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  • Pasquale Grasso

    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: Pasquale Grasso
  • City/Place: New York City
  • Country: United States
  • Hometown: Ariano Irpino

CURATION

  • from this node by: Matrix+

Life & Work

  • Bio: It was the kind of endorsement most rising guitarists can only dream of, and then some. In his interview for Vintage Guitar magazine’s February 2016 cover story, Pat Metheny was asked to name some younger musicians who’d impressed him. “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating around now, Pasquale Grasso,” said the jazz-guitar icon and NEA Jazz Master. “This guy is doing something so amazingly musical and so difficult.

    “Mostly what I hear now are guitar players who sound a little bit like me mixed with a little bit of [John Scofield] and a little bit of [Bill Frisell],” he continued. “What’s interesting about Pasquale is that he doesn’t sound anything like that at all. In a way, it is a little bit of a throwback, because his model—which is an incredible model to have—is Bud Powell. He has somehow captured the essence of that language from piano onto guitar in a way that almost nobody has ever addressed. He’s the most significant new guy I’ve heard in many, many years.”

    As he’s done with many rising jazz stars, Metheny later invited Grasso over to his New York pad to jam and share some wisdom. He’s since become a generous presence in Grasso’s life, and his assessment of Grasso’s playing is—no surprise—spot-on. Born in Italy and now based in New York City, the 30-year- old guitarist has developed an astounding technique and concept informed not by jazz guitarists so much as by bebop pioneers like Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and the classical-guitar tradition. His new digital-only EP series, available beginning in June from Sony Masterworks, showcases Grasso in the solo-guitar format, where his intensive studies of both midcentury jazz and classical meld into a signature mastery that is, remarkably, at once unprecedented and evocative.

    But whom does it evoke? After a surface listen, Joe Pass and his essential Virtuoso LPs might come to mind. Now listen again. The sparkling, immaculately balanced tone; the tasteful tinges of stride and boogie-woogie rhythm; the stunning single-note lines that connect his equally striking use of chordal harmony—for Grasso, great solo arranging equals Art Tatum.

    Many serious guitar heads have been hip to Grasso for a while now and are aware of his jaw-dropping online performance videos, his beautiful custom instrument -- built in France by Trenier Guitars -- and his early career triumphs. In 2015, he won the Wes Montgomery International Jazz Guitar Competition in New York City, taking home a $5,000 prize and performing with guitar legend Pat Martino’s organ trio. Last year at D.C.’s Kennedy Center, as part of the NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, Grasso participated in a special performance to honor Pat Metheny, alongside his guitar-wunderkind peers Dan Wilson, Camila Meza, Gilad Hekselman and Nir Felder.

    These days, Grasso teaches and maintains a packed gig schedule around New York, including frequent solo performances at the popular Greenwich Village haunt Mezzrow, where a regular Monday-night gig allowed him to develop his solo-arranging skillset. Not that Grasso thinks his work is done. “All [of the musicians I love are] inspiration for me to get new ideas and form my style, because it’s still growing,” Pasquale says. “And it’s gonna be growing until the day I die.”

    How Grasso came to be such a tremendous talent is also, in many ways, the story of his older brother, Luigi Grasso, a gifted alto saxophonist who tours globally as a bandleader and collaborator. The brothers were born and raised in Ariano Irpino, a bucolic hillside town in Italy’s Campania region. Their parents, while not being musicians themselves, were nonetheless passionate music lovers who filled the family home with jazz and classical sounds and took their sons along to events like Umbria Jazz. “Instead of watching TV at night,” Grasso recalls, “my dad would put on a Chet Baker record and we’d listen.”

    Both boys started in music young. Luigi, suffering from asthma, began playing sax on the advice of a doctor who believed it would help the 6-year-old with his breathing. Pasquale decided not much later that he needed to play an instrument too, and when he browsed a local shop, the guitar caught his interest immediately. Dad happily bought the instrument, but not before striking a deal with his son: “If I buy this for you, you have to promise me that you’ll practice.” In the ensuing years Pasquale kept up his end of the bargain, as did his brother, hour after hour, every day. Grasso’s mother later bought a book on how to read music, teaching her sons the skill as she absorbed it herself.

