Collection of screen captures from Rio shoots.

Sunrise over the Beach in Copa, after a night of meeting incredible people with Daniel Lobo. We sat on the beach until late in the morning Rob with guitar, Jim with pandero, and surrounded by new friends. For a moment we recreated history on those beaches.

Fishing ship washed ashore.

This ship sat on the beach for a few days, it was an incredible sight.

The chandelier which hung above a Portuguese style venue. The building was an old shipping warehouse, about 4 stories tall, each level was designed with rustic style furnishing, finally a small courtyard on the top.

A band from the northern part of Brazil provided the music for the evening, as people of all ages danced and celebrated to a saints day.

View from the 3rd level, was a magical evening.

During a Bossa Nova jam on the beach, Rob and Jim joined the musicians and played a collection of Brazilian and American favorites.

Daniel Lobo, our Director of Photography, plays an enormous quica made out of a tree trunk. It comes from Africa, and resembles the sound of the Jungle. In the courtyard of Maracatu drumming school.

Jim meets with Bolao, an incredible Samba bateria player. He literally wrote the book on how to transfer Samba onto the drum kit. There will be a video series coming soon from Bolao!

Our team with the keeper of Bip Bip. A small cultural hub a block away from the beach of Copa. The history of this place in connection with Bossa made this night one of the best of the trip.

Roberto inside Simente, a small club in Lapa.

Zé Paulo Becker, with Bernardo Aguiar in Simente.

Daniel Jobim grandson of Tom, showing Rob a Jobim song book after a small jam in the studio in his family house.

World class Pandero player and friend, Bernardo Magic, showing us the salt hill. This was the center market for the slave trade in Rio Dijenero, and the location of the start of the Samba movement.

The Pig House! Originally a place for prostitution it is now a music and artistic complex, surrounded by small venues all sharing one space.

Alexandre Garnizé percussion teacher, player and leader. He is a legend, brought us to see his band Abayomy Afro Beat, at the Pig House.

Trumpet solo during Fela Kuti's Zombie.

Abayomy Afro Beat horn section still. They blasted off that night.

3 different shoots in one night. Tired but thrilled. Our last night in Rio.

Another incredible Brazillian musician, at a Beach Cafe on the Copa sidewalk.

Roge playing in the Lagoa area in Rio. These next are screen stills from the live video edit.

Saúde!

Bossa Nova & Samba

Since we have been in Brazil we have been asking locals about Bossa Nova and how it is received today, we have gotten some mixed responses. It seems that the Bossa Nova from the 50's & 60's is dead. However, most musicians believe that the movement is something that lives on in the soul and without it the culture of Brazil would not be what it is today. Obviously it was important and is still alive in some ways. We met a very important samba player named Bolao who talked about Bossa Nova from a "sambistas" perspective. In his mind Bossa Nova drumming did not impact the evolution of samba on the drum set. He did mention that Bossa Nova changed the way the guitar is played by giving it that samba "batida" or beat but that this rhythm was already being played by samba players on a cavaquinho, which is a four stringed instrument kind of like a ukulele. Since a guitar has six strings the chords that were involved in Bossa Nova were important to the style. It became a mix between American jazz chords/harmonics and a Brazilian samba beat. Bolao believes the best way to hear Bossa Nova is instrumentally or with just a guitarist/singer. Bolao has been instrumental himself in the evolution of the drum set. He has been developing new ways of adapting the samba school rhythms onto the drum set. His use of the the double bass pedal is singular. He has written a book whose english translation read the privlage of playing the the samba or batucada. If you have time please check him out online Oscar Bolao. If you have any comments or input on the subject feel free to throw in some comments. THANK YOU

Roberto