist whose voice has been his own from the very beginning». He’s guest soloist on Erkki Sven Tüür’s 5th symphony with Bremen Philarmonic. For the 2nd time Nguyên Lê is the recipient of the CMA/FACE grant which helps the «Saiyuki inviting Rudresh Mahanthappa» project to tour in US in the fall 2010. In 2011 he is awarded by the rank of «Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts & des Lettres» by French Cultural minister & receives the Django Reinhardt prize by French Academie du Jazz. «Ting Ning», excerpt from «Tales from Viet-Nam» (1996) is selected between only 4 european artists in the 6-CD compendium «Jazz: the Simthsonian Anthology».

    The album «Songs of Freedom», released in april 2011, is an exotic & eccentric reading of Pop hits from the 70’s with Illya Amar, Linley Marthe, St. Galland & guests Youn Sun Nah, David Linx, Dhafer Youssef, a.o. It has received a fantastic welcoming from international press («Record of the Year» & cover story in Jazzmagazine/Jazzman) & was on top jazz charts of Itunes & Amazon. N. Lê is part of «Nights on Earth», Vince Mendoza’s last album. He takes part of the 1rst International Jazz Day celebration at Unesco with Herbie Hancock. In 2013 he produces the album «Doc Dao» for & with Hanoian singer Tung Duong, with which he receives 3 awards in Vietnam : «Best Song of the Year», «Man of the year» & «Best Show of the Year». In 2014 he releases «Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon», a very personal version of the famous Pink Floyd’s album, with the NDR Bigband, Youn Sun Nah, Gary Husband & Michael Gibbs’ orchestrations. He is nominated as best international guitarist for the ECHO JAZZ 2015 (German Music Award) besides Bill Frisell & Pat Metheny.

Contact Information

  • Management/Booking: Professional Contacts

    Record Company, with US & D bio, touring schedule, photos,
    discography, musical excerpts & online CD sales :
    Siegfried Loch, ACT Publishing
    Postfach 14 03 99
    D - 80453 München
    Fon 0049 (0) 89 72 94 92 0
    Fax 0049 (0) 89 72 94 92 11
    [email protected]
    www.actmusic.com

    Record Distributor France :
    Harmonia Mundi
    tel : 04 90 49 90 49
    Mas de Vert
    B.P. 20150
    13631 Arles cedex
    Tel. +33 (0)4 90 49 90 49
    [email protected]
    www.harmoniamundi.com

    German Booking :
    Uli Fild (exclusivity in German-speaking countries)
    tel + 49 2054 86 517
    fax + 49 2054 86 422
    Pestalozzistr. 28, 42579
    Heilingenhaus, Germany
    [email protected]
    www.fild.de

    France Booking :
    Franck Féret, Jazz Musiques Productions (exclusivity on France)
    tél: 00.33.(0)4.67.59.74.97
    fax: 00.33.(0)4.67.59.72.84
    520 rue de la Ducque 34730 Prades le Lez France
    [email protected]
    www.jmp.fr

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Buy My Music: (downloads/CDs/DVDs) http://www.download.actmusic.com/
  • ▶ Buy My Music 2: (downloads/CDs/DVDs) http://www.fusion3.com/
  • ▶ Website: http://www.nguyen-le.com
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QffH8k-ZlrwcIB6XHbjPw
  • ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCGJyjsiskmS2TUY1qOzj6Gg
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7BVBhpBKbhAVYDAuMbFyKH
  • ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/3CuKjRosW7fm1IWou9rOyR

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  • Quotes, Notes & Etc. Few musicians embody the word "fusion" more than Parisian-born guitarist Nguyên Lê. For the past 25 years he's been mining a combination of fusion by the more conventional definition—the infusion of rock energy into the jazz sphere—with fusion in a broader sense, the seamless integration of music from cultures around the world.
    - All About Jazz

    Nguyên Lê is a masterful, inventive player who has cultivated a wholly unique voice on the intsrument, he ranks right up there with Frisell, John Scofield, Mike Stern & Allan Holdsworth in the post Hendrix world of jazz guitar.
    - Jazztimes

