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Rory Duffy is listening to Bossa-nova with William McGee and 2 others.

5/2/2020

 
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Over the last few days, we've been running a little featurette on Red & Black Music's 4 projects. 💛❤️💜💙

With February being Rio Carnival month, it's worth mentioning Brazilian music has always been close to our heart 💚and in recognition of this, 3 of our projects have Brazilian alter-egos!

Diáspora Brasil adds cool cuts from the tropics 🌴 to the Latino fire of Diáspora 🔥 specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil from Rio's Samba and laid back Bossa Nova to Bahia's Baião and Samba-Reggae, blending Brazilian influences with jazz, funk and Saudade.
Have a listen to our takes on "Mais Que Nada" and "Lambada" on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/sets/diaspora-brasil

Fiesta Latina adds Festa Brasileira to the mix - dubbed "The Instant Brazilian Beach Party" 🥥🏝 a Caipirinha of classic and popular Brazilian tunes... 🍹🎹

Rory Bossa Nova takes the jazz south of the border. Its sax, guitar and cajon-based lineup focus on jazz and we released "Em Balança" (www.rorymusic.co.uk/em-balanca) 🎷
We've recently put a couple of new tracks on SoundCloud, 2 beautiful songs "Nostalgia Da Bossa" & "E Nada Mais" originally written by Brazilian composer Durval Ferreira:
https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/sets/bossa-nova

Oh, did we mention Diáspora Brasil has a new home? 🏠 You can check out our info, music and photos here:
www.diaspora.co.uk/brasil 🇧🇷

#brasil #bossanova #saudade #balanca #samba #sambareggae #mpb #jazz #funk #festa #tropical

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Music of Brazil

Diáspora Brasil

1/2/2020

 
Diáspora Brasil is the alter-ego of Diáspora, a separate setup specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil; from Samba and Bossa Nova to MPB and Sertanejo, from Partido Alto to funk.
Diáspora Brasil adds cool cuts from the tropics to the Latino fire of Diáspora. ?
Specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil from Rio's Samba and laid back Bossa Nova to Bahia's Baião and Samba-Reggae, blending Brazilian influences with jazz, funk and saudade.
Check out our takes on "Mais Que Nada" and "Lambada" @ SoundCloud...#redandblackmusic
#samba #bossanova #brazilian #saudade #balança #worldrhythms #funk #mpb
https://soundcloud.com/redandblackmusic/sets/diaspora-brasil
www.facebook.com/diasporamusic
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Copacabana

27/10/2019

 
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Rory Bossa Nova @ Epsom Downs Racecourse

4/7/2019

 
Em Balança #bossanova #samba #jazz em vivo

​Rory Bossa Nova #bossanova #samba #jazz @drummerharry @ Epsom Downs Racecourse

Rory Bossa Nova Trio #bossa #samba #jazz #brazilianvibes🇧🇷 #portugese #saudade www.rorymusic.co.uk/em-balanca o album @ Epsom Downs Racecourse

Review - Seth, London (Greenwich)

2/12/2018

 
​"Great having you Rory. Everybody loved your band and the party- I am still recovering....☺️Please send my thanks to Harry and Inês too - You all did a fantastic job!"
Seth, London (Greenwich), December, 2018

Festa Brasileira Demo

24/3/2018

 

Hop on a plane and be transported to the tropical climes of South America

9/12/2017

 
Hop on a plane and be transported to the tropical climes of South America, Fiesta Latina delivers cool cuts of Brazilian Bossa Nova ("New Wave"), Samba, MPB ("Música Popular Brasileira) & Funk.

http://www.fiesta-latina.co.uk/festa-brasileira.html

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Video by Tiger Music Entertainment

Festa Brasileira

9/12/2017

 
Festa Brasileira presents the best in Bossa Nova and Samba with fantastic live musicians, excellent cocktails and Brazilian vibes. Put on your dancing shoes and leave your saudades (blues) at home, it's time to party!

​Festa Brasileira is a subset of Fiesta Latina, a separate setup specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil; from Samba and Bossa Nova to MPB and Sertanejo, from Partido Alto to funk.

Samba E Amor (Bebel Gilberto)
Video by Tiger Music Entertainment

Vamos Sambar!

Review - Office Friendly

7/10/2017

 
"We LOVED having the band and we have had some amazing feedback from our delegates.

