World music infused Jazz highlighting Brazilian songwriters and composers.

10 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: World Fusion, LATIN: Brazilian Jazz



Details:
Raio de Sol (meaning Ray of Sunlight in Portuguese), integrates Jazz with Brazilian, Flamenco, Indian and African world music. Rebecca Kleinmann brings together an all-star gathering of musicians including Grammy Award Winner, Airto Moreira and Latin Grammy Nominee, Jovino Santos Neto.

Riding the line between funky and classy, accessible and intricate, this album is delightful with the energy of incredible musicians, creative arrangements, and compositions by Hermeto Pascoal, Guinga, Jovino Santos Neto, McCoy Tyner, Tony Williams, Miles Davis, Robert Boyd, Jobim and Rebecca Kleinmann.

Musicians featured on this album:
Rebecca Kleinmann, flute and vocals;
Jovino Santos Neto, piano and accordion (1,5,10)
Burt Boice, acoustic bass (1,5,10)
Mark Ivester, drums (1,5,10)
Airto Moreira, percussion (1,3,10)
Capital, guitar (2,3,7)
Lionel Loueke, guitar (9)
Randy Tico, electric bass (6,8)
Mitchell Yoshida, piano (8)
Josh Nelson, piano (4)
Lorca Hart, drums (4)
John Crooks, acoustic bass (4)
Miles Jay, acoustic bass (9)
Robert Perkins, drums (9)
Robert Boyd, flamenco guitar (6)
Jeff Elliott, trumpet (6)
Marysol Fuentes, cante (6)
Cristina Villa-Lobos, palmas (6)
Homnath Upadhyaya, tabla (8)
Ty Burhoe, tabla (8)
Manose, bansuri (8)