Por Causa de Você
Antonio Carlos Jobim’s music has always revealed the beauty and contradictions of Brazilian culture. Is there a more poignant phrase than the first line that Maucha sings on “A Felicidade” – “Tristeza não tem fim, felicidade sim” (Sadness has no end, but happiness does)? The words may have been written by Vinicius de Moraes, but Jobim sets them to what may be his most inspired musical motif, a minor key melody that perfectly encapsulates the bittersweet nature of Brazilian life. The richness and complexity of Jobim’s creativity is on full display in this live set from Jovino Santos Neto and his quintet, with special guests Romero Lubambo of Trio da Paz and vocalist Maucha Adnet (who spent 10 years as a member of Jobim’s Banda Nova). Jobim’s beautiful harmonies often present a challenging vehicle for improvisation, but you would never know it from the freedom these musicians demonstrate here. Just listen to the deep samba groove and virtuosic solos on “One Note Samba” or to Maucha’s profoundly emotional delivery on “Por Causa de Você” – the musicians hold nothing back. And thanks to the foresight of Rich Zirinsky, who urged Jovino to release it, we have this recording to shine a fresh light on Jobim’s musical legacy. Andy Conell
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Guris
Adventure Music announces the 2017 release of Guris, a piano duo celebration of Brazilian master Hermeto Pascoal's 80th birthday by Jovino Santos Neto and Andre Mehmari, two of Brazil's finest keyboardists, joining forces to honor composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal. To celebrate Hermeto's 80th birthday, they selected ten mostly unrecorded gems from his vast archive, and the result is rich with creative abandon, joyful rhythm, and telepathic interplay. "...across these sixty-seven minutes, Santos Neto and Mehmari become one, elegantly balancing fervour, delicacy and space so that their creativity becomes intertwined – so much so that even the players themselves are unable to separate their own voices in these resulting, amiable conversations in music! And the soundscapes are beautifully varied, enhanced by melodica, flute, harmonium, Fender Rhodes and bandolim." ~ Adrian Pallant, www.apreviews.com
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Festa Na Macuca
This is a 2015 recording by the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, a bouncy forró in 7/4 time recorded live in the studio, without any overdubs. Available for digital download for $0.99 at CDBaby at this link. If you would like to download a HD audiophile file of it, for $2.00, please visit our BandCamp page at this link. |
Current
ADVENTURE MUSIC
Featuring the Seattle-based Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, with Harvey Wainapel (clarinet and saxes), Chuck Deardorf (bass), Mark Ivester (drums), Jeff Busch (percussion) and special guests Ben Thomas (vibraphone), Caroline Corcoran and Lena Simon (vocals) $20.00 USA s&h included |
Master Piano, Volume 4
ADVENTURE MUSIC
My first solo piano CD is a journey into the heart of a beautiful instrument, a Fazioli concert grand piano recorded at Klavierhaus in NY City. I dedicate this music to all those who love the voice of the piano, and I hope that the sincerity and honesty of the performance touches each heart that listens to it. (Correction on the credits: "One Note Samba" is credited to Jovino, but the song was written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça) $20.00 USA s&h included |
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Veja o Som / See the Sound
ADVENTURE MUSIC
A double CD with 20 duo tracks, in which Jovino dialogues with a host of guests from the US and Brazil, including João Donato, Gretchen Parlato, Monica Salmaso, Joe Locke, Bill Frisell, Airto Moreira and Paula Morelenbaum. $20.00 USA s&h included |
Alma do Nordeste / Soul of the Northeast
ADVENTURE MUSIC
The result of Jovino’s research on the music of the Northeastern region of Brazil, featuring original compositions spanning a wide variety of styles. With Carlos Malta (flute), Toninho Ferragutti (accordion), Marcio Bahia (drums), Dudu Lima (bass) and several other musicians. $20.00 USA s&h included |
Roda Carioca
ADVENTURE MUSIC
Latin Grammy Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album of 2006. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro with several guest artists, including Hermeto Pascoal, Joyce Moreno and Hamilton de Holanda. $20.00 USA s&h included |
Live at Caramoor
ADVENTURE MUSIC
Live at Caramoor captures the many moments of sheer perfection that were exchanged between Santos Neto and Iago throughout the concert at the Caramoor Jazz Festival, Katonah, New York on July 28, 2007. $ 20.00 USA s&h included |
Canto do Rio
LIQUID CITY RECORDS
Latin Grammy Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album of 2004. All original compositions by Jovino, featuring Hans Teuber and Harvey Wainapel (woodwinds), Chuck Deardorf (bass), Mark Ivester (drums), Jeff Busch (percussion) and special guests Mike Marshall (mandolin) and Flora McGill (vocals). $20.00 USA s&h included |
Serenata
ADVENTURE MUSIC
A duo CD with Jovino and mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall, performing compositions by the legendary Hermeto Pascoal, with Hermeto himself as a guest on 2 tracks. $20.00 USA s&h included |
Ao Vivo em Olympia
LIQUID CITY RECORDS
The CD was recorded live on April 8, 2000, at the State Theater in Olympia. The material is all new original pieces by Jovino, along with a piano/clarinet duo version of Intrigas no Boteco do Padilha, a traditional choro from 1940 written by Luis Americano. $20.00 USA s&h included |
Caboclo
LIQUID CITY RECORDS
This is the Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto’s debut recording, featuring Jovino (piano accordion, organ and flute), Hans Teuber (woodwinds), Chuck Deardorf (basses) and Mark Ivester (drums), plus special guest Airto Moreira on percussion. The music was written and arranged by Jovino, with one composition by his mentor Hermeto Pascoal. $ 20.00 USA s&h included |