Index: Musicians/Bands
Alphabetical Index arranged by first name
[also see menu of artists arranged by genre:
Brazilian, Other World Music, Jazz/Blues/Swing, Duos, Soloists]
Afinidades: choro, frevo, samba, baião
Alí Bello: Venezuelan violinist performing jazz,
South American, pop and classical music
Ana Lu: Brazilian vocalist
Annette St. John: vocalist (R&B, jazz, standards)
Beleza Brazil Carnaval Band: Authentic Rio-style Brazilian Carnaval
Billy Newman: Solo guitar (jazz and Brazilian)
Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble: choro and other Brazilian instrumental music
Cabello and Tisza: Capoeira and Afro-Brazilian folkloric show
Carlos Almeida: Guitar and voice (voz e violão)
Choro Sax Brasil: from Brazil,
Mário Sève & Daniela Spielmann all-star choro ensemble
Choro: various performers of choro music
Cidinho Teixeira: Pianist and composer
Cliff Korman and ensembles: Pianist/composer/arranger
Débora Santos: Brazilian vocalist
Dendê & Hãhãhães: Afro-Brazilian Funk
Duo Cavatina: Award-winning guitar and flute duo
Folia de Reis: Afro-Brazilian roots music, featuring Café,
Dom Salvador, Cidinho (vocals, percussion, accordion, keyboards)
Flor da Terra: performing hidden treasures of 20th century Brazilian music
Gafiera: (various performers) Brazilian ballroom dance music
Grupo Los Santos: Jazz ensemble with Afro-Cuban and other Latin grooves
Grupo Saveiro: award-winning samba and pagode band with vocals
Hector Del Curto and “Eternal Tango”: Argentine tango ensembles,
with or without vocals and dancers
Jess Jurkovic and Pedro Giraudo: piano/bass jazz duo
Judy Handler and Mark Levesque: International mandolin and guitar music
Kaïssa: Contemporary African music
Laura Dreyer Quartet: Brazilian jazz quartet
Marco Granados and “Un Mundo” Ensemble: Flutist/composer/arranger
Marianni: Brazilian vocalist
Mart’nália: the great samba tradition lives on!
Miho Nobuzane Brazilian Jazz Group: pianist/composer/vocalist with her trio or quartet
Nanny Assis and ensembles: Singer/percussionist and two ensembles
Napua Davoy: vocalist/pianist/composer/lyricist
Nó Em Pingo D’Água: from Brazil, the great choro novo group
Ogans: The music and dance of Bahia
Ologunde: Afro-Brazilian Folkloric Music & Dance Group
Patrick Poladian: American jazz standards with a French touch
Paul Meyers: Guitarist/composer/arranger
Paulinho da Viola: The legendary Brazilian composer/singer/musician
Paulo Moura: Grammy Award winning Brazilian instrumentalist,
composer/arranger
Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: 13-piece band led by Argentine-born
composer/arranger/ bassist Pedro Giraudo
Rabo de Lagartixa: from Brazil, the great choro novo group
Rob Curto: New accordion sounds from Brazil
Russ Spiegel Jazz Quartet: guitarist Russ Spiegel and ensemble
Samba New York: A Rio-style “escola de samba” in New York City
Sofia Tosello: Latin American song stylist
Son De Madre: salsa, son and more
Susan Pereira and Sabor Brasil: Brazilian jazz ensemble with vocals
Trio 202: from Brazil, three luminaries of instrumental music: Toninho Ferragutti, Ulisses Rocha, Nelson Ayres
Trio Los Platinos: Romantic, authentic bolero music from Puerto Rico
True Sugar Jazz Groove: Miho Nobuzane & Tetsuya Sato
Urban Tango Trio: Piano/bass/violin, performing both traditional and new “tango nuevo”
Vanderlei Pereira: Drummer/percussionist/educator
Vanessa Falabella: Brazilian vocalist
Vera Mara: Vera Mara and The Brazil Quartet, featuring Cidinho Teixeira