    Grasso found his first important mentor in Agostino Di Giorgio, a New York-raised guitarist who’d moved to Italy as an adult, to take care of his aging grandparents. Di Giorgio, a spirited, hilarious character and a brilliant musician, was a star pupil to Chuck Wayne, the deeply influential guitarist and educator recognized for his work with Woody Herman, George Shearing and Tony Bennett, among many others. Di Giorgio helped Wayne to codify his distinctive concepts of chords and scales in two highly sought-after books and passed Wayne’s methods along to Grasso. In the summer of 1998, the brothers attended a jazz workshop with bebop-piano royal Barry Harris in Switzerland. Harris showed both boys great kindness, and a relationship was quickly formed. Eventually, the Grasso brothers went from students at Harris’ global lineup of workshops to being two of his right-hand instructors and assistants. To this day, if Pasquale doesn’t have a gig on Tuesday night, he’ll drop in on Harris’ marathon teaching sessions in Manhattan to learn something new.

    Harris’ guidance helped to firm up Grasso’s tastes and perspective in jazz, as did a couple of invaluable recordings his father introduced to him: One Night in Birdland, a live Charlie Parker Quintet compilation featuring Bud Powell and Fats Navarro; and Art Tatum’s Solo Masterpieces box set. Regarding the latter, Grasso remembers, “I couldn’t believe it. I would just play that all day, and I couldn’t understand anything he was doing. It seemed like there were two pianos.” Grass felt a near-identical revelation later, after taking in a concert by the renowned classical guitarist David Russell. “I was shocked by his technique,” he says, “because it sounded like two jazz guitars together. I told my dad, ‘Maybe I should study classical, because I think that would help the way I want to play jazz.’” Grasso began in 2008 to fuse his hard- earned jazz technique with classical revisions and refinements at the Conservatory of Bologna, under the tutelage of guitarist Walter Zanetti.

    In 2012, the same year that Pasquale toured extensively as a Jazz Ambassador on behalf of the U.S. Embassy, the guitarist relocated to New York. He hit the scene running, soon enough becoming part of working bands led by Ari Roland and Chris Byars, and settling into a regular gig with the late, great saxophonist Charles Davis. Grasso has also performed with Freddie Redd, Frank Wess, Leroy Williams, Ray Drummond, Steve Grossman, Tardo Hammer, Jimmy Wormworth, John Mosca, Sacha Perry, Bucky Pizzarelli, China Moses, Harry Allen, Grant Stewart and Joe Cohn.

    On his initial Sony Masterworks recordings, Pasquale explores standards, ballads, and the repertoire of Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell and Charlie Parker, showcasing his sweeping abilities in the most intimate possible setting. Here you can experience his lifetime of listening and of challenging himself to transcend a bar set by Art Tatum so many decades ago. Coming later in 2021 will be Pasquale Plays Duke, including recordings with his trio and featuring vocalists Samara Joy and Sheila Jordan.

Contact Information

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Management/Booking: Management:
    Matt Pierson
    [email protected]

    Booking:
    Chris Mees
    B Natural, Inc.
    [email protected]

    Publicity:
    DL Media
    Candelaria Arvarado
    [email protected]

    Label:
    Sony Music Masterworks
    www.sonymusicmasterworks.com

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Twitter: pasqgrasso
  • ▶ Instagram: pasqualegrassomusic
  • ▶ Website: http://www.pasqualegrasso.com
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSRa8zcwyNXHT82PUpju0lQ
  • ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8DiSzuQ-e1RRRUV4-LfNA
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/4VbijvuO4EyZqIfK4uDYG3
  • ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/0j2QXHLqjUgaKjMkBXqI6j
  • ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/16H3cHVPyccGDW6gF9h5Kg
  • ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/7AaHFaxLNgNI3ZKKj8jZO0
  • ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/78boc4wHBRXquLfwoSeSJ5
  • ▶ Spotify 6: http://open.spotify.com/album/66pHBWODhEGfTgHeF7KoMH

My Instruction

  • Lessons/Workshops: Private Lessons & Master Classes
  • Instruction: http://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/artist/artists/pasquale-grasso/

Clips (more may be added)

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    Parisian Thoroughfare
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    Pasquale Grasso - Over the Rainbow (Official Video)
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    Sophisticated Lady
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    These Foolish Things
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    Yardbird Suite
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    Embraceable You
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    When I Fall in Love
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  • ENGLISH (pra Portuguese →)
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ENGLISH (pra Portuguese →)

 


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.