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    PBN 114 | Nguyên Lê, Stomu Takeishi, Ted Poor - Thăng Long
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    Breathe - Nguyên Lê & OSI - Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon, Lugano
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    Cloud Chamber - Nguyên Lê Streams quartet
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ENGLISH (pra Portuguese →)

 


✅—João do Boi
João had something priceless to offer the world.
But he was impossible for the world to find.
So for him, for incandescent Brazil, for the entire creative world, new ways...
✅—Pardal/Sparrow
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 do Boi
João tinha algo inestimável pro mundo.
Mas ele era impossível pro mundo encontrar.
Aí para ele, para o Brasil incandescente, pro mundo criativo inteiro, novos caminhos...
✅—Pardal/Sparrow
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.

"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.

 

  • Grant Rindner Writer
  • Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin Author
  • Evgeny Kissin Poet
  • Dave Douglas Composer
  • Nailor Proveta Arranjador, Arranger
  • Jerry Douglas Music Director
  • Áurea Martins Brasil, Brazil
  • Fábio Peron Compositor, Composer
  • Nduduzo Makhathini Fort Hare University Faculty
  • Joe Chambers Drums
  • Giorgi Mikadze გიორგი მიქაძე Georgian Folk Music
  • Mateus Aleluia Filho Trompete, Trumpet
  • Nabaté Isles Trumpet
  • Kiya Tabassian كيا طبسيان Montreal
  • Natan Drubi Choro
  • Shana Redmond Ethnomusicologist
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Havana
  • Amitava Kumar Literary Critic
  • Béco Dranoff Brazilian Music
  • Paulinho Fagundes Brazil
  • Antonio Sánchez Film Scores
  • Kimmo Pohjonen Accordion
  • Flora Gil Bahia
  • Joshue Ashby Afro-Cuban Music
  • Zara McFarlane Guitar
  • Abhijith P. S. Nair Violin
  • Sophia Deboick England
  • Evgeny Kissin Short Stories
  • Tambay Obenson Writer
  • Ammar Kalia Percussion
  • Robertinho Silva Rio de Janeiro
  • Mateus Aleluia Samba
  • Yunior Terry Cuba
  • Tom Zé Brazil
  • Tobias Meinhart Brooklyn, NY
  • Irma Thomas Songwriter
  • Sátyra Carvalho Brasil, Brazil
  • Warren Wolf Jazz
  • Kiko Souza Saxophone
  • Taylor McFerrin Brooklyn, NY
  • Stephan Crump Bass Instruction
  • Ricky (Dirty Red) Gordon Zydeco
  • Marcus Strickland Jazz
  • James Gavin Journalist
  • Dadá do Trombone Bahia
  • Paulo Dáfilin Arranger
  • Erika Goldring Photographer
  • Ali Jackson Percussion
  • Mark Stryker Author
  • Léo Rodrigues Pandeiro Instruction Online
  • Leandro Afonso Screenwriter
  • Mou Brasil Guitarra, Guitar
  • Daymé Arocena Composer
  • Julie Fowlis Singer
  • Olga Mieleszczuk Poland
  • Luiz Antônio Simas Rio de Janeiro
  • Bill T. Jones New York City
  • Leigh Alexander Video Game Story Designer
  • Hercules Gomes São Paulo
  • Germán Garmendia Los Angeles
  • Niwel Tsumbu Guitar
  • Barry Harris Piano
  • John Boutté New Orleans
  • Celso Fonseca Record Producer
  • Marilda Santanna Faculdade da UFBA, Federal University of Bahia Faculty
  • H.L. Thompson New York City
  • Chris Acquavella Mainz
  • Marília Sodré Bahia
  • Omari Jazz Composer
  • Nathan Amaral Rio de Janeiro
  • Aditya Prakash Composer
  • Marcus Rediker Playwright
  • Oksana Zabuzhko Novelist
  • Raul Midón Singer
  • João Teoria Compositor, Composer
