
Various Composers
Vitor Gonçalves
Sunnyside
19 January 2017
Downloaded cover image
51:34Total time
Number of CDs: 1
Number of tracks: 8
Track List
Sem Nome - 7:51
Cortelyou Road - 8:53
Samba do Perdão - 7:18
Desleixada - 5:49
Winter Landscapes - 8:59
Se é por falta de adeus - 4:21
De Cazadero ao Recife - 4:31
The Touch of Your Hand - 4:00
CD Quality - 16 bit / 44.1 khz
One of the truly wonderful aspects of living in a metropolis like New York City is the diversity that is built in. The mingling of cultures and ideas has made the City an important destination for open-minded and searching individuals. Hailing from Brazil, pianist/composer Vitor Gonçalves came to be a part of the bustling scene and has ended up bringing a vital new voice to the fore. His debut recording Vitor Gonçalves Quartet provides a great example of his mature voice in the blending of Brazilian music with progressive jazz.
Born in Minas Gerais and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Gonçalves grew up absorbing the music of Brazil. Like many Brazilians, he began his studies on acoustic guitar and then began to flirt with rock. He discovered the Brazilian songbook while a teenager and began to be absorbed into the worlds of bossa nova, samba, MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), choro, baião, etc. Gonçalves switched to the piano when his father purchased a keyboard for his sister, which was left unclaimed until the budding musician took it over.
An important part of Gonçalves’s development was the nine years he spent in the workshop and ensemble of Itiberê Zwarg, Hermeto Pascoal’s bassist. The intense... afficher plus
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A la rencontre du Jazz et de la musique Brésilienne !
Né au Brésil, Vitor Goncalvès a grandi au son de la musique brésilienne.Bossa Nova, Samba, Choro, Baiao et MPB.
Il nous présente ici son 1er album en Quartet.
paru le 20 janvier 2017
Vitor Gonçalves - piano, composer, arranger
Todd Neufeld - guitar
Thomas Morgan - bass
Dan Weiss - drums