http://spiritofbrazil.podomatic.com/ Theres a new session by mark levine up there with michael spiro on congas etc .Available for free download .Nice stuff indeed !
Make sure to check out Don Pullen AfricanBrazilian Connection and the Moacir Santos tribute CD - what a genius! I've pasted a link below to an interview I found online given by Moacir It's an instightful look into the life and mind of this genius with humble beginnings.
INTERVIEW WITH MOACIR SANTOS (Excerpted from brazilianmusic.