On this edition I explore the very fruitful and hot-blooded relationship of Brazilian Music and Jazz, which reaches back to the stunning collaboration between Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto and is still strong, adventurous and colourful in our modern time. You can hear musical declaration of love to both genres by Stefano Bollani, Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Oscar Castro-Neves, Milton Banana, Uri Caine, Hamilton de Holanda, Eddie Daniels, Egberto Gismonti, Charlie Haden and others. So come on in and So danco Samba, so danco Samba ......
TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE is live on air on CRC102.9fm and on www.crcfm.ie every Thursday 8-9 pm with a repeat on Saturday 9-10 pm. And there is a podcast of the show available on the web site all through the week. The show has established itself over the years with a small but devoted listenership (even beyond Jazz-fans) and since the introduction on internet the listenership extended nationally and internationally.