 

  • Neymar Dias Brazil
  • Jas Kayser Afrobeat
  • Antonio Adolfo Choro
  • D.D. Jackson Film Scores
  • Eric Galm Berimbau
  • Christopher Seneca Journalist
  • Nublu Club
  • Lydia R. Diamond University of Illinois at Chicago School of Theater & Music Faculty
  • Luizinho Assis Salvador
  • Bombino Blues
  • Mulatu Astatke Vibraphone
  • Zoran Orlić Photographer
  • Paulo Costa Lima Brasil, Brazil
  • Dale Farmer Old-Time Music
  • Steve Abbott Concert Promoter
  • Negrizu Coreógrafo, Choreographer
  • Mohamed Diab Filmmaker
  • Carol Soares Samba
  • Alex Rawls Music Writer
  • Ken Avis Documentary Filmmaker
  • Arifan Junior Portela
  • Martyn Dubstep
  • Mario Ulloa Federal University of Bahia Faculty
  • Antonio Adolfo MPB
  • Helder Barbosa Brasil, Brazil
  • David Chesky Composer
  • Zachary Richard Poet
  • Ênio Bernardes Samba
  • John Patrick Murphy Jazz
  • Ubiratan Marques Brasil, Brazil
  • Igor Levit Piano
  • Kermit Ruffins Composer
  • Keith Jarrett Piano
  • Rodrigo Caçapa Viola Brasileira
  • Nilze Carvalho Samba
  • Michael Olatuja Lagos
  • Utar Artun Microtonal
  • Yacouba Sissoko New York City
  • Ron McCurdy Writer
  • Capitão Corisco Pife
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh County Kerry
  • George Cables Jazz
  • Priscila Castro Brasil, Brazil
  • Jon Madof New York City
  • Ofer Mizrahi Trumpet
  • John Francis Flynn Rough Trade, River Lea
  • Darcy James Argue Big Band
  • Eddie Kadi Actor
  • Joe Chambers Jazz
  • Galactic New Orleans
  • Renato Braz Guitar
  • Wilson Café Salvador
  • Henry Cole New York City
  • Paquito D'Rivera Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Luciana Souza Songwriter
  • Paul Anthony Smith Picotage
  • Zeca Freitas Maestro, Conductor
  • Laércio de Freitas Arranger
  • Cassie Kinoshi Composer
  • Mou Brasil Brasil, Brazil
  • Samba de Nicinha Maculelê
  • Henrique Araújo Brazil
  • Shez Raja Bass
  • Nádia Taquary Escultura, Sculptor
  • Jorge Pita Bahia
  • Khruangbin Alt-World Music
  • NEOJIBA Orquestra Sinfônica, Symphony Orquestra
  • Cláudio Jorge Singer-Songwriter
  • Bobby Vega Funk
  • Mavis Staples Chicago
  • Ricardo Herz Forró
  • Ben Williams New York City
  • Magda Giannikou Piano
  • Asali Solomon Short Stories
  • Louis Marks Apparel & Fashion
  • Paulinha Cavalcanti Cantora, Singer
  • Muhsinah Washington, D.C.
  • Judy Bady Gospel
  • LaTasha Lee Singer-Songwriter
  • Anderson Lacerda MPB
  • Estrela Brilhante do Recife Brazil
  • Yilian Cañizares Singer-Songwriter
  • João Jorge Rodrigues Presidente de Bloco Afro
  • Jonathon Grasse Brazilian Music
  • Issac Delgado Cuba
  • Makaya McCraven Composer
  • Sam Dagher Syria
  • Courtney Pine Flute
  • Mingus Big Band New York City
  • Gord Sheard Accordion
  • Toninho Ferragutti Brazil
  • Paul Mahern Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Faculty
  • Richie Barshay New York City
  • Luke Daniels Scotland
  • Renee Rosnes Composer
  • Aruán Ortiz Cuba
  • José James New York City
  • Henrique Araújo Cavaquinho
  • Gilsons Bahia
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Viola
  • Quincy Jones Arranger