  • Igor Osypov Germany
  • Nelson Faria Brazilian Jazz
  • Choronas Maxixe
  • Yotam Silberstein New School Faculty
  • Ricardo Markis Bandolim, Mandolin
  • Art Rosenbaum Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Miroslav Tadić Jazz
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Composer
  • Bombino Tuareg Music
  • Wadada Leo Smith Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Jon Lindsay Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Criolo Ator, Actor
  • John Schaefer Radio Presenter
  • Tonynho dos Santos Salvador
  • Beats Antique Oakland, California
  • James Poyser New York City
  • Eduardo Kobra Ativista da Paz, Peace Activist
  • Brenda Navarrete Cuba
  • Meddy Gerville Réunion
  • James Poyser Television Scores
  • Inon Barnatan New York City
  • Dezron Douglas Bass
  • Helder Barbosa Economista, Economist
  • Bobby Sanabria Bandleader
  • David Bragger Record Label Owner
  • Márcio Valverde Brazil
  • Miles Okazaki Jazz
  • Marko Djordjevic Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Moreno Veloso Singer-Songwriter
  • David Ngwerume Africa
  • Michael Pipoquinha Bass
  • Andrew Dickson Art Critic
  • Richard Galliano Tango
  • Rema Namakula Kampala
  • Ilya Kaminsky Translator
  • Luizinho do Jêje Brazil
  • Dónal Lunny Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Nelson Latif Choro
  • Bruce Molsky Fiddle Instruction
  • Tommy Orange Writer
  • Heriberto Araujo Writer
  • Bule Bule Forró
  • Archie Shepp Pianist
  • Marquis Hill African-American Music
  • Lolis Eric Elie Filmmaker
  • Juca Ferreira Ambientalista, Environmentalist
  • Marcus Printup New York City
  • Chris McQueen Austin, Texas
  • Gui Duvignau Jazz
  • César Orozco Composer
  • Turtle Island Quartet San Francisco, California
  • Courtney Pine London
  • Béco Dranoff Record Producer
  • Luciana Souza New York City
  • Ben Azar Israel
  • Jon Batiste Melodica
  • Howard Levy Blues & Folk
  • Greg Osby Composer
  • Kengo Kuma Japan
  • Edgar Meyer Classical Music
  • Sam Harris Piano
  • Marcus J. Moore Brooklyn, NY
  • LaTasha Lee R&B
  • Eddie Kadi Actor
  • Maria Struduth Produtora Cultural, Cultural Producer
  • Parker Ighile Rapper
  • Lula Gazineu Bahia
  • Roberto Martins Bahia
  • Philip Sherburne DJ
  • Nicolas Krassik Brazil
  • Ray Angry Brooklyn, NY
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan Multi-Cultural
  • Mario Caldato Jr. Record Producer
  • Catherine Bent Boston
  • Michel Camilo Classical Music
  • Berkun Oya Actor
  • Juca Ferreira Brasil, Brazil
  • Aaron Parks Brooklyn, NY
  • Rodrigo Caçapa Pernambuco
  • Negra Jhô Bahia
  • Corey Henry Tremé
  • Bule Bule Brazil
  • Mateus Aleluia Filho Bahia
  • Brian Lynch University of Miami Frost School of Music Faculty
  • Luciana Souza Singer
  • Ronaldo Bastos Rio de Janeiro
  • Brian Lynch Jazz
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Singer
  • Banning Eyre Writer
  • Astrig Akseralian Cambridge, England
  • Justin Kauflin Piano
  • Robert Everest Multi-Cultural
  • Stormzy Grime
  • Mandla Buthelezi Jazz
  • Dexter Story Multi-Cultural
  • Terri Lyne Carrington Jazz
  • Nonesuch Records New York City
  • Roberta Sá Brazil
  • The Weeknd Toronto
  • Luciana Souza São Paulo
  • Mario Ulloa Federal University of Bahia Faculty
  • Riley Baugus Folk & Traditional
  • Paquito D'Rivera Saxophone
  • MonoNeon R&B
  • Dorothy Berry Ethnomusicologist
  • Tray Chaney Rapper
