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Currently writing ‘A Walk in the Free World: Other Music in Brazil’ • Sonny Rollins Bridge Project https://sonnyrollinsbridge.net/ • urban planner • https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/arts/music/brazil-jazz-music.html?smid=url-share
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The book i’m writing has a new proposed title:

‘A WALK IN THE FREE WORLD: Other Music in Brazil’

based on a Chico Science & Nação Zumbi song from 1996

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Um Passeio No Mundo Livre
YouTube video by Chico Science - Topic
youtu.be
John McLaughlin was born in Doncaster, England on this day in 1942. He turns 84 today.
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 AM
On this day in 1956, Alex & Nels Cline were born in Los Angeles. The identical twins turn 70 today.

📸 Mike Watt, Culver City, CA, October 15, 2025
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Lô Borges tribute in the skies of Belo Horizonte on New Years

h/t somdemario on IG
January 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Ben Allison Quartet: 100th Birthday Tribute to Herbie Nichols, Brooklyn, NY, 1.3.19 📸 Jeff Caltabiano
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
James Carter was born in Detroit on this day in 1969. He turns 57 today.

📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Syracuse, NY, 6.22.23
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
So Delbert Bennett plays trumpet on 3 songs from Tom Waits’s debut album. Plays mute beautifully (if imperfectly) on the final title track “Closing Time” & then, as far as i can tell, is never heard from on record again.
Tom Waits - "Closing Time"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
In 2025, Brazil became the second-largest live concert market, behind only the United States
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Travessa Tim Maia, São Paulo 🇧🇷 1.1.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
January 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
CODONA live in New York, 1984

COllin Walcott, DOn Cherry, NAná Vasconcelos
CODONA live in New York (1984)
YouTube video by Pedro Mari Martín (NoArtista)
youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It’s the centennial year of Miles & Coltrane

📸 Ted Williams, 1960
January 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Chris Potter was born in Chicago on this day in 1971. He turns 55 today.

📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Vienna, Austria, 8.12.19 (Gilad Hekselman, Ferenc Nemeth, Chris Potter)
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
In this difficult year, i wrote a lot. i don’t know if any of it will see print, but i wrote about drums & dance; bridges & corners; place & memory; life & death. The hardest thing i wrote was abt my Ma, who taught me how to write. My guide is gone, but i’ll continue to write for her in every word.
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery, Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery (Montreux 1972)
YouTube video by 6MickTravis9
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
new single from Filhos, a duo of Guilherme Granado (Exploding Star Orchestra, São Paulo Underground) & Bruno Abdala (Alphayatch) 🇧🇷
Filhos Avó III
YouTube video by Filhos Band
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Some songs from 2025 i dug
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December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
2025 albums i listened to the most
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Ghost Parades, by Guilherme Granado Goat Unity
9 track album
label.keroxen.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This miserable year can fuck right off.
Right Off (take 12)
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
MAM São Paulo, 12.30.22
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Digmanybeats & Vários Artistas • Digmanybeats Studio, Vol. 3 🇧🇷

57 artists, 303 loops, feat. Rodrigo Brandão, Lum, Rodrigo Ogi, & many others

digmanybeats.bandcamp.com/album/digman...
December 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Video compilation of the 18th anniversary celebration of the label/producer DESMONTA with Sarine, Kiko Dinucci, MNTH + Juçara Marçal + Yantra, Mau Schramm, Giorgia Tolaini & Crizin da ZO during October 2025 🇧🇷
18 anos de Desmonta com Sarine, Kiko Dinucci, MNTH + Juçara Marçal + Yantra + Crizin da ZO.
YouTube video by desmonta _
youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
December 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NYC - a rare chance to see the great AVA ROCHA, one of the strongest voices in modern 🇧🇷

And it’s free!
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The day Pelé died, São Paulo 🇧🇷 12.29.22
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
December 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Music wins again. “After examining the data, they found that both soft and joyful music had the best effects, with soft music reducing instances of motion sickness by 56.7 percent and joyful music by 57.3 percent. These were followed by passionate and sad music”
This Type of Music Can Cut Motion Sickness in Half, According to Science
Hate getting carsick? A new study says the right playlist could be the cure, with two kinds of music shown to cut motion sickness symptoms by more than half.
www.travelandleisure.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Luke Stewart, Chad Taylor, Aymeric Avice • Deep in the Earth High in the Sky

February 6 • RogueArt

rogueart1.bandcamp.com/album/deep-i...
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM