RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hermeto Pascoal, an eccentric and prolific Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger known affectionately as “The Sorcerer of Sounds” and “The Mad Genius,” has died.

Vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi has released her fourth jazz album, “Riofonic.” The album for the U.S. market was produced by New York guitarist, arranger and musical director Paul Ricci and was recorded in ...

DECORAH, IOWA—The Luther College Jazz Orchestra is traveling to Brazil May 20 through June 5, where the group will perform concerts and participate in workshops in the country with prominent musicians ...

Born in the city of Presidente Prudente in the state of São Paulo, Heloísa Fernandes has been steeped in the rich tapestry of Brazilian music since she was a little girl. At the age of 4 she began ...

Sérgio Mendes, a musician who emerged with Brazil's bossa nova movement in the 1960s and became an ambassador for that country's music around the world, died Thursday in his adopted hometown of Los ...

Hosted on the beautiful CU Boulder College of Music campus, our Bateria Directing Symposium is specifically designed and intended for experienced percussionists and teachers to develop skills and ...

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Submitted photo Canfield financial adviser Angelo Babbaro is performing a six-date concert tour of Brazil singing the songs of Frank Sinatra. A local singer who’s made a career out of performing such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It wasn’t hard to find Lô Borges. Growing up in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, he would hang out on the corner of ...

Global music company GYRO Group has signalled its formal entry into the Latin American market with the opening of its first ...