  • Melissa Aldana Chile
  • Adriene Cruz Quilts
  • Danilo Caymmi Rio de Janeiro
  • Miles Mosley Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Lalah Hathaway Record Producer
  • Jon Lindsay Singer-Songwriter
  • Bodek Janke Drums
  • John Harle Guildhall School of Music & Drama Faculty
  • Michael Doucet Mandolin
  • Brenda Navarrete Percussion
  • Chris Dingman Jazz
  • Custódio Castelo Castelo Branco
  • James Poyser Songwriter
  • Orrin Evans Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Bill Callahan Americana
  • Keshav Batish Composer
  • Vincent Herring Saxophone
  • Arismar do Espírito Santo Composer
  • Christian McBride Bass
  • Omer Avital Composer
  • Ray Angry Record Producer
  • Sam Harris Jazz
  • Sérgio Machado Roteirista, Screenwriter
  • Nigel Hall Soul
  • Anoushka Shankar Multi-Cultural
  • The Rheingans Sisters Sheffield
  • Fred Hersch Composer
  • Lauren Martin Editor
  • David Castillo New Orleans
  • Marcus Strickland Saxophone
  • Ron Mader Professional Speaker
  • Horácio Reis Choro
  • Jakub Józef Orliński Countertenor
  • Terri Lyne Carrington Composer
  • Ricky (Dirty Red) Gordon Percussion
  • Congahead African Music
  • Patty Kiss Multi-Instrumentista, Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Toninho Nascimento Rio de Janeiro
  • Chris Dave Drums
  • Carlinhos 7 Cordas Guitar
  • Ben Williams Composer
  • Zeca Baleiro Música para Teatro Infantil, Music for Children's Theater
  • Johnny Vidacovich Second Line
  • Thiago Trad Berimbau
  • Jon Madof Composer
  • Siobhán Peoples Ireland
  • Larissa Luz Salvador
  • Philip Glass Composer
  • Nooriyah نوريّة Writer
  • Nublu Club
  • Ben Okri Nigeria
  • Jocelyn Ramirez Private Group Cooking Classes
  • Tom Wilcox Accountant
  • Osvaldo Golijov College of the Holy Cross Faculty
  • Christopher James New York City
  • Luiz Antônio Simas Escritor, Writer
  • Ariel Reich Actor
  • Ray Angry Gospel
  • Phineas Harper Architecture Critic
  • David Byrne Painter
  • John Edward Hasse Jazz
  • Magda Giannikou Film Scores
  • Paulo César Pinheiro Samba
  • Don Byron Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Brazilian Jazz
  • Ibram X. Kendi Essayist
  • Regina Carter Jazz
  • D.D. Jackson Piano
  • Ammar Kalia Writer
  • Ivan Bastos Brasil, Brazil
  • Peter Dasent Author
  • Nação Zumbi Pernambuco
  • Susan Rogers Psychologist
  • Brad Ogbonna Brooklyn, NY
  • BIGYUKI Jazz, Electronic, R&B, Soul
  • Ben Okri Poet
  • Dorian Concept Record Producer
  • Domingos Preto Santiago do Iguape
  • Fapy Lafertin Gypsy Jazz
  • François Zalacain Record Producer
  • Lauranne Bourrachot Television Producer
  • Francisco Mela Percussion
  • Hercules Gomes Choro
  • Casa Preta Local de Música ao Vivo, Live Music Venue
  • Hilton Schilder Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Shakespeare and Company Café
  • Sergio Krakowski Jazz
  • Frank London Klezmer
  • Serwah Attafuah NFTs
  • Gian Correa São Paulo
  • Garth Cartwright New Zealand
  • Pedro Aznar Singer-Songwriter
  • Lula Moreira Maracatu
  • Dafnis Prieto Afro-Latin Music
  • Alphonso Johnson Jazz
  • Wouter Kellerman Bansuri
  • Nublu New York City
  • Cinho Damatta Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Augustin Hadelich Classical Music
  • Gabriel Geszti Rio de Janeiro
  • Irmandade da Boa Morte Bahia
  • Gerald Cleaver Brooklyn, NY
  • David Ritz Lyricist
  • Lauranne Bourrachot Paris
