At the end of May, I caught guitarist Roni Ben-Hur at New York's Birdland. He was backing the legendary Brazilian composer and singer-pianist Marcos Valle. Roni's bossa nova was beautiful, so much so that I'm sure most people in the audience assumed he was from Rio. During intermission, I had a chance to chat with Roni, after which he he pressed a copy …
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