Culture: Brazilians waxing lyrical on stage at the MAC; Peter Bacon's Jazz Diary.(Features) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: February 9, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Peter Bacon

There's a fairly good argument that Rio de Janeiro has been just as influential upon modern jazz as New Orleans.

While the link is not always as strong as Stan Getz's groundbreaking recordings with Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, it's a rare jazz group, whether playing on the concert stage or in a pub back room that won't, at some point, play a bossa or samba rhythm in among the straight swing.

The sounds of Brazil will ...