Edinho Gerber | 7-string guitar
Nando Duarte | 7-string guitar
Catia Lund | Vocal & Percussion
Ami Molinelli | Percussion

Roots of Samba album release with Ami Molinelli featuring Brazilian guitar all-stars Nando Duarte and Edinho Gerber and Catia Lund on Vocals

In 2026, our ears instantly recognize Duo Violão Plus One’s rhythms, harmonies, and textures as the sounds of instrumental, classically structured, melodically rich choro and vocal, folkloric, rhythmically intensive samba. The band’s repertoire on Raízes do Choro e Samba, however, stretches back more than a century: to the time when these sounds were still new and developing in tandem.

Samba and Brazilian jazz reinterpreted