Sergio Pereira - Nu Brasil (CD)

On 'Nu Brasil' (='Naked Brazil'), guitarist Pereira takes his crew of 18 sidemen on an exhilarating Samba Jazz journey.There's a certain something inherent in the music of Brazil that goes well beyond the notes and speaks more of the soul of a culture. Like the music of New Orleans, where the feel for an authentic second line rhythm grows out of the pace, the food, the flavor of the Crescent City, the persuasive rhythms of bossa nova and samba are ingrained in the hearts and souls of musicians from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. For guitarist-composer Sergio Pereira, that feeling is deeply imbedded in his DNA and emerges through his distinctive comping patterns.'I learned by growing up listening to samba rhythms and playing Brazilian percussion at a local school of samba,' says the 59-year Rio native and longtime resident of New York City. 'Since I was a kid I have been always playing samba rhythm, making that 'batucada' rhythm with my hands and fingers at school until my teachers would