Please pass on my thanks to the band as they were fantastic. They brought a superb energy to the night and their performance was at an incredible standard. I particularly liked that they gave us a special Brazilian set list to stay true to the styles of Latin Music across Latin America. The band were well mannered and I really enjoyed chatting to them and getting to know them.
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Overall we all thought the band were incredible and if there is a suitable event to work with them again I will be in touch."
Michael Hudson, Birmingham, Office Friendly, October, 2017
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The whole band!!!!

22/12/2016

 
The whole band!!!!
🎤🎹🎸🎺🎷
#diaspora #brazilian #fantasy💃🏻 #latin #explosion 
❤️💛💚💙💜
#united #latin #beat
#christmas 🎄#fiesta #lambada 🎉🎈
🏖#devon #sauntonsands
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Balança no swing!

22/12/2016

 
Today, Diáspora​ Brasil take a foray south of the border, and south west of the country as the 8-piece heads down to Devon for the annual Lambada Christmas knees up.
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Tonight's do will feature guest vocalist Zenildo Filho Art​ (Zee Filho) from Brazil, Rea Qunta​ who will be starring in next week's A Celebration of Cuban Music at The Jazz Cafe​ on 27th December ft. Diáspora the full 12-piece band + Fiesta Latina, plus a whole host of samba dancers.
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Balança no swing!
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Gig in Devon!

22/12/2016

 
Gig in Devon! #braziliansongs #Brazil
#singerslife 🇧🇷🎤
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Diáspora do Brasil!

16/9/2016

 

Tonight, Diáspora took us on a journey through the music of Brazil.

16/9/2016

 
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Tonight, Diáspora took us on a journey through the music of Brazil. From the samba-reggae of Caetano, to the funky MPB of Djavan, to the rich Bossa Nova of Jobim and many more...
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We experienced the insatiably, sensual Brazilian Zee Filho, the radiance and finesse of Alexandra Soto, the tour-de-force of Cléa Thomasset, a Saudade underpinned by the incredible Balança (side-to-side swing) of Diáspora's rhythm section - Will, Will and Harry, and with Rory on sax, flute and clarinet...

Artist Focus: Cléa

14/9/2016

 
JUST ANNOUNCED!
We are delighted to be joined by very special guest vocalist and flautist Cléa Thomasset for tomorrow's A night in Brazil at The Jazz Cafe.
Flûtiste & chanteuse, Cléa est originaire de Laval (Mayenne).

Elle suit tout d'abord un cursus classique et jazz de flûte traversière puis se forme au chant de manière autodidacte. Passionnée depuis toujours par la musique brésilienne, elle étudie la littérature & civilisation lusophone (Licence de portugais LLCE). Elle obtient ensuite le diplôme universitaire de musicien intervenant (DUMI).
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Elle se forme à la musique brésilienne à Paris et à Rio de Janeiro, auprès d'Eduardo Lopes, Felipe Abreu (chant populaire brésilien), de l'Escola Portátil de Música, de Lucas Ciavatta (O Passo).
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En 2010 elle participe en tant que flûtiste et vocaliste au projet Nimbus Orchestra, sous la direction du flûtiste de jazz Magic Malik.

A Paris, elle participe à la création du Collectif Braséine puis cofonde avec le guitariste brésilien José Ferreira le projet poético-musical TRAVESSIAS, consacré aux grands compositeurs du Brésil d'aujourd'hui, tels que Guinga, Egberto Gismonti, Maurício Carrilho... Fin 2014, naît le projet Chora Cléa! navigant entre choro, samba et forró.

En 2015, elle s'établit à Londres et rejoint le Clube do Choro UK en tant que coordinatrice, aux côtés de Zé Kouyaté (Gaio de Lima).

Début 2016 elle une nouvelle collaboration avec le guitariste brésilien Vitor Celestino (établi à Stockholm), se produisant en Suède (Clube do Choro Sweden), à Paris (Festival de Choro), Londres (Hyde Park)...

Développant actuellement un projet de création personnel, entre poésie, jazz et musiques du monde, Cléa collabore également sur scène ou en studio avec de nombreux artistes tels qu'Aurélie et Verioca, Virginie Henry, l'Orchestre de Flûtes Français, Joyce Cândido, Choro with Tea, Karine Huet, Mario Bakuna...