  • Tom Bergeron Jazz
  • Ayrson Heráclito Set Designer
  • Pedro Martins Guitar
  • Mingus Big Band Jazz
  • Nardis Jazz Club Jazz Club
  • Bill Callahan Austin, Texas
  • Congahead Photographer
  • Vijith Assar Tech Writer
  • Doug Wamble Record Producer
  • Tom Green Glasgow
  • Jeff Tweedy Americana
  • Eric Galm Ethnomusicologist
  • Yelaine Rodriguez Site-Specific Installations
  • Ana Luisa Barral Composer
  • Matthew Guerrieri Washington, D.C.
  • Shalom Adonai Samba Rural
  • Otto Manguebeat
  • Chubby Carrier Singer-Songwriter
  • Roy Ayers Singer
  • Danilo Brito Mandolin
  • Manolo Badrena Puerto Rico
  • Dumpstaphunk Funk
  • Monty's Good Burger Vegan Restaurant
  • Anthony Coleman Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Julia Alvarez Poet
  • Melvin Gibbs Bass
  • Steve Lehman Composer
  • John Medeski Composer
  • Marc Maron Podcaster
  • Giba Gonçalves Paris
  • Steve Earle Americana
  • Ammar Kalia Music Critic
  • Bill T. Jones New York City
  • Marc Ribot Punk
  • André Becker Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Roque Ferreira Salvador
  • Dale Bernstein Photographer
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Composer
  • Amitava Kumar Screenwriter
  • Aloísio Menezes Brazil
  • Rodrigo Amarante Los Angeles
  • Mary Halvorson Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Del McCoury Old-Time Music
  • Roberto Fonseca Composer
  • Mart'nália Rio de Janeiro
  • Stefan Grossman Guitar Instruction
  • Eduardo Kobra Muralista, Muralist
  • Gretchen Parlato Composer
  • Speech Hip-Hop
  • Henrique Cazes Bandolim
  • Jaimie Branch Free Jazz
  • Susana Baca Singer-Songwriter
  • Brigit Katz Journalist
  • Mickalene Thomas Sculptor
  • Dan Trueman Norwegian Traditional Music
  • Maria Struduth Cachoeira
  • Shoshana Zuboff Social Psychology
  • Alex Conde Spain
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Violin
  • Burhan Öçal Turkish Music
  • Mauro Senise Rio de Janeiro
  • Turíbio Santos Guitar
  • Célestin Monga Author
  • Phakama Mbonambi Johannesburg
  • Serwah Attafuah Multidisciplinary Artist
  • Roberto Mendes Chula
  • Shana Redmond Black Culture & Politics
  • Mehdi Rajabian Multi-Cultural
  • Bebê Kramer Brazilian Jazz
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Israel
  • Leonardo Mendes Bahia
  • João Callado Cavaquinho
  • Horácio Reis MPB
  • Carol Soares Singer
  • Alphonso Johnson Jazz
  • Rowney Scott Bahia
  • Hopkinson Smith Switzerland
  • Alex Conde Arranger
  • Seu Regi de Itapuã Salvador
  • Alain Pérez Cuba
  • Lenine Brasil, Brazil
  • Rayendra Sunito Drums
  • Steve Abbott Guitar
  • Léo Rugero Forró
  • Frank Negrão Salvador
  • Margaret Renkl Writer
  • Molly Tuttle Banjo
  • Sunn m'Cheaux Gullah Geechee
  • John Francis Flynn Ireland
  • Stephen Kurczy Journalist
  • Bianca Gismonti Composer
  • Berkun Oya Director
  • G. Thomas Allen Columbia College Chicago Faculty
  • Luiz Brasil Salvador
  • Seth Rogovoy Journalist
  • Moreno Veloso Guitar
  • Los Muñequitos de Matanzas Santeria
  • Rogê Singer-Songwriter
  • Orlando 'Maraca' Valle Flute
  • Beeple Short Films
  • César Camargo Mariano Piano
