Videos of Live Jazz and Brazilian Music Performances

August 17, 2007 12:17 PM

An excellent video collection of live performances of jazz and Brazilian musicfrom Youtube user Pedro Mendes. Including such artists as Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Derek Bailey, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Miles Davis and many, many more. Plus a host of Brazilian musicians I had never heard of before, but are quite excellent, such as Édison Machado, Dom Um Romão, Hermeto Pascoal, Elis Regina and Maria Bethania.
posted by Kattullus (7 comments total)

Wow—Bill Evans, Mal Waldron, Matthew Shipp, Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell (who I'm listening to right now)—what a treasure trove! Many thanks for the post.
posted by languagehat at 1:26 PM on August 17, 2007

Lots to see, and lately my musical tastes have been waxing Brazilian.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 1:26 PM on August 17, 2007

Wow, what a collection. Among all the others you name, I quickly spotted one of my favorite musical duos: Airto Moreira e Flora Purim, yay.

Also, several vintage Rahsaan Roland Kirk clips I will have to go post in the recent RRK thread - they could well be overlooked, listed under "Rahssand."

Thank you so much, Kattullus - if I could favorite this post multiple times, I would!
posted by madamjujujive at 2:07 PM on August 17, 2007

i don't feel like i'm getting value for my $5 here.

/brain-exploding sarcasm

watching egberto gismonte over here...
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:28 PM on August 17, 2007

Hey, Kattullus, this is indeed a fine collection. And I'm gonna follow mjj's lead and cross-post here as well, with a link to my recent Hermeto Pascual post. The more music the merrier!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:21 PM on August 17, 2007

Bookmarked! What a great collection. Who has the time and dedication to do this? Well, this guy, whoever he is. ANY post with Rahsaan and Sun Ra has me on my knees.
posted by kozad at 7:44 PM on August 17, 2007

Kattullus, this was a great find. Thanks for sharing. Thanks to everyone else for the additional links.

kuujjuarapik, your comment, whether intentional or not, cracked me the hell up. Now I can't stop thinking of waxing Brazilian.
posted by sleepy pete at 11:25 AM on August 18, 2007