Artist Focus: Alexandra

13/9/2016

 
Join us as we take a foray south of the border and into Brazil. A night in Brazil at The Jazz Cafe takes a trip through Samba, Bossa Nova, Funk, MPB and even a sprinkling of Sertanejo.
​The night will feature Fiesta Latina's Alexandra Soto. Alexandra is a Spanish vocalist of South American descent, composer and singer-songwriter. Raised in a family of musicians and singers, Alexandra delivers a performance that is sleek and enchanting, soaked in the sounds of Bossa Nova and Latin America. Alexandra has performed in London venues such as Bolivar Hall, KOKO London, Coya Cubana, Tia Maria Restaurant & Music Bar and Bar Gansa and Thursday night will be interpreting some classicTom Jobim.
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Artist Focus: Zee

12/9/2016

 
This Thursday, Diáspora is in Brazil! Join us for A night in Brazil at The Jazz Cafe as we take a foray through the best of Samba, Bossa Nova, Funk, MPB and even a dash of Sertanejo.
Thursday's concert will feature Brazilian singer and actor, Zee Filho. Zee is a fabulous high baritone singer from Florianopolis, Brazil, who moved to London in 2008. He’s featured in numerous productions in different medias ranging TV, Theatre and Films, and tonight takes Diáspora on a journey through the music of Seu Jorge, Djavan, Chico Buarque, Caetano and more.
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JUST ANNOUNCED:Diáspora Brazil play The Jazz Cafe on Thursday 15th September.

2/9/2016

 
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JUST ANNOUNCED:
Diáspora Brazil play The Jazz Cafe on Thursday 15th September.
Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F005116C83A6A32
FB event: A night in Brazil

Rory Bossa Nova Photos

17/1/2016

 

Em Balança

11/1/2016

 
​I’ve wanted to complete this for ages and I couldn’t find the right words to go about it.

Two years ago to this day, January 11th, some of us lost a very special friend, musician and colleague. This album is dedicated to the memory of Julian Mark Harris. Although I wish he were still here, I'm always thinking of him, but particularly on this day, inspired by him and his music, which live on in myself and I’m sure everyone whoever had the pleasure of hearing it.

Julian's previously unreleased guitar playing can be heard on tracks 4-6, and 8-9 of this album, alongside the percussion of Luigi De Gouveia. It also features Benjamin Gasiglia (guitar) and Riccardo Castellani (percussion). I know Julian would have loved to have heard the finished result because it includes many of the tunes we used to play together.

I dedicate this album to Julian Mark Harris with whom many of us shared wonderful memories and good times.
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Em Balança: an album dedicated to the late Julian Harris (August 7, 1963 - January 11, 2016).

Rory Duffy - Alto & Tenor Saxophones, Flute, Vocals
Julian Harris - Guitar, Luigi De Gouveia - Cajon, Percussion (tracks 4-6, 8-9)
Benjamin Gasiglia - Guitar, Riccardo Castellani - Cajon, Percussion (tracks 1-3, 7 & 10)

Recorded at Map Studio Café, 46 Grafton Rd, Kentish Town, London, NW5 3DU
Edited at Casanova Music, Chorlton, Manchester
Produced, mixed and mastered by Gavin Beckwith
GB Sound, Basement, Battle House, 1 East Barnet Road, London, EN4 8RR

​Executive producers
Rory Duffy, Claire Maillot & Jo Mantini
​Red & Black Music


​Commentary

​​Ivan Lins is a true Brazilian songbook. His compositions have been covered by many Brazilian artists including Elis Regina, Claudia, Eliane Elias, Sérgio Mendes; plus many North American artists too such as George Benson, Michael Bublé, Quincy Jones, The Manhattan Transfer, Sting and Sarah Vaughan, among others. This arrangement of A Gente Merece Ser Feliz ("For The People to be Free") previously recorded by Ivan Lins with the Metropole Orkest, tries to capture that uniquely Lusophone bittersweet sentiment of hope combined with nostalgia, known to the Brazilians as saudade.

​Chega De Saudade ("No More Blues") is one of Tom Jobim's earlier compositions, and was one of the songs that gave birth to the original Bossa Nova ("New Wave") - put simply: the rhythms of samba diluted and distilled with the harmonies of jazz. Chega De Saudade is one of Jobim's more 'European' sounding compositions. Jobim and many of his predecessors in the Choro and Maxixe traditions took influences from European classical music, particularly Beethoven. Chega De Saudade is in a symphonic 'AABC' form complete with theme, development and recapitulation. The mid-form shift from tonic minor to major - highly unconventional and daring in its day - signifies the transition from nostalgia to hope: hope that the subject will eventually return to its 'home', both musically and metaphorically.