  • Bodek Janke Percussion
  • Joe Lovano Author
  • Fred Dantas Euphonium
  • Morten Lauridsen Composer
  • Lalá Evangelista Percussão, Percussion
  • Courtney Pine Saxophone
  • Mark Turner Saxophone
  • Eric R. Danton Writer
  • Joel Best 3D Artist
  • Ronald Angelo Jackson Historian
  • Philip Ó Ceallaigh Translator
  • Towa Tei テイ・トウワ Record Producer
  • Fábio Luna Forró
  • Swami Jr. Samba
  • Seth Swingle Multi-Cultural
  • Alessandro Penezzi Composer
  • Romero Lubambo Brazilian Jazz
  • 9th Wonder Record Producer
  • Raymundo Sodré Brasil, Brazil
  • Keshav Batish North Indian Classical Music
  • Serwah Attafuah Singer
  • Diego Figueiredo Arranjador, Arranger
  • Milford Graves Multi-Cultural
  • Garvia Bailey Writer
  • Arthur Verocai Piano
  • Mark Stryker Arts Critic
  • Pierre Onassis Singer-Songwriter
  • Mou Brasil Salvador
  • Mauro Diniz Brazil
  • Maria Rita MPB
  • Carlos Prazeres Maestro, Conductor
  • Tonynho dos Santos Flugelhorn
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa Composer
  • Luê Soares Cantora-Compositora, Singer-Songwriter
  • John Patrick Murphy Pernambuco
  • Nei Lopes Singer-Songwriter
  • Zulu Araújo Salvador
  • Maria Drell Brasil, Brazil
  • Anoushka Shankar Tanpura
  • Luciana Souza Bossa Nova
  • Alex de Mora Documentary Filmmaker
  • Ênio Bernardes Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • MonoNeon Experimental Music
  • Gerônimo Santana Brazil
  • João Callado Composer
  • Etienne Charles Cuatro
  • Robert Randolph Steel Guitar
  • Léo Rodrigues Forró
  • Sam Reider Piano
  • Hercules Gomes MPB
  • Kiya Tabassian كيا طبسيان Setar
  • Kim André Arnesen Norway
  • Dave Weckl Multi-Cultural
  • Jim Lauderdale Singer-Songwriter
  • Afrocidade Dub
  • Itamar Vieira Júnior Bahia
  • Kíla Dublin
  • Elodie Bouny Classical Guitar
  • Congahead Latin Jazz
  • Anna Webber Composer
  • Benjamin Grosvenor United Kingdom
  • Les Filles de Illighadad Tuareg Music
  • John Patrick Murphy Author
  • Curtis Hasselbring Brooklyn, NY
  • Brad Ogbonna Photographer
  • King Britt Record Producer
  • Fabian Almazan Record Label Owner
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Classical Music
  • Yazz Ahmed Ropeadope
  • David Sacks MPB
  • Julien Libeer Brussels
  • Paulo César Pinheiro Brazil
  • Airto Moreira Compositor, Composer
  • Yuja Wang China
  • Omer Avital Bass
  • Bebê Kramer Composer
  • Leyla McCalla Cello
  • Jonathan Scales Jazz
  • Tony Austin Film Scores
  • Gregory Hutchinson R&B
  • BIGYUKI Composer
  • Greg Ruby Jazz
  • Jill Scott Model
  • Nduduzo Makhathini South Africa
  • Jonny Geller London
  • Questlove Author
  • Jon Otis Singer-Songwriter
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Servidor Público, Public Servant
  • Chris Dingman Multi-Cultural
  • Neymar Dias Composer
  • Anthony Hamilton Los Angeles
  • Reza Filsoofi Santoor
  • Robert Everest Choro
  • Benoit Fader Keita Bedik
  • Della Mae Bluegrass
  • Onisajé Diretora Teatral, Theater Director
  • Stuart Duncan Americana
  • Rudy Royston Composer
  • José James Singer-Songwriter
  • Noam Pikelny Bluegrass
  • Little Simz Actor
