The Brazilian Beat

Episode 39 Francisco Marques Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download Bio: Francisco Marques is a multi-instrumentalist dedicated to the performance, teaching, and study of Brazilian roots music. He is a founding member of Ginga, the director of Grupo Chegando Lá and a member of Sambadendé and the Boulder Samba School. Born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, he was raised in the Washington DC area and graduat...

Episode 38A Bruno Moraes Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download Bruno Moraes, percussionist, director of the Bateria Trophy, commentator srzd.com and lover of samba and its culture! Links http://www.trofeubateria.com.br/ http://www.srzd.com/ http://www.batuquedigital.com.br/ http://www.mocidadeindependente.com.br/ https://www.facebook.com/bruno.moraes.5494 https://www.facebook.com/trofeubateria...

Episode 38 Bruno Moraes Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download Bruno Moraes, percussionist, director of the Bateria Trophy, commentator srzd.com and lover of samba and its culture! Links http://www.trofeubateria.com.br/ http://www.srzd.com/ http://www.batuquedigital.com.br/ http://www.mocidadeindependente.com.br/ https://www.facebook.com/bruno.moraes.5494 https://www.facebook.com/trofeubateria/...

Episode 37 Neil Bost Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download Neil Bost graduated from Yucca Valley High School in 2009, where he participated in the symphonic band and marching band drum line for four years. He graduated from Humboldt State University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in music performance and music education. Other education includes summer workshops such as the Explorations in A...

Episode 36 Zachary Himelhoch Samba Nashville Courtney Danley, Dianna Ramirez Download Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Zachary Himelhoch is a world-percussionist with specialization in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and Caribbean styles. Zachary has performed with numerous artists including Chance The Rapper, Denny Jiosa, Andy Narell, Lenny Castro, Etienne Charles, The Cool Kids, Daru Jones, Mark Walker, an...

Episode 35 Moyseis Marques Download Moyseis Marques is a singer, composer, and guitarist. He began his professional career in 1998 and in the past 18 years of his career he has dedicated himself fully to the rhythms of Brazil, particularly samba, forró, and so-called MPB ("Música Popular Brasileira"). He is a founder of the bands "Casuarina", "Forró na Contramão" and "Tempero Carioca", and in 2001...

Episode 34 Brian Cooperrider of Sambatuque Download Sponsored by GoSamba.net ! Sponsored by GoSamba.net! Brazilian drums for sale in the USA! Bryan Cooperrider is an educator, designer, and musician. With a background in art and engineering, he received a masters in product design from Stanford University. He and his wife, also a product designer, run a design consulting firm in Flagstaff. Bryan s...

Deinya Phoenix and Laura Torell Episode 33 Batalá Directors Deinya Phenix and Laura Torell. Download Batalá New York is a part of a global arts project made up of over 30 bands around the world. The music of Batalá originates in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil. The international Batalá family owes its existence to Giba Gonçalves, a percussionist, composer and ch...

Episode 32 Alessandro Cardozo Download Alessandro Cardozo is an accomplished cavaquinista, composer and music producer and musical director. His first steps into the music world were taken when he was only 8 years old. In spite of his young age, he went to serestas and rodas de choro. As a teenager, Cardozo decided to go further and deepen his studies; seeking further specialization, he enrolled i...

Episode 31 Lorin Hansen and Mason Aeschbacher of Samba Fogo Download Samba Fogo is a non-profit Cultural Arts Organization inspired many years ago by the excitement and beauty of Afro-Brazilian Music and Dance. For over a decade we have been studying, performing and teaching in Utah along the Wasatch Front and the Western United States. Our mission is to enrich our community and inspire others thr...

Episode 30 Margareth Menezes Download One of the most powerful voices of Brazilian popular music, Margareth Menezes has been in the Brazilian music scene for the last 30 years. She is famed for her energetic live performances and regularly tours and performs at carnival celebrations.  Her career began in 1987 when she recorded her first LP single (Pharaoh - Divinity of Egypt by Luciano Gomes)...

Episode 29 Beto Guimaraes Download Born and raised in Olinda in the state of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil, Beto Guimareas is dedicated to sharing the richness of his culture through many forms of Brazilian dance such as Samba, Samba de Roda, Pagode, Coco de Roda, Samba Reggae, Frevo, and Maracatu. Beto has performed throughout the U.S, as well as internationally.. He is a long-time teacher of...

