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 Beyond Brazil – Index

Here are 274 albums we recommend
from the world of music beyond Brazil.


Sextet Session CD cover.
Doug MacDonald
Sextet Session
01 – Desert blues
02 – Whispering
03 – Gee's flat
04 – You've changed
05 – AT #33
06 – Try ads
07 – Si miner
08 – Bubbles in the wine
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Standards Deluxe CD cover.
The Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet
Standards Deluxe
01 – Caravan
02 – Love for sale
03 – The very thoought of you
04 – Sway
05 – Our love is here to stay
06 – On Green Dolphin Street
07 – One hundred
08 – Lucky number 7
09 – Mind mirror
10 – If we must die
11 – Flat tire blues
12 – Caravan
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Dreams Realized CD cover.
Rose Mallett
Dreams Realized
01 – Ain't nobody
02 – Feelin' good
03 – My funny valentine
04 – Creepin'
05 – Send in the clowns
06 – The snake
07 – The way he makes me feel
08 – Building dreams
09 – It's impossible
10 – Rock me baby
11 – If I never sing another song
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Tango Suite Buenos Aires CD cover.
Antonio Gavrila
Tango Suite Buenos Aires
01 – Michelangelo 70
02 – Introduccion al angel
03 – Prelude en la noche
04 – Amor sin palabras

— Tango Suite Buenos Aires —
05 – I Tristeza
06 – II Nuevos tiempos
07 – III Nostalgico
08 – IV Todo Piazzolla
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Groove Street CD cover.
The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer
Groove Street
01 – Groove street
02 – Overlap
03 – Summit
04 – Infant eyes
05 – Soulstice
06 – Cold duck time
07 – Code blue
08 – The more I see you
09 – Straight ahead
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Carol of the Bells CD cover.
Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
Carol of the Bells
01 – Have yourself a merry little Christmas
02 – The Christmas song
03 – O Christmas tree
04 – Joy to the world
05 – Silent night
06 – Jingle bells
07 – I'll be home for Christmas
08 – Carol of the Bells
09 – Let it snow
10 – Skating
11 – Christmastime is here
12 – What are you doing New Years Eve?
13 – Little drummer boy
14 – Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella
15 – Hark, the herald angels sing
16 – I'll be home for Christmas (reprise)
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Russ Spiegel, Caribbean Blue
Defne Şahin, HOPE
Constantine Alexander, FIRETET
Audrey Silver, Oklahoma
The Jim Self & John Chiodini Quintet, Touch and Go
Joel Styzens, Resonance
Bowmanville, Bowmanville
Kavita Shah, Cape Verdean Blues
Arina Fujiwara, Neon
Debbie Spring, Tocamos
Sixth Street All Stars, Everybody
Matt Rollings Trio, The Valentine Sessions
Todd Mosby, Land of Enchantment
Gaea Schell, In Your Own Sweet Way
The Santiago Big Band & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Santiago Brooklyn Santiagog
Gabriel Espinosa, Bossas and Boleros
JOI Jazz Orchestra, A JOIful NoiZZ
Noshir Mody, A Love Song
Edward Simon featuring Magos Herrera, Femeninas: Songs of Latin American Women
Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, The Gennett Suite
Israel Tanenbaum & The Latinbaum Jazz Ensemble, Impressions
Tomas Janzon, Nomadic
Marc Jordan, Waiting for the Sun to Rise
The Las Vegas Boneheads, Sixty and Still Cookin’
Michael Rabinowitz, Next Chapter
Doug MacDonald, Big Band Extravaganza
The Dave Stryker Trio, Prime
Skip Grasso, Becoming

