Brighten Sagging
INTERNATIONAL Carlos, Xuxa And Jazz Brighten Sagging Brazilian Scene By Christopher Pickard - RIO DE JANEIRO The Free Jazz Springsteen, Sting and Peter Gabriel, Festival, which, more than any other due to arrive for a Sao Paulo concert even, is responsible for the promo- on October 12. tion and sales of jazz-oriented al- The depressed record market, bums in Brazil, is slated to take place which has been badly hit by the - September 1 6 in Rio de Janeiro and return of rampant inflation in Brazil September 6 - 11 in Sao Paulo. of close to 1% a day, has received a The festival, a guaranteed sell-out, much needed boost from the release has helped introduce many new acts of a live album by Roberto Carlos and to Brazil, thanks to the massive atten- a fourth children's album by Brazil's ^tion the event, now in its fourth year, hottest star, Xuxa Meneghel. BEAUTIFUL NOISE - Noiseworks’ sdfHtled album on CBS Records ^attracts. has achieved yetanotl^ Roberto Carlos Live shipped 500,000 milestone by being accredited double platinum by the Australian Record Industry Association ^ Past festivals have introduced the units for CBS, while The band is pictured with manager Xuxa shipped Michael Brooming and Denis Handlin, Mana^im EHrec^ ^ikes of Art Blakey, Larry Carlton, 800.000 for Som Livre, with a further tor of CBS Records Australia. Chick Corea, Gil Evans, Philip Glass, 200.000 going to the stores in the two Stanley J ordan, the Manhattan Trans- weeks following its release. hr, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Mc- Xuxa has replaced Roberto Carlos ^reirin, Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, in the last two years as Brazil's spyro Gyra and Sarah Vaughan to largest-selling artist.
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