Episode 28 Chris Quade Couto Download Chris Quade Couto was born in 1981 in Cologne/Germany. He began his career as a musician already as a child and with only 15 years, specialized in Brazilian percussion. He played with famous artists like Dudu Nobre and Joyce Cândido, participated in intensive workshops in Brazilian and Cuban percussion with teachers like Dudu Tucci and Ravin Jayasuriya, played...

Episode 27 Mestre Curtis Pierre Download Curtis Pierre “The Samba Man” of New Orleans. He is the founder and director of Casa Samba, the first School of Samba in the Louisiana and the Southern Region. Born and raised in the carnival traditions of New Orleans for the first 20 years of his life. He was introduced to Brazilian percussion in 1979 by Airto Moreira, world renown Brazilian drummer f...

Episode 26 Reed Flygt Download Reed Flygt is the Head Percussion Instructor at the Evanston Escola de Samba. Originally from Baraboo, Wisconsin, Reed is now enjoying life even more.  He is in his seventh year of teaching in Chicago Public Schools where he serves as a music instructor at Lane Tech College Prep High School. Reed attended the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music,&...

Episode 25 Amy Cacle of Super Sonic Samba Download Amy was honored to accept the musical directorship of Super Sonic Samba School in the winter of 2014 and is excited to share her knowledge of Brazilian drumming with the community.  She began playing percussion at eight years old, and continued her education in percussion performance to achieve a BA from Humboldt State University under Dr. Eu...

Episode 24 Brad Boynton owner of Rhythm Traders Download A drummer since the age of eight, Rhythm Traders founder Brad Boynton set off in 1990, for a nine month trip to West Africa, with a degree in Anthropology and his backpack. He chose Africa because it appeared to be the epicenter of rhythm itself. Whether it was American jazz, Brazilian Samba, or Cuban Rumba, all roads pointed back to Africa....

Episode 23 Mestre Ailton Nunes Part 2 Download Aílton Nunes grew up in the community of Mangueira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From early childhood he was involved in the revered samba school of his community, Estação Primeira de Mangueira. Over time, he became known for his passion for samba, his talent as a musician and his leadership style. He served as director of Mangueira da Manhã, the childre...

Episode 22 Mestre Ailton Nunes Part 1 Download Aílton Nunes grew up in the community of Mangueira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From early childhood he was involved in the revered samba school of his community, Estação Primeira de Mangueira. Over time, he became known for his passion for samba, his talent as a musician and his leadership style. He served as director of Mangueira da Manhã, the childre...

Episode 21 Marco Castrucci of Bloco Energia Download Marco is one part insurance professional, one part musician, one part lover of the outdoors, one part Cuban salsa dancer and lover of the runon sentence. Along with Nick Fabin, Marco leads Bloco Energia in Vancouver, B.C. Marco started playing Brazilian Rhythms in 2007 with Sambata, led by Paul Bray. Since 2012, he has been focused on growing th...

Episode 20 Alex Bordokas of Maracatu Mar Aberto 1:06:25 Download Alex is a cultural producer based in Toronto, and often moonlighting in Rio de Janeiro. He is the founding Artistic Director of Uma Nota Culture and has spent many years as both an artist and an independent music promoter, always focusing on music from the ‘tropical world’.  He has been at the forefront of many productions in co...

Episode 19 Michael Spiro 1:52:16 Download Michael Spiro is a world-renowned percussionist, recording artist, and educator, known specifically for his work in the Latin music field. Spiro's formal education includes a bachelor's degree with honors in Latin American Studies from the University of California, and three and a half years of graduate work in ethnomusicology at the University of Washingt...

Episode 18 Dana Monteiro of Harlem Samba 1:11:12 Download Dana Monteiro is a proud New York City public school teacher with thirteen years of experience, twelve spent at the Frederick Douglass Academy.  Monteiro has a B.S. in music education from N.Y.U., a M.A. in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University and is currently a doctoral candidate in music education at Boston Univ...

Episode 17 Carl Dixon 01:39:41 Download Versatile percussionist Carl Dixon is at home with music spanning multiple genres, continents, and instruments.  He can be found performing in concert halls, jazz clubs, dance parties, festival stages, and street parades.  Carl plays with the Brazilian music band Ginga .  As a drumset player and percussionist, he has performed/recorded with th...

Episode 16 Rio Remote with Jeremy Parker and Macapa 1:06:08 Download Jeremy Parker is a full time dad and Registered Nurse with a part time raging music addiction! He fell in love with his Brazilian wife and visited her homeland for the first time in 2004. He gravitated quickly toward Capoeira and found another new love in playing the instruments and Afro-Brazilian rhythms that he learned in the s...