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Rababa
  • Brady Haran Filmmaker
  • Gevorg Dabaghyan Armenia
  • Edsel Gomez Composer
  • Kathy Chiavola Country
  • Gilberto Gil MPB
  • Gretchen Parlato Jazz
  • Darryl Hall Jazz
  • Lô Borges Belo Horizonte
  • ANNA DJ
  • Sebastian Notini Percussão, Percussion
  • Lalá Evangelista Salvador
  • Nana Nkweti University of Alabama Faculty
  • Justin Stanton Brooklyn, NY
  • Sheryl Bailey Author
  • Trombone Shorty Trombone
  • Robi Botos Ropeadope
  • Gregory Hutchinson New York City
  • Lazzo Matumbi Reggae
  • Adam Shatz Literary Critic
  • Nick Douglas Writer
  • Lucian Ban Jazz
  • Omar Sosa Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Yazz Ahmed Audio Manipulation
  • Mauro Diniz Samba
  • Michael Peha Keyboards
  • Mika Mutti Los Angeles
  • Caridad De La Luz Poet
  • Nathan Amaral Violin
  • Linda May Han Oh Double Bass
  • Aruán Ortiz New York City
  • Flying Lotus Record Producer
  • Alê Siqueira Record Producer
  • Sandi Bachom Visual Journalist
  • Chico Buarque Author
  • Kiko Souza Bahia
  • Rosa Cedrón Cello
  • Steve McKeever Hidden Beach Recordings
  • Chad Taylor Composer
  • William Parker Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Bobby Vega Rock 'n' Roll
  • Nabih Bulos Foreign Correspondent
  • Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin Ireland
  • Romero Lubambo Choro
  • Zeca Freitas Piano
  • Wilson Simoninha MPB
  • King Britt Composer
  • Aruán Ortiz Composer
  • Guga Stroeter Vibraphone
  • Estrela Brilhante do Recife Maracatu
  • Rosa Passos Bahia
  • Horácio Reis Brasil, Brazil
  • Lenna Bahule Brazil
  • Léo Rodrigues Forró
  • Nara Couto Afropop
  • Helado Negro Multi-Instrumentalist
  • William Skeen Early Music
  • Guto Wirtti Brazilian Jazz
  • Rosa Passos Singer-Songwriter
  • Margareth Menezes Samba-Reggae
  • Linda May Han Oh Composer
  • Sunn m'Cheaux Singer-Songwriter
  • Papa Mali Guitar
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Folk Jazz
  • Benoit Fader Keita Mënik
  • Alisa Weilerstein Classical Music
  • Dale Barlow Jazz
  • Geovanna Costa Brasil, Brazil
  • Nailor Proveta Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Michael Sarian Trumpet Instruction
  • Larry McCray Blues
  • Sam Yahel Piano
  • Galactic New Orleans
  • Barney McAll New York City
  • Archie Shepp Saxophone
  • Anna Webber Saxophone
  • Robby Krieger Rock 'n' Roll
  • James Carter Jazz
  • Inaicyra Falcão Faculdade da UNICAMP/UNICAMP Faculty
  • Tim Hittle Animator
  • Matt Ulery Multi-Instrumentalist
  • John McEuen Writer
  • Shalom Adonai Bahia
  • Sunn m'Cheaux Binya
  • Roque Ferreira Samba
  • Martin Shore Filmmaker
  • Cássio Nobre Salvador
  • Pete Williamson Illustrator
  • Dale Barlow New York City
  • Ênio Bernardes Pandeiro
  • Forrest Hylton Writer
  • Giba Gonçalves Paris
  • Brandon Wilner DJ
  • Brandon Wilner New York City
  • Melanie Charles Jazz
  • Biréli Lagrène Jazz
  • Bob Mintzer Saxophone
  • Liz Pelly NYU Tisch School of the Arts Faculty
  • Tia Fuller Jazz
  • Brandee Younger New York University Faculty
  • Aneesa Strings Bass
  • Michael League Record Producer
  • Marcelo Caldi Accordion
  • OVANA Xangongo
  • Cedric Watson Zydeco
  • Laércio de Freitas Actor
  • Benoit Fader Keita Techno
  • Paulinha Cavalcanti Rio de Janeiro
  • Stephanie Foden Documentary Photographer
  • Nêgah Santos Brazil