  • Zé Luíz Nascimento Barcelona
  • Jen Shyu Vocalist
  • King Britt DJ
  • Walter Pinheiro Samba
  • MonoNeon Funk
  • Ayrson Heráclito Federal University of the Recôncavo of Bahia Faculty
  • João Jorge Rodrigues Ativista Cultural, Cultural Activist
  • Mike Marshall Author
  • Gerald Albright R&B
  • Alexa Tarantino Saxophone
  • Gustavo Di Dalva New York City
  • Atlantic Brass Quintet Baroque
  • Phineas Harper Printmaker
  • Ariane Astrid Atodji Screenwriter
  • Leon Bridges Fort Worth, Texas
  • Hercules Gomes Brazil
  • Mateus Aleluia Filho Trompete, Trumpet
  • Mulatu Astatke Ethiopia
  • Safy-Hallan Farah Writer
  • Romero Lubambo Samba
  • Catherine Russell New York City
  • Jill Scott Jazz
  • John Santos Percussion
  • Helen Shaw Theater Critic
  • Cláudio Jorge Arranger
  • Diego Figueiredo São Paulo
  • Yelaine Rodriguez Bronx, NY
  • Geraldo Azevedo Singer-Songwriter
  • Margareth Menezes Cantora-Compositora, Singer-Songwriter
  • Kenyon Dixon Los Angeles
  • Maurício Massunaga Compositor, Composer
  • Ben Azar Guitar Instruction
  • Kiko Souza Bahia
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Tabla
  • Miroslav Tadić Multi-Cultural
  • Ben Wendel Bassoon
  • Mauro Senise Composer
  • Gal Costa Brazil
  • Carlinhos 7 Cordas Samba
  • Sérgio Mendes Brazil
  • Guinha Ramires Guitar
  • Conrad Herwig Composer
  • Marcus Teixeira Brazilian Jazz
  • Vik Sohonie Record Label Owner
  • Elizabeth LaPrelle Singer-Songwriter
  • Juca Ferreira Ativista Cultural, Cultural Activist
  • Luques Curtis Composer
  • Marcos Portinari Produtor Multimídea, Multimedia Producer
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Songwriter
  • Gian Correa Brazil
  • Ben Harper Funk
  • Oswaldinho do Acordeon Brazil
  • Fernanda Bezerra Salvador
  • Mike Compton Nashville, Tennessee
  • Jovino Santos Neto Rio de Janeiro
  • Itamar Borochov Trumpet
  • Seu Regi de Itapuã Forró
  • Joe Newberry Banjo Instruction
  • Milford Graves Composer
  • Tonho Matéria Samba
  • James Andrews Singer
  • Jeff Tweedy Chicago, Illinois
  • Carlinhos Brown Percussion
  • Issa Malluf Udu
  • Timothy Duffy Photographer
  • Cara Stacey South Africa
  • Samba de Lata Brazil
  • Jason Reynolds Poet
  • Nelson Ayres MPB
  • Greg Osby Composer
  • Gabriel Policarpo Samba
  • Mestre Barachinha Brazil
  • Frank Olinsky Artist
  • Tank and the Bangas Funk
  • Tiganá Santana Poeta, Poet
  • Tessa Hadley Writer
  • Danilo Brito Choro
  • Felipe Guedes Salvador
  • Mike Compton Mandolin
  • Musa Okwonga Poet
  • Bai Kamara Jr. Sierra Leone
  • Rotem Sivan Guitar
  • Fapy Lafertin Manouche
  • Zeca Pagodinho Singer-Songwriter
  • Henry Cole Manhattan School of Music Faculty
  • Criolo Brasil, Brazil
  • Dadi Carvalho Singer-Songwriter
  • Casey Benjamin R&B
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Kabak Kemane
  • Horacio Hernández Percussion
  • Larry McCray Arkansas
  • Custódio Castelo Fado
  • Dorothy Berry Folklorist
  • James Grime Mathematics
  • Helado Negro Latin Experimental Music
  • Asanda Mqiki South Africa
  • Bruce Molsky Fiddle Instruction
  • Nublu East Village
