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The band was born in the spring of 2002.  For the first year we rehearsed weekly but hardly had any gigs.  I think that the many rehearsals helped us to find the sound of the band.  For their commitment and focus to the music I am eternally grateful to Helio Alves, Anat Cohen, Guilherme Monteiro, and Leonardo Cioglia (who has also kept all the band music organized).  I must acknowledge the wonderful and soulful singer Maucha Adnet who has been a special guest of the quintet since the beginning.  Also my thanks to Vic Juris, Paulo Levi and Jorge Continentino who have, on many occasions, filled in on guitar and reeds.  Finally, thanks to the ‘always impeccable’ Claudio Roditi, my friend of over 40 years, for the times he has been our special guest.  Duduka Da Fonseca


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"Another band that played five times (Umbria Jazz Winter # 16) was a sextet led by drummer Duduka Da Fonseca. All the members are from Brazil (trumpeter Claudio Roditi, guitarist Guilherme Monteiro, pianist Helio Alves, bassist Leonardo Cioglia) except for the reed player whom Da Fonseca introduced as “Anat Cohen, from Tel Aviv, Brazil.”  What is special about this band’s version of “samba jazz” is that Da Fonseca’s drumming makes the samba so powerful and authentic, and world-class soloists like Alves and Roditi and Cohen light the jazz on fire."  Thomas Conrad,  All About Jazz