Well, “it’s Tuesday” and “here’s some bossa nova”, anyway- this isn’t a regular feature or anything. Here’s a variety of poppy 60’s stuff, starting with one of my favorite things from the vocal group Quarteto […]
Category: bossa nova
Airto: 1983 Modern Drummer interview
Here’s part of another great Modern Drummer interview, from 1983, with Airto, the famous Brazilian drummer and percussionist. As always, I’ve excerpted the parts that are most important to me, and the headings are mine. […]
Method book round up: Brazilian drumming
As some of you may have noticed, I’ve been thinking a lot about Samba of late. And as my friend Blake Thomas, an expert cuica (not to mention caixa and zbumba) player has loaned me […]