João Erbetta

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Joao Erbetta Trio: experimental "Latin Americana" hits NY "One of the newest and most interesting players to hit the scene", Dan Forte, Vintage Guitar Magazine. Brazilian guitar player and composer Joao Erbetta promotes a cool instrumental mix of Twang with Frevo, Country with Latin and Jazz with Ciranda. His groovy compositions are an innovative mix of "Latin Americana", building a bridge between the best of surf and country music with a spirit of Brazilian/Latin twist that make his musical roots. In his last CD, "The L.A. Sessions", Erbetta gave a "vintage" sound approach to his compositions. This was possible by recording live with equipment from the 1950's at Pete Curry's (Los Straightjackets) studio in Los Angeles. The production is his third instrumental work and the first recorded in the U.S. Tunes like "Viva Waimea" feel like a Summer on the beach, an Elvis Presley movie with a feet in Waimea Bay. "The Dog and the Squirrel" is inspired in the nervous interaction between a friend's dog and the electric squirrels that live in D.C., where Erbetta lived since 2006 before moving to Brooklyn in 2009. "Tico-tico no Fuba", a classic Brazilian tune immortalized by Hollywood's Carmen Miranda in the 40's, gained here a surf music touch, and pays tradition to it's composer, Zequinha de Abreu, who comes from the Sao Paulo countryside as Erbetta's family. Others are balads like "Oil Man", which sounds like a funeral song for a very greedy man. In the past few months, t

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Coisa Mais Linda Season 1 (Original Music from the Netflix Series)

Coisa Mais Linda: Season 1 (Music from the Original Netflix Series)

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Gaia

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O Acre Existe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack )

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Pra Esquecer da Solidão

EP - Entre o Sonho e o Som

Guitar Bizarre, Vol. 1

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Like Wine

Guitar Bizarre vol. 1

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Changes

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Los Angeles

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Pra Decorar Meu Coração

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