From 2022
David Bloom/Cliff Colnot, Shadow of a Soul
Mathieu Soucy, Recollecting
Akiko Aoki, Pure Imagination
Loren Daniels, Ticket to Ride
Doug MacDonald, I'll See You in My Dreams
Ana Nelson, Bridges
Russ Hewitt, Chasing Horizons
Dave Slonaker Big Band, Convergency
TriTone Asylum, The Hideaway Sessions
Xiomara Torres, La Voz del Mar
Jimmy Branly Trio, The Meeting
Bill Ortiz, Points of View
Evan Drybread, Tiger Tail
Angel Roman & Mambo Blue, Festive Interplay
Jo Harrop, The Heart Wants
Brent Laidler, Wouldn't Be Here Without You
Jorge Garcia with Richie Cole, Dedicated to You
Juan Carlos Quintero, Table for Five!
Steve Slagle, Ballads: Into the Heart of It
The Matt Gordy Jazz Tonite Sextet, Be With Me
Hope Diamond, Awaken
Dave Stryker, As We Are

From 2021
Dawn Derow, My Ship: Songs from 1941
Edward Simon, Solo Live
Steve Million, What I Meant to Say
Steve Million featuring Sarah Marie Young, JazzWords
Flippo Music, Tao Tunes
Amber Weekes, 'Round Midnight Re-Imagined
Dave Flippo, Dedications — Jazz from Planet Flippo
Joanie Pallatto, My Original Plan
Steve Slagle, Nascentia
Shunia, Shunia
Dave Stryker, Baker's Circle
Larry Newcomb Quartet, Love, Dad

From 2020
Jorge Garcia, Crossover
Steve Slagle Trio, Alive in Harlem
Event Horizon Jazz Quartet, Event Horizon
Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band, Blue Soul
John Finbury, Quatro
The Tnek Jazz Quintet, Plays the Music of Sam Jones
Sultans of String, Refuge
Artists for Peace and Justice, Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1
Jake Shimabukuro Trio, Jake Shimabukuro Trio
Amber Weekes, Pure Imagination
Christopher Hollyday & Telepathy, Dialogue

From 2019
Dave Stryker, Eight Track Christmas
Tomas Janzon, 130th & Lenox
Tom Wright's Cat and Mouse Quartet, Notes from the Journey
Dave Miller Trio, Just Imagine
Gretje Angell, In Any Key
Moy Eng and Wayne Wallace, The Blue Hour
Luke Gillespie, Moving Mists
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, The Rhythm of Invention
Rebekah Victoria, Songs of the Decades
Rebecca DuMaine and the Dave Miller Combo, Chez Nous
Ron Davis, Symphronica Upfront
Mario Alberto Silva, Pan-American Sonata
Cristina Morrison, Impredecible: Voces de Mujer
Yamit and the Vinyl Blvd, Ain't Misbehavin'
Dave Stryker, Eight Track III
Tom McDermott, Tom McDermott Meets Scott Joplin
Steve Slagle, Spirit Calls
Rocky Dawuni, Beats of Zion

From 2018
Malou Beauvoir, Spiritwalker
Gabriel Espinosa, Nostalgias De Mi Vida
Jack Mouse Group, Intimate Adversary
Susan Palma-Nidel, Lisboa à Solta
Christopher Hollyday, Telepathy
Kent Miller Quartet, Sunday Evenin'
Afro-Cuban All Stars, A Toda Cuba le Gusta
El Eco featuring Guillermo Nojechowicz, Two Worlds
Rachel Caswell, We're All in the Dance
Vivian Lee, Let's Talk about Love
Daniel Binelli and Pedro H. da Silva, Tango Fado Duo
LehCats, Movement to Egalitaria
Jupiter & Okwess, Kinsonic
Angélique Kidjo, Remain in Light
Chancha Via Circuito, Bienaventuranza
Frank Russell, Influences: A Tribute to Bass Guitar in Jazz
Elements, The Alchemy
Laura Walls, Olori Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival
Jared Gold, Reemergence
McClenty Hunter Jr., The Groove Hunter
Jeff Denson, Outside My Window
Tom Bruner, Homage to a Hero: Tom Bruner Plays the Ballads of Wes Montgomery
Stanton Kessler, Skywatcher
El Eco with Guillermo Nojechowicz, Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933

