Posted March 7, 2012 at 4:39 pm | One comment
Along with Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto and a handful of other young composers, Oscar Castro-Neves emerged in the early 1960s as one of the founding figures of the musical movement that became known worldwide as Bossa Nova. In 1962, a year before “The Girl From Ipanema” became a Top 10 hit, he helped lead the bossa nova invasion of the U.S., playing a central role as a performer and accompanist for other noted Brazilian musicians at the historic presentation of Brazil’s new music at Carnegie Hall. Since then, his distinguished career has included performances with Stan Getz, Sergio Mendez, Yo Yo Ma, and even Michael Jackson and Barbara Streisand.
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Posted March 6, 2012 at 4:53 pm | No comments
DL Media tells us that with a lot of sleuthing and a team of experts on the case, long lost tapes of Wes Montgomery have been discovered and restored. Resonance Records releases Echoes of Indiana Avenue – the first full album of previously unheard Montgomery music in over 25 years – on March 6, 2012, which would have been Montgomery’s 89th birthday.
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Posted February 24, 2012 at 6:12 am | No comments
To say thanks to all his followers on Facebook, for supporting his online written and video lessons, this weekend Matt Warnock will be giving away 1 free sixty-minute one-on-one Skype lesson to a lucky follower of his Facebook teaching page. The lesson can be taken any time that fits their schedules, and can be split up into two 30-minute lessons if preferred.
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