Recorded in New York City in early 1978 but never released, Edison Machado & Boa

Nova captures a pivotal figure in Brazilian music history at the height of his artistic

powers.

Combining North and South American jazz traditions with Machado's revolutionary

samba innovations, Edison Machado & Boa Nova represents a triumph against the

odds. After facing persecution under Brazil's military dictatorship and being forced to

sell his drum kit in 1976, Machado found renewed creative purpose in New York with

the Boa Nova ensemble. The resulting album captures the essence of his genius -

sophisticated yet wild, controlled yet daring, leading an ensemble of some of the best

jazz, samba and bossa nova players of the day.

A complex and passionate figure, Machado was notorious for his militant

perfectionism and "attacking" style of drumming. Having spent some years of his

youth in the Brazilian army, musicians often remarked that he played as if he were at

war. But his innovative style, while exhibiting complete control and sophistication,

somehow so often danced right on the edge of chaos and wild abandon.

After making his name in Rio's legendary Beco das Garrafas (Bottles Alley) in the

1950s and early '60s, Machado went on to form Bossa Tres - the world's frst

instrumental bossa nova group. His influence spread internationally through

collaborations with Stan Getz, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton

Nascimento, and Chet Baker, while his 1964 album Edison Machado E Samba

Novo stands as a masterpiece of Brazilian jazz.

At 80 minutes in length, Edison Machado & Boa Nova , the lost 1978 New York

sessions, is a singular achievement in Brazilian jazz. The format itself is a rarity in the

canon. It's packed full of exceptional technical precision and creative vitality, with

sophisticated arrangements and masterful improvisation from its exceptional sextet

of Brazilian and US musicians: Paulinho Trompete (fugelhorn/ trumpet), Ion Muniz

(tenor saxophone), Steve Sacks (baritone saxophone), Mozar Terra (piano), and

Ricardo dos Santos (double bass).