Need an escape from the gloom and doom of global politics? How about a hit of Brazilian world-jazz of the “sal, sol, sul” variety? Ella & The Bossa Beat‘s Amare might be the ticket. For an idea of the ethos, consider a few of the titles: “Mais que um Verão” (More than a Summer), “Areia” (Sand), “Amanhecer” (Dawning), “Summer Rain,” “Amare.” Salt, sun, south, and of course, love…
On their fourth project together, the father-daughter songwriting team of Orlando-based Brazilian singer-pianist Ella Blu and drummer-percussionist Magrus Borges offers a dreamy album of original music recorded in Italy in collaboration with São Paulo-born Milan-based songwriter and singer-guitarist Toco (Tomaz Di Cunto). Blu, who counts Orlando’s…