The Washington Post, July 26th, 1989
It would be easy to attribute the two sellout crowds that guitarist Baden Powell drew to Blues Alley last night to the resurgent popularity of Brazilian music. But Powell's music defies categorization, embracing as it does everything from baroque to jazz and bossa nova styles. His opening set was typically diverse. Original pieces, such as "Vento Vadio" and "Choro em Menor," as well as tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim and other South American composers, frequently combined percussive rhythms with unusually seductive melodies. Indeed, Powell's right-hand technique, its seemingly effor...
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