  • Marcus Strickland Record Producer
  • Léo Rugero Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Carwyn Ellis Alternative Indie
  • Dom Flemons Old-Time Music
  • Brady Haran Video Journalist
  • Carlos Henriquez Bass
  • James Martins Crítico Cultural, Cultural Critic
  • Romulo Fróes Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Rita Batista Podcaster
  • Speech MC
  • Joel Best Character Artist
  • Kiko Freitas Rio de Janeiro
  • Gustavo Caribé Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • Lucian Ban Piano
  • Diosmar Filho Bahia
  • Yayá Massemba Brasil, Brazil
  • The Umoza Music Project African Music
  • Walter Smith III Saxophone
  • Louis Michot Western Swingbilly Cajun Punk
  • James Andrews Jazz
  • Ricardo Herz Choro
  • Edil Pacheco Singer
  • Roberto Mendes Bahia
  • Jeffrey Boakye Writer
  • John Waters Writer
  • Jelly Green England
  • Mavis Staples R&B
  • Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin Irish Traditional Music
  • Leonardo Mendes Santo Amaro
  • Corey Ledet Creole Music
  • Thiago Trad Percussão, Percussion
  • Terell Stafford Jazz
  • Ammar Kalia London
  • Roque Ferreira Brasil, Brazil
  • Victoria Sur Singer-Songwriter
  • Amy K. Bormet Singer
  • Gringo Cardia Video Director
  • Eddie Kadi Congo
  • Sérgio Machado Roteirista, Screenwriter
  • Tedy Santana Bahia
  • King Britt Record Label Owner
  • Walter Pinheiro Brazil
  • DJ Sankofa Bahia
  • Brooklyn Rider String Quartet
  • Maria Struduth Bahia
  • Jack Talty Composer
  • Aubrey Johnson Queens College Faculty
  • Pallett Persian Music
  • Wayne Escoffery Jazz
  • Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Singer
  • Cassie Kinoshi Bandleader
  • Bongo Joe Records Record Shop
  • Bobby Vega Bass
  • Alex Clark Columbia Journalism School Faculty
  • Christopher Nupen Filmmaker
  • Melvin Gibbs Brooklyn, NY
  • Ricardo Markis Guitarra Baiana
  • Dónal Lunny Ireland
  • Luciano Matos DJ
  • Clint Mansell Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Linda May Han Oh Jazz
  • Walter Pinheiro Choro
  • Wouter Kellerman Flute
  • Gian Correa Violão de Sete
  • Michael Cuscuna Writer
  • Siba Veloso Maracatu
  • Cyro Baptista Percussion
  • Norah Jones Jazz
  • Martín Sued Bandoneon
  • Clint Smith Essayist
  • Ben Harper Singer-Songwriter
  • Giba Conceição Salvador
  • Matt Glaser Bluegrass
  • Jim Farber Music Critic
  • Cory Henry Jazz
  • Afrocidade Brazil
  • Paulo Aragão Composer
  • Joyce Moreno Bossa Nova
  • Nelson Sargento Brazil
  • Riley Baugus Singer
  • Etan Thomas Poet
  • David Mattingly New York City
  • Helado Negro Avant-Pop Music
  • Tom Piazza Novelist
  • Horace Bray Jazz
  • Paulo Martelli Brasil, Brazil
  • Arthur Jafa Filmmaker
  • Restaurante Axego Brazil
  • Gabriel Policarpo Ritmista
  • Casa PretaHub Cachoeira Bahia
  • Monk Boudreaux Funk
  • Marko Djordjevic Jazz
  • Keb' Mo' Guitar
  • Stephanie Foden Salvador
  • Avner Dorman Contemporary Classical Music
  • Marc Cary Keyboards
  • Mandisi Dyantyis South African Jazz
  • Ruven Afanador Fashion Photographer
  • Edmar Colón Puerto Rico

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