In 2023 Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, arranger and conductor Gaia Wilmer released Folia: The Music of Egberto Gismonti with a 19-piece big band, transforming the composer’s intricate, rhythmically complex piano and guitar pieces into lush, large-ensemble configurations. In 2025, she and cellist Jacques Morelenbaum teamed with a band for Trem Das Cores, recontextualizing Caetano Veloso. Gaia Wilmer’s Large Ensemble appears again on Parabolico: Reflections On Gilberto Gil Vol 1 in collaboration with vocalist Mônica Salmaso who assisted Gaia in choosing the repertoire. The music here offers sensitive orchestrations relying more on lush orchestral textures and rhythmic precision than big band dynamics. Among her participants…

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