
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.