Instrumental music from Brazil

February 22, 2017 2:12 AM

Programa Instrumental SESC Brasil is an on-going series of videos (each ca. 50-55 minutes long) on YouTube of live performances of Brazilian instrumental music, much of it more-or-less jazz-tinged. See for example: veteran percussionist Wilson das Neves leading a 14-piece band; or accordionist Renato Borghetti (with Arthur Bonilla on guitar), a virtuoso exponent of gaucho music; or Drummer Vera Figueiredo & her trio, joined part-way through their set by the trombonist Bocato; or guitarist Renata Montanari & her quartet; or São Paulo pianist Louise Woolley & 12-piece band; or the funk outfit Black Mantra… but that merely scratches the surface: there are dozens of other fine performances to be found.

SESC, by the way, is, ‘a Brazilian non-profit private institution [which] is Brazil’s leading institution in arts financing.’

posted by misteraitch (5 comments total)

Super duper mega tangential, but, I'd previously heard of SESC in relation to one of my favorite buildings, the SESC Pompéia by the incomparable Lina Bo Bardi.
posted by signal at 5:12 AM on February 22, 2017

These are wonderful. Many thanks for posting these, misteraitch!
posted by carter at 8:55 AM on February 22, 2017

SESC Spotify profile.
posted by Keith Talent at 9:06 AM on February 22, 2017

This is a great thing to share!
posted by mightshould at 6:05 PM on February 22, 2017

I like this very much, misteraitch. Thanks!
posted by On the Corner at 12:05 AM on March 2, 2017