From 2017
Steve Slagle, Dedication
The Kent Miller Quartet, Minor Step
Blanche Blacke, Out to Sea
Bob Ferrel, Bob Ferrel's Jazztopian Dream
Nestor Torres, Jazz Flute Traditions
Dave Stryker, Strykin' Ahead
Jen Siukola, Lighthouse Reverie
The Liberation Music Collective, Rebel Portraiture
Brent Laidler, No Matter Where Noir
Typhanie Monique, Call It Magic
Larry Newcomb Quartet with Bucky Pizzarelli, Living Tribute
David Finck, Low Standards
Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack, The Harry Warren Songbook
Jim Buennig, It's Like This
Jihye Lee Orchestra, April

From 2016
Chris Rogers, Voyage Home
Steve Slagle, Alto Manhattan
Misha, Dreaming With Eyes Wide Awake
Zarabande, El Toro
Greg Diamond, Avenida Graham
Albert Marquès Trio, Live in the South Bronx
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Basically Baker Vol. 2
Gabriel Espinosa, Songs of Bacharach and Manzanero
Black Olive Jazz, Exotica

Ray Obiedo, Latin Jazz Project vol. 1
Little Johnny Rivero, Music in Me
Dave Stryker, Eight Track II
Tom McCormick, South Beat
Daniela Schächter, Vanheusenism: A Tribute to Jimmy Van Heusen
Nána Simopoulos, Skins
Jeff Denson Quartet, Concentric Circles
Terceto Kali, Terceto Kali
Hector Martignon's Banda Grande, The Big Band Theory
Julio Botti, Sax to Tango
Charlie Apicella & Iron City, Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
Phyllis Blanford, Edgewalker
Professor Cunningham and his Old School, The Rhythm Method
Fred Fried, Core Four & More
The Dave Flippo Trio, Life on Mars
Fahir Atakoğlu, Live at Umbria Jazz
Manhattan Camerata, Tango Fado Project
Fernando Huergo, Hashtag
Letizia Gambi, Blue Monday
La Orquesta Sinfonietta, Canto América
Sultans of String, Subcontinental Drift

From 2015
The Stryker/Slagle Band (Expanded), Routes
Karrin Allyson, Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Ramana Vieira, Fado da Vida
Kim Nazarian, Some Morning
Robert Irving III-Generations, Our Space in Time
Ed Calle & Mamblue, Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue
Nano Stern, Mil 500 Vueltas
Hannah Burgé, Green River Sessions
Dawan Muhammad, Gatekeepers Blues
Peter Paulsen Trio, A Few Thoughts
The Liberation Music Collective, Siglo XXI
Larry Newcomb Quartet, LIVE Intentionally!
César Orozco & Kamarata Jazz, No Limits for Tumbao
Jeff Denson Trio and Lee Konitz, Jeff Denson Trio and Lee Konitz
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, Intercambio
Samuel Torres Group, Forced Displacement
George Freeman & Chico Freeman, All in the Family
Christian Finger, Ananda
Perry Beekman, S'Wonderful: Perry Beekman Sings and Plays Gershwin
Mark Weinstein, In Jerusalem
Nils Fischer & Timbazo, Rumberos a Montón
Steve Johns, Family
Edsel Gómez, Road to Udaipur
Dawan Muhammad, Consider the Source
Frankye Kelly, Swingin' Blue
Pedro Giraudo Big Band, Cuentos
Chris Washburne & The SYOTOS Band, Low Ridin'
Dave Stryker, Messin' with Mister T
Rachel Caswell, All I Know: Duets with Dave Stryker and Jeremy Allen
Kevin Stout & Brian Booth, Color Country
Pascalito Neostalgia Trio, Citizen Chanteur Live in NYC
Pascalito Neostalgia Quartet, Forbidden Colours Live Bennett Session
Hot Club of the Americas, Federico Britos presents Hot Club of the Americas
Dawan Muhammad/Billy Higgins Sextet, Smoke Signal
Calvin Keys, Close Enough for Love
V-A Virginia Schenck, Interior Notions
Alex Conde, Descarga for Monk
The Phil Chester Group, Open Door Samba
Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet — with Richie Cole, Vocal Madness