  • Robertinho Silva Choro
  • Thiago Trad Percussão, Percussion
  • Omari Jazz Visual Artist
  • Conrad Herwig Trombone
  • Eric Alper Music Publicist
  • Mino Cinélu New York City
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Indian Classical Music
  • Uli Geissendoerfer Jazz
  • Emily Elbert Singer-Songwriter
  • Walter Mariano Bahia
  • Zakir Hussain Tabla
  • Sergio Krakowski Brazil
  • Gary Clark Jr. Singer-Songwriter
  • Buck Jones Música Afro-Baiana, Afro-Bahian Music
  • André Vasconcellos Jazz
  • Eric Bogle Folk & Traditional
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Razdaz Recordz
  • Rick Beato Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Sierra Hull Mandolin
  • Alan Brain Screenwriter
  • RAM Haiti
  • Zeca Freitas Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Marc Johnson Composer
  • Rob Garland Los Angeles
  • Luíz Paixão Cavalo Marinho
  • Burhan Öçal Turkish Music
  • Gilsons Brazil
  • Shamarr Allen R&B
  • Hamilton de Holanda Brazilian Jazz
  • Jane Ira Bloom New York City
  • Jamberê Cerqueira Instrução de Tuba, Tuba Instruction
  • James Brady Arranger
  • Herbie Hancock Jazz
  • Philip Cashian Royal Academy of Music Staff
  • Marcel Camargo Jazz
  • Olodum Salvador
  • Amilton Godoy MPB
  • Jill Scott Model
  • Samuca do Acordeon Brazil
  • Tab Benoit Baton Rouge
  • MicroTrio de Ivan Huol Bahia
  • Savoy Family Cajun Band Louisiana
  • J. Cunha Brasil, Brazil
  • Martin Fondse Amsterdam
  • The Umoza Music Project Malawi
  • Babau Santana Percussão, Percussion
  • Liam Farrell 'Dr L' Composer
  • Alfredo Rodriguez Piano
  • Robertinho Silva Percussion
  • Matt Parker London
  • Philipp Meyer Novelist
  • NIcholas Casey Madrid
  • Mário Santana Brazil
  • NEOJIBA Orquestra de Jovens, Youth Orquestra
  • Joyce Moreno Compositora, Songwriter
  • Cashmere Cat Songwriter
  • Nicholas Daniel Music Director
  • Brentano String Quartet String Quartet
  • Kendrick Scott Drums
  • Leon Bridges Fort Worth, Texas
  • Alex Clark Documentary Filmmaker
  • Samuel Organ Guitar
  • Tom Piazza Liner Notes
  • Linda Sikhakhane Johannesburg
  • Linda Sikhakhane Saxophone
  • Oscar Bolão Percussion
  • Kamasi Washington Multi-Cultural
  • Sameer Gupta Composer
  • Ken Dossar Philadelphia
  • Jorge Ben Sambalanço
  • Issa Malluf Doumbek
  • Paulo Martelli Violão Clássico, Classical Guitar
  • Brian Stoltz Singer
  • Sarah Jarosz Banjo
  • Yosvany Terry Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Vivien Schweitzer Writer
  • Tomo Fujita Jazz
  • Merima Ključo Klezmer
  • Milton Primo Brazil
  • Bob Bernotas Liner Notes
  • Luíz Paixão Rabeca
  • André Mehmari Contemporary Classical Music
  • Plinio Oyò Camaçari
  • Alyn Shipton Double Bass
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan Armenian Folk Music
  • Jonathon Grasse Gamelan
  • Shuya Okino Radio Presenter
  • Luciana Souza Brazil
  • Karla Vasquez Los Angeles
  • Leandro Afonso Film Editor
  • Gringo Cardia Architect
  • George Porter Jr. Bass
  • Jeremy Danneman Multi-Cultural
  • Michael Formanek Bandleader
  • Jason Moran Jazz
  • Eli Teplin Los Angeles
  • Pallett Persian Music
  • Darren Barrett Trumpet
  • George Garzone Author
  • Reggie Ugwu Journalist
  • Peter Evans Piccolo Trumpet
  • Colm Tóibín Short Stories
  • Ed O'Brien Singer-Songwriter
  • Trilok Gurtu Percussion
  • João Camarero Brazil

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