Brazilian Jazz Quartet Explained

Brazilian Jazz Quartet
Origin:	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Genre:	MPB, jazz
Years Active:	1958
Label:	Columbia Records
Current Members:	José Ferreira Godinho Filho "Casé" Moacyr Peixoto Rubens Alberto Barsotti (Rubinho) Luiz Chaves

The Brazilian Jazz Quartet was an underground Brazilian jazz quartet from the late 1950s featuring Moacyr Peixoto (piano), José Ferreira Godinho Filho "Casé" (alto sax), Rubens Alberto Barsotti "Rubinho" (drums) e Luiz Chaves Oliveira da Paz "Luiz Chaves" (bass).^[1]

History

The Brazilian Jazz Quartet was an underground Brazilian jazz quartet from the late 1950s featuring Moacyr Peixoto)^[2] (Piano), José Ferreira Godinho Filho "Casé"^{[3] [4]} (Alto Sax), Rubens Alberto Barsotti "Rubinho"^[5] (Drums), and Luiz Chaves Oliveira da Paz "Luiz Chaves" (Bass).^[6] As a matter of fact, this group should be considered as a sort of embryo of the legendary Zimbo Trio.^{[7] [8]}

The band released one album in 1958, called Coffee and Jazz^{[9] [10]}

Discography

• Coffee and Jazz (Columbia Records, 1958)

Notes and References

1. http://saxofonistacase.blogspot.com/2009/04/capitulo-14.html Casé: como toca esse rapaz!, Capítulo 14
2. http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/moacir-peixoto/dados-artisticos Dados Artísticos de Moacir Peixoto
3. http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/case/dados-artisticos Dados Artísticos de Casé
4. http://saxofonistacase.blogspot.com Biografia de Casé in blog
5. http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/rubinho-barsotti/dados-artisticos Dados Artísticos de Rubinho Barsotti
6. http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/luis-chaves/dados-artisticos Dados Artísticos de Luiz Chavez
7. http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/zimbo-trio/dados-artisticos Dados Artísticos de Zimbo Trio
8. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/zimbo-trio-p26048 Biography of Zimbo Trio
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=NGn0AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Brazilian+Jazz+Quartet%22 Enciclopédia da música brasileira: erudita, folclórica, popular. Volume 2. Art Editora, 1977, p. 599
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=0pxGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Brazilian+Jazz+Quartet%22 Jazz records, 1942-1965: a discography. Volume 2. K. E. Knudsen, 1970, p. 63