Edison Machado & Boa Nova, by Edison Machado

Edison Machado & Boa Nova

by Edison Machado

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Strange Celestial Road One of the most rewarding samba jazz listens anyone could hope to find. I'd place this right there with the two Meirelles & Os Copa 5 releases from the 60s in that this too combines insane musicianship (CHOPS for days!) with lyricism and accessibility. Outstanding release. Favorite track: Constelação.

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4.	A Chegada 06:18	buy track
5.	Para Ana 07:11	buy track
6.	Pra Nova 04:01	buy track
7.	Constelação 04:48	buy track
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After facing persecution under Brazil's military dictatorship and being forced to sell his drum kit in 1976, Machado found renewed creative purpose in New York with the Boa Nova ensemble. The resulting album captures the essence of his genius - sophisticated yet wild, controlled yet daring, leading an ensemble of some of the best jazz, samba and bossa nova players of the day.

At just fifteen years old, Machado revolutionized Brazilian music through an accident that would change everything - when his snare drum broke during a performance, he began playing samba rhythms on the cymbal. This innovation, known as "samba no prato" (samba on the cymbals), brought new layers of dynamism to samba and proved instrumental in the development of bossa nova alongside contemporaries like Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto.

A complex and passionate figure, Machado was notorious for his militant perfectionism and "attacking" style of drumming. Having spent some years of his youth in the Brazilian army, musicians often remarked that he played as if he were at war. But his innovative style, while exhibiting complete control and sophistication, somehow so often danced right on the edge of chaos and wild abandon.

After making his name in Rio's legendary Beco das Garrafas (Bottles Alley) in the 1950s and early '60s, Machado went on to form Bossa Três - the world's first instrumental bossa nova group. His influence spread internationally through collaborations with Stan Getz, Sergio Mendes, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, and Chet Baker, while his 1964 album Edison Machado É Samba Novo stands as a masterpiece of Brazilian jazz.

At 80 minutes in length, Edison Machado & Boa Nova, the lost 1978 New York sessions, is a singular achievement in Brazilian jazz. The format itself is a rarity in the canon. It’s packed full of exceptional technical precision and creative vitality, with sophisticated arrangements and masterful improvisation from its exceptional sextet of Brazilian and US musicians: Paulinho Trompete (flugelhorn/trumpet), Ion Muniz (tenor saxophone), Steve Sacks (baritone saxophone), Mozar Terra (piano), and Ricardo dos Santos (double bass).

The album features unheard compositions by Brazilian masters Dom Salvador (Salvador Trio, Harry Belafonte, Edu Lobo), Guilherme Vergueiro (Raul De Souza, Leon Ware, Joyce), Aloisio Aguiar (Arthur Verocai, Airto) amidst the plethora of captivating original material by the members of the Boa Nova ensemble.

Edison Machado & Boa Nova releases on double vinyl LP, CD and digitally on the 28th March 2025, via Far Out Recordings

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released March 28, 2025

Paulo Roberto de Oliveira – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Steve Sacks – Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
Ion Muniz – Tenor Saxophone
Mozar Terra – Piano
Ricardo dos Santos – Double Bass
Edison Machado – Drums

Produced by Jack Tafoya
Recorded in New York between January and March 1978
Mastered by Caspar Sutton Jones @ Gearbox Records
Design by Alessandro Renaldin
Art direction & Liner notes: Josh Tautz

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Edison Machado Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Edison Machado was a revolutionary Brazilian drummer who transformed samba and was instrumental in the development of bossa nova with his pioneering "samba no prato" (samba on the cymbals) technique. Shaping the sounds of Jobim, Getz, and Nascimento, before being Imprisoned under Brazil’s dictatorship, he found new creative life in NYC. His genius remains a cornerstone of Brazilian jazz. ... more

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