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Jazzmineiro
The first group and the most critically acclaimed of
Paulinho's project, Jazzmineiro is a six plus musicians group dedicated to
traditional and contemporary Brazilian Jazz.
The name Jazzmineiro
comes from a combination of two words: Jazz,
that besides the obvious meaning, it also means in the country side of Brazil
any group of musicians; as a slang for Band, and Mineiro, is the
given name to all people that come from my estate, Minas Gerais. Also, phonetically, the word
Jazzmineiro
means Jasmine bush, a flower very
common in my estate.
| "Though some ensembles impersonate
Brazilian idioms, Garcia's group defines them. The intricate cross-rhythms
they play, the delicately insinuating phrases they produce, and the softly
undulating texture they create represents Brazilian music in its purest
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Howard
Reich, Jazz critic. "Chicago Tribune"
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Paulinho Garcia and Grazyna Auguscik
"Two voices meant for each other"
FRAGILE is a perfect example of contemporary Brazilian jazz at its
finest. The singing is crisp, fresh, innovative. Garcia and Auguscik are
the ideal Brazilian singing duo, and FRAGILE captures their sound
perfectly! Excellent!
Reviewed by: Lee Prosser for Jazz at a glance.
Dois no Choro
"Dois No Choro"
emerged from Julie's love for Choro music and Paulinho's dedication to
the music of his native country, This intertwining of Flute, Voice and
Guitar elicits the sensations of a warm Rio de Janeiro night.
Dois no Choro recorded a simple and meaningful work that should
attract anyone interested in good music, plain and simple.
~ Javier Antonio Quiñones Ortiz
All about jazz review.
Two for Brazil
| Like destiny, Two For
Brazil started from a tribute concert for two of Brazilian music greatest names:
Antonio
Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz. |
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Chicago Cultural Center's
Peter McDowell
called on Paulinho to play a tribute to Jobim and on Greg to play a tribute to
Getz whose birthdays are very close. Even though they have never played together
the concert went very well and the idea of recording and performing together was
a natural consequence. The name Two For Brazil came from the fact that most
Brazilian music is written in 2/4 and that we are a duo dedicated to Brazilian
musical format.
"The artful, gently-swinging duo
of Chicago-based Greg Fishman (sax) and Paulinho Garcia (guitar, vocals—aka
Two for Brazil—doing Jobim and jazz standards with class and swing. "O
Grande Amor." Indeed."
Judith schlesinger - Jazz critic-the Jazz cruise on the
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