Gidal, Marc - SamBop NYC

Draws on original interviews with more than fifty professional musicians active in New York's jazz scene who play Brazilian-jazz fusions
• Features new insights from Eliane Elias, Dom Salvador, Eumir Deodato, Maucha Adnet, Vinicius Cantuaria, Luciana Souza, Romero Lubambo, and Anat Cohen
• Offers a new interdisciplinary framework for understanding music, competency, and international identity

Written for general readers and scholars alike, SamBop NYC explores Brazilian jazz in New York City--the music, musicians, cultural issues, and jazz industry. 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. The book draws on interviews with over fifty musicians, including Eliane Elias, Dom Salvador, Eumir Deodato, Maucha Adnet, Vinicius Cantuaria, Luciana Souza, Romero Lubambo, and Anat Cohen.