Full Description
In New York City during the first decades of the new millennium, over two hundred professional musicians play music that combines jazz with Brazilian genres. Blending American and Brazilian music, these musicians continue the legacies of bossa nova, samba jazz, and other styles, while expanding their skills, cultural understandings, and identities.
SamBop NYC explores Brazilian jazz in New York City--the music, musicians, cultural issues, and jazz industry. It draws on interviews with over fifty musicians active between the years 2000 and 2020, featuring experts like Eliane Elias, Dom Salvador, Eumir Deodato, Maúcha Adnet, Vinícius Cantuária, Luciana Souza, Duduka Da Fonseca, Romero Lubambo, Anat Cohen, and Cidinho Teixeira. The book provides a new framework to interpret the mutual developments of musicianship, intercultural competencies, and affinities with Brazil and the U.S.
To understand the imbalanced demographic diversity among musicians, the book analyses nationality, race, class, and gender among the musicians, as well as their instrumentation and professional dynamics. Navigating these social, cultural, and capitalist forces, the musicians in this book have applied their natural talents, determination, family support, and decades of hard work to pursue their artistic interests and career goals, to audience delight.
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "New York Brazilian Jazz"
Chapter 1: "Paying Dues" and "Carrying Flags": Demographic Diversity and Inequities among Musicians
Chapter 2: SamBop, Brazuca, and Transnational Polymusicalities
Chapter 3: "Bossa Nova York": Popularity, Singers, and Anxieties
Chapter 4: Samba Jazz at Carnegie Hall: Genre Fusion in Instrumental Music
Chapter 5: From CDs to Covid-19: Professional Agency in Volatile Industries
List of Interviews
Selected Discography
Bibliography
Index