Durval Ferreira was a composer, guitarist, arranger and producer. Like his contemporaries Tom Jobim and Ivan Lins, he is a true songbook within the oeuvre and his ​work has been interpreted by the likes of vocal powerhouse Leny Andrade), flautist Herbie Mann and North American jazz artists Wes Montgomery and Sarah Vaughan. This arrangement is based on a live recording segueing three of his most well-known tunes, which was performed by Leny Andrade & Emilio Santiago. Tristeza De Nos Dois epitomises the classic descending 2-5-1 voicing popularised by so many guitarists in the genre. Estamos Aí was quoted many times by saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, most notably in his composition Snow Samba. Batida Diferente was later recorded by Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley on his album Cannonball's Bossa Nova (1962), whose name seems a little fitting tribute to Julian.

O Morro Não Tem Vez ("The Hill Doesn't Have Any Time"), otherwise known by North American jazz musicians as Favela ("Town") is a little-known gem discovered on visiting a theatre in Rio De Janeiro where they were putting on a production of Tom e Vinicius, O Musical​ - a musical theatre production celebrating the work of composer Tom Jobim and poet-lyricist Vinicius de Moraes. The musical featured a chorus of beautiful eight-part vocal arrangements accompanied by a string orchestra and band. The song talks about the hills overlooking Rio; stating that the people of the hills don't get a say in social/political affairs, but if they did, all of the city would rise up. The recording is loosely based on the Wilson Simonal arrangement. It was also recorded with English lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald, as Somewhere in the Hills.

Marcos Valle is a musician known for fusing Bossa Nova & Samba with jazz, rock, soul and dance music. His Batucada, taken from Samba '68 (1968), playfully conjures a voodoo trance paying homage to the Orixa (goddess) of the sea, familiar to Brazilians as Yemayá.

Berimbau was one of Julian's personal favourites and choices of songs to record. The strumming guitar pedals and modal harmonies evoke the twanging sound of the berimbau - a single-string percussion instrument / musical 'bow' from Brazil. Originally from Africa and known under different names, the berimbau was incorporated into the pseudo-religious martial art of North East Brazil - Capoeira. The music and lyrics (believe it or not) were the outcome of a heavy whisky drinking session between Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes and vocalist João Gilberto. The 'B'-section passage is a ritualistic incantation and leans towards that haunting, hypnotic vibe.

Speaking of 'haunting and hypnotic', Alex Malheiros of Azymuth wrote our next song Salto Das Sete Quedas ("Cascade of the Seven Waterfalls") about the beautiful Salto das Sete Quedas do Guaíra, a series of immense waterfalls on the Paraná River along the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The falls no longer exist, inundated in later in 1982 by the impoundment of the Itaipu Dam reservoir. The song appears on the 1982 Azymuth album Cascades. This arrangement takes the final, major-11th chord as a trigger reference to Tom Jobim's Aguas De Março ("Waters of March"), which is heard briefly in the mix at the end. The infinitely regressing nature of both the chords in this song, and the Aguas De Março reference, perhaps symbolise the ever-cycling waters as an eternal life force that underpins everything.

Talking of our planet, and of our environment, Corner of the Earth is a Bossa Nova-type track, reflecting on the problems that people of the Earth have to suffer. The fourth and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey (2001), Corner of the Earth was another favourite we used to play with Julian. Our arrangement featured Arabesque ad libbing on the guitar and percussion breaks, injecting dynamism and spark to the otherwise sentimental Bossa Nova trio.

Nos E O Mar ("Us and the Sea") is a little known gem by Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and vocalist Roberto Menescal, known in the Bossa Nova world for his other maritime-themed compositions such as O Barquinho ("Little Boat"), O Pato ("The Duck") and Rio, and for his collaborations with the likes of Carlos Lyra, Nara Leão and Wanda Sá among others. Fortunate enough to hear Wanda Sá's version of this song in Rio, I was enchanted by it instantly. The poignant intro homes in on Julian's wonderfully sensitive guitar playing, and the chord structure is re-harmonised. It's an aqueous sea song, channeling that Eliane Elias / Diana Krall-esque lush, layered, 'lounge' orchestration. The spiritual voices later on surround sound, blurring that distinction between reality and illusion. The verse at the end was added as an afterthought, perhaps representing a whisper/murmur below the ocean waves.

From the sea, we turn once again towards the hills. Mountain Flight, plucked from Toninho Horta's Diamond Land (1988) in collaboration with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, is a nod towards North American jazz, and the marriage of jazz harmonies and Brazilian influences, which have become so iconic and integral to the Bossa Nova sound.

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