From 2014
Tom Graf, Smokin'
Jason Paul Curtis with Swinglab & Swing Machine, Lovers Holiday
Phil Bowler & Pocket Jungle, Phil Bowler & Pocket Jungle
Phil Brown & The New Arts Jazztet, Arkadia
Marc Pompe, Monk's Dream
Various, Salsa de la Bahia, Vol. 2: Hoy y Ayer
James Leary, Together
Kevin Cline, Make Up Your Mind
Ritmos Unidos, Ritmos Unidos
Afro Bop Alliance, Angel Eyes
Mitch Shiner and the BloomingTones Big Band, Fly
Dawan Muhammad, Preachin to the Choir
Ann Reynolds/ Clave Gringa, Para Cuba Con Amor
Dee Bell & Marcos Silva, Silva • Bell • Elation
Alex García's AfroMantra, This Side of Mestizaje
Jason Paul Curtis, Faux Bourgeois Café
Charlie Apicella & Iron City, Big Boss
Barbara Ween, Detour Ahead
Perry Beekman, Bewitched: Perry Beekman Sings and Plays Rodgers & Hart
Kate Ross, People Make the World Go Round
Mary Anne Anderson with Doug MacDonald, Rendezvous
Sharon Marie Cline, This Is Where I Wanna Be
Judy Philbin & Adam Levine, Keeping It Simple
Carol Fredette, No Sad Songs for Me
Mike Bardash Quintet, Polygon
Janice Borla Group, Promises to Burn
Adam Smale, Out of the Blue
The Larry Gelb Trio, The Love Song of Ian Ops
Barbara Levy Daniels, Love Lost and Found
Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Quartet, Where Here Meets There

From 2013
Francesca Simone, Playground
Professor Cunningham & His Old School, Professor Cunningham & His Old School
Alí Bello, Connection Caracas – New York
Various, Salsa de la Bahia, Vol. 1
Arturo O'Farrill and The Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Final Night at Birdland
Paul Carlon, La Rumba is a Lovesome Thing
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, Latin Jazz – Jazz Latin
Clotilde Rullaud, In Extremis
Perry Beekman, So in Love
Julio Botti, Tango Nostalgias
Michelle Pollace, New Beginning
María Márquez, Tonada

From 2012
Rob Parton Big Band, We'll Be Together Again
The O'Farrill Brothers Band, Sensing Flight
Bob Arthurs & Steve LaMattina, Jazz for Svetlana
The Paul Winter Sextet, Count Me In — 1962 & 1963
Jesse Cook, The Blue Guitar Sessions
Andrea Brachfeld, Lady of the Island
Greg Duncan, Chicago, Barcelona Connections
Greg Skaff, 116th & Park
David Bixler, The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head
Melvin Taylor, Beyond the Burning Guitar
Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden, Unfolding
Kat Parra, ¡Las Aventuras de Pasión!
Susan Palma-Nidel, Elegante
Monday Michiru, Soulception
Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Area 52

From 2011
Florencia Ruiz, Luz de la Noche/ Light of the Night
Karrin Allyson, 'Round Midnight
Eliane Amherd, Now and From Now On
Charito, Heal the World
Roger Davidson & David Finck, Umbrellas & Sunshine: The Music of Michel Legrand
Bobby Matos Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, Beautiful as the Moon
Issac Delgado, L-O-V-E
Toots Thielemans, The Live Takes, Vol. 1
Jacob Melchior, It's About Time
Jermaine Landsberger & Paulo Morello, Hammond Eggs
Raúl Jaurena & His Tango Orchestra, Fuerza Milonguera
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, Sube Azul