jeff
@jazyjef.bsky.social
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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jeff
@jazyjef.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Um Passeio No Mundo Livre
YouTube video by Chico Science - Topic
youtu.be
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
youtu.be/FaIT-WYOtms?...
‘A WALK IN THE FREE WORLD: Other Music in Brazil’
based on a Chico Science & Nação Zumbi song from 1996
youtu.be/FaIT-WYOtms?...
‘“I cannot imagine being somebody like Billy & never being able to relax with that fact…How could you ever feel like yourself?” Harrison said she believed Preston used his productivity as a shield. “You always knew something was going on with Billy…but he would never show you that side.”’
Billy Preston’s Music Was ‘Pure Joy.’ But His Life Ended in Tragedy.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
‘“I cannot imagine being somebody like Billy & never being able to relax with that fact…How could you ever feel like yourself?” Harrison said she believed Preston used his productivity as a shield. “You always knew something was going on with Billy…but he would never show you that side.”’
Three albums from 2025 in tribute to Milton Nascimento:
Brian Jackson - Of Corners & Bridges
Eddie Daniels - To Milton with Love
v/a - ReNascimento
Brian Jackson - Of Corners & Bridges
Eddie Daniels - To Milton with Love
v/a - ReNascimento
February 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Three albums from 2025 in tribute to Milton Nascimento:
Brian Jackson - Of Corners & Bridges
Eddie Daniels - To Milton with Love
v/a - ReNascimento
Brian Jackson - Of Corners & Bridges
Eddie Daniels - To Milton with Love
v/a - ReNascimento
Carnaval Salvador 🇧🇷 2.18.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Carnaval Salvador 🇧🇷 2.18.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo :: West African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and Niger 🇧🇯 🇳🇪
Albarika Store :: April 24
albarikastore.bandcamp.com/album/west-a...
Albarika Store :: April 24
albarikastore.bandcamp.com/album/west-a...
February 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo :: West African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and Niger 🇧🇯 🇳🇪
Albarika Store :: April 24
albarikastore.bandcamp.com/album/west-a...
Albarika Store :: April 24
albarikastore.bandcamp.com/album/west-a...
Salvador 🇧🇷 2.18.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Salvador 🇧🇷 2.18.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Salvador 🇧🇷 2.18.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Salvador 🇧🇷 2.18.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Quinteplus (1971) 🇦🇷
out today, first time reissue :: Vampisoul
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/quinte...
out today, first time reissue :: Vampisoul
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/quinte...
February 18, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Quinteplus (1971) 🇦🇷
out today, first time reissue :: Vampisoul
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/quinte...
out today, first time reissue :: Vampisoul
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/quinte...
Tulipa Ruiz tonight in São Paulo. One of the best singers i’ve ever heard live.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Tulipa Ruiz tonight in São Paulo. One of the best singers i’ve ever heard live.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
“He was fully dialed into the unknown. Across decades of performances and hundreds of albums at the helm of his Arkestra, Sun Ra’s compositions feel like internal monologues cast into the universe. They ask what happens when Black imagination is allowed to roam without surveillance.” Marcus J. Moore
Sun Ra and the Politics of Imagination | American Masters | PBS
How his Arkestra used cosmic jazz to convey Black possibility beyond the planet.
www.pbs.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
“He was fully dialed into the unknown. Across decades of performances and hundreds of albums at the helm of his Arkestra, Sun Ra’s compositions feel like internal monologues cast into the universe. They ask what happens when Black imagination is allowed to roam without surveillance.” Marcus J. Moore
Four new archival albums from Resonance Records, recorded live in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase:
Yusef Lateef, June 1975
Ahmad Jamal, Mar. 1976
Joe Henderson, Feb. 1978
Mal Waldron, Aug. 1979
Out April 24
resonancerecordsjazz.bandcamp.com
Yusef Lateef, June 1975
Ahmad Jamal, Mar. 1976
Joe Henderson, Feb. 1978
Mal Waldron, Aug. 1979
Out April 24
resonancerecordsjazz.bandcamp.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Four new archival albums from Resonance Records, recorded live in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase:
Yusef Lateef, June 1975
Ahmad Jamal, Mar. 1976
Joe Henderson, Feb. 1978
Mal Waldron, Aug. 1979
Out April 24
resonancerecordsjazz.bandcamp.com
Yusef Lateef, June 1975
Ahmad Jamal, Mar. 1976
Joe Henderson, Feb. 1978
Mal Waldron, Aug. 1979
Out April 24
resonancerecordsjazz.bandcamp.com
Naná Vasconcelos mural, Recife 🇧🇷 2.17.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Naná Vasconcelos mural, Recife 🇧🇷 2.17.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Carnaval Salvador 🇧🇷 2.17.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Carnaval Salvador 🇧🇷 2.17.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Reposted by jeff
recorded at a meeting of Operation Breadbasket; intro by Jesse Jackson
Walk Tall (Live From The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA/1972)
YouTube video by Cannonball Adderley - Topic
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
recorded at a meeting of Operation Breadbasket; intro by Jesse Jackson
Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi • Devotional Fade
April 24 • We Jazz Records
wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/devoti...
April 24 • We Jazz Records
wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/devoti...
February 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi • Devotional Fade
April 24 • We Jazz Records
wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/devoti...
April 24 • We Jazz Records
wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/devoti...
Nicole Mitchell was born in Syracuse, NY on this day in 1967. She turns 59 today.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Buffalo, NY, 4.21.22
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble • Xenogenesis: A Tribute to Octavia Butler
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Buffalo, NY, 4.21.22
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble • Xenogenesis: A Tribute to Octavia Butler
February 17, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Nicole Mitchell was born in Syracuse, NY on this day in 1967. She turns 59 today.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Buffalo, NY, 4.21.22
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble • Xenogenesis: A Tribute to Octavia Butler
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Buffalo, NY, 4.21.22
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble • Xenogenesis: A Tribute to Octavia Butler
Recife 🇧🇷 2.17.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Recife 🇧🇷 2.17.24
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Tulipa Ruiz, Carnaval Salvador 🇧🇷 2.17.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Tulipa Ruiz, Carnaval Salvador 🇧🇷 2.17.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Batucada Nossa Tradição, Carnaval São Paulo, 2.15.26
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A Espetacular Charanga do França today at São Paulo Carnaval
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
A Espetacular Charanga do França today at São Paulo Carnaval
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
“Key to São Paulo’s success: Venues play to the city’s broad cultural mix, constantly expanding the definition of where and what the festivities can be. Bars, parties and dining rooms designed to appeal to after-hours enthusiasts are appearing all over the city — and in unexpected places…”
São Paulo Parties On While the Rest of the World Goes to Bed
Brazil’s largest city has been named the world’s best for nightlife, with former banks transformed into bars and rooftops that turn into dance floors.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“Key to São Paulo’s success: Venues play to the city’s broad cultural mix, constantly expanding the definition of where and what the festivities can be. Bars, parties and dining rooms designed to appeal to after-hours enthusiasts are appearing all over the city — and in unexpected places…”