When the term “Brazilian jazz” arises, one might think of bossa nova, or Sergio Mendes (its most popular purveyor), and stop there. But there’s a world beyond those sunny instrumentals and bright vocals, where artists like Hermeto Pascoal, João Donato and Leny Andrade show that Brazilian jazz can be funky, soulful and esoteric. The origins of Brazilian jazz are often traced to the late 1950s, to the advent of bossa nova by the composers Donato and Antônio Carlos Jobim. Thanks to the contributors below, a mix of musicians, writers and scholars, we get to hear Brazilian jazz beyond the gravitational pull of bossa nova and samba, from its height in the ’60s to the present day. Traces of bossa nova and samba emerge, but these selections also take fusion, ambient and psychedelia into account.

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Persons: Sergio Mendes, Hermeto, João Donato, Leny Andrade, Donato, Antônio Carlos Jobim, ”, Astrud Gilberto, Quincy Jones, Herbie Mann, Dave Brubeck, you’ll, they’re, ◆ ◆, Jeff Caltabiano, São, cornetist Rob Mazurek, Paulo, Takara, Guilherme Granado, Granado, Mazurek, Richard Ribeiro Organizations: Takara, YouTube Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Brazil