Vitor Assis Brasil

[Durium]

VITOR ASSIS BRASIL

Vitor Assis Brasil, a great saxophone player, who lived and studied jazz music in the States for years, who plays his music founded in both cultures, without any concessions to its values (Leonard Feathers)

Vitor Assis Brasil: A Forgotten Alto Saxophone Player

Keep swinging

Durium

Edited December 28, 2008 by Durium

[seeline]

He used two different spellings for his first name. Many of his recordings were done with the alternate spelling: Victor. I know that probably seems like a minor point at best, but it's very helpful if you're searching for his recordings.

He also doubled on soprano, and is survived by his brother, pianist João Carlos Assis Brasil.

Here's a link to his bio. on the AllBrazilianMusic site.

Edited December 28, 2008 by seeline

[Dave James]

A video clip from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zbPWUkj_os...feature=related

Interesting. iTunes has a couple of his albums available if you'd like to hear more.

Up over and out.

Edited December 28, 2008 by Dave James

[Guest Bill Barton]

Ah, a name that jogs the memory banks. As I recall, we had a copy of his Ao Vivo album at WRUV-FM back in the mid-1970s when I started doing radio. If memory serves it was very nice.

[Niko]

got Trajeto last year (guess it still is available cheaply, another whatmusic.com reissue) and was also highly impressed with his playing, especially the trio version of round midnight... (iirc it's also claudio roditi's first session, 1968)...

Edited December 28, 2008 by Niko