Gato Barbieri
Leandro 'Gato' Barbieri (1932-2016) was born in Rosario, Argentina, into a musical family. His uncle was a saxophonist, his brother...
Leandro 'Gato' Barbieri (1932-2016) was born in Rosario, Argentina, into a musical family. His uncle was a saxophonist, his brother...
Naná Vasconcelos (1944-2016) is a percussionist who was a favourite collaborator of a number of ECM recording artists, including Pat...
Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson (1914-1941) was born in Georgetown, in what was then British Guiana. He attended Queen's College in Georgetown...
Lalo Schifrin (born 1932) is best known today for his film soundtracks, in particular the memorable 'Mission Impossible' theme, written...
Multi-instrumentalist Hugo Fattoruso (born 1943) was a South American pop star before becoming a key figure in the development of...
Hermeto Pascoal (born 1936) was born in Lagoa da Canoa, a small muncipality near the Atlantic coast, which was still...
Alex Acuña (born 1945) was born in the town of Pativilca in central Peru. His father was a music teacher,...
Frank Holder (1925-2017) was born in Bridgetown, Guyana and sang as a child at church socials and also when he...
Flora Purim (born 1942) was born in Rio de Janeiro. She studeied piano and guitar, and then percussion with Airto...
Paloma Efron (1912-1977) was Argentina's first professional jazz singer, but is better remembered as a leading broadcast journalist. She grew...