Drummer-Composer DUDUKA DA FONSECA Exhibits The Best of Both Worlds on His Latest Samba – Jazz Exploration

Tags

Anat Cohen, ANZIC RECORDS, Composer, Drums, Duduka Da Fonseca, entertainment, Guilherme Monteiro, Helio Alves, Leonardo Cioglia, Music

Featuring Anat Cohen, Helio Alves, Guilherme Monteiro, Leonardo Cioglia & Duduka Da Fonseca

Anzic Records to Release Samba Jazz – Jazz Samba on July 17, 2012

“Drummer Da Fonseca perhaps the best Brazilian trap drummer of his generation, plays with an uncommon mix of finesse and drive” – Mark Holston, Jazziz Magazine

Duduka Da Fonseca QUINTET, Jazz Samba – Jazz Exploration

Drummer/Composer Duduka Da Fonseca is a blender, set at high speed. The Brazilian drummer (born in Rio De Janeiro in 1951), who arrived in New York City in 1975, has been actively exploring the perfect marriage and mixture of jazz and samba since forming his first Samba Jazz trio as a precocious 14 year old (a band he called “Bossa Trio”), with brother Miguel on bass. Over the years Da Fonseca has becomea master at combining these seemingly disparate worlds, and has emerged as one of the foremost proponents of the genre.

Motéma Music will release RUFUS REID’S – HUES OF A DIFFERENT BLUE

Tags

African American, Bobby Watson, Duduka Da Fonseca, Freddie Hendrix, J.D. Allen, Jazz, Motéma Music, Rufus Reid, Steve Allee, Toninho Horta

On April 12, 2011 – Motéma Music will release
RUFUS REID’S – HUES OF A DIFFERENT BLUE
The Brilliant Follow Up to Out Front (2010, Motéma Music)

Rufus Reid & Out Front - Hues of a Different Blue

Featuring the Out Front Trio of Reid, Steve Allee (piano) & Duduka Da Fonseca (drums), with very special guests, legendary saxophonist Bobby Watson, trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, saxophonist J.D. Allen & master Brazilian composer/guitarist Toninho Horta

***To view a special, behind-the-scenes video on the making of Hues of a Different Blue (produced by Suzi Reynolds)
please visit http://www.Redcatpublicity.com and click on the “what’s new” page***

“Reid is the man to call for any musical situation that demands both the utmost skill and impeccable taste…his luscious sound and buoyant swing can levitate an ensemble clear off the bandstand.” – The New Yorker

“His work is a virtual catalog of modern bass technique, tempered by his infallible musicianship. The man has taste…he consistently offers up an earthy tone, flawless intonation, and fluid fingerwork. Plus, you can set the clock by his impeccable time.” – DownBeat

“Reid and his colleagues managed an impressive feat: expressing a hard-core blues sensibility while retaining the high tonal sheen that defines this ensemble. The combined eloquence of Reid’s imperturbable bass lines, Allee’s harmonically advanced pianism and Da Fonseca’s multi-layered rhythms on drums made this the high point. The musicians cohered as a trio functioning as a single unit rather than three distinct sources of sound. Reid stands as one of the most versatile bassists in mainstream jazz.” – The Chicago Tribune