Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Voyage Band Playing on New Year’s Eve

Along with fellow Brazilians, Romero Lubambo and Duduka da Fonseca, Nilson founded Trio da Paz: one of the foremost Brazilian Jazz groups in the world. The trio has recorded five CDs; Brazil from the Inside, Black Orpheus, Partido Out, Café and Somewhere. Their third release, Partido Out, won the Jazz Journalists Association Award for “The Best Brazilian Jazz Album of the Year in 2002.

In 2003 and 2004, Matta recorded 2 CDs with the virtuoso cellist Yo Yo Ma “Obrigado Brasil” Grammy award 2003 and “Live at Zankel Hall” (Carnegie Hall) also a Grammy award 2004. In September 2006, Nilson Matta released a CD for Blue Toucan Music, ”Nilson Matta & Friends “Walking With My Bass” It’s an autobiography project with a wide range of guests. Among them are Joao Bosco, Ivan Lins, Kenny Barron, Harry Allen, Rosa Passos, Robertinho Silva, Mauricio Einhorn, Joyce, Helio Alves and others.