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Bixiga 70 – Ilha Vizinha

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Who says a jazz band can’t play dance music? Bixiga 70 was one of my favorite musical discoveries this year — I really dig the horn section’s sound and the many-layered grooves underneath them. Their fourth album, Quebra Cabeça, dropped in October.

Bixiga 70 draws their name from the Bixiga neighborhood of central São Paulo. On the band’s website, baritone saxophonist Cuca Ferreira details the sources of their sound:

From the very beginning, what we have always had in common is African-Brazilian music. Some of us come from Candomblé, others from jazz, reggae, dub, everything. The whole idea of the band has been to take all these different elements that form us, from Africa and Brazil, and create a hybrid from them.

If you enjoyed this cut, you can catch their full Cultura Livre appearance here.

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Prince – It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night

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We'll wrap up the Summer Mix preview. Get yourself a copy here.

Here's an AMAZING cut of this track that is still available for some reason. Seriously funky stuff here with an spectacular performance from everyone involved. I would die (figuratively) to have been able to see this tour.


1987

(Liiiitle bit NSFW due to, err... "suggestive" dancing and some pretty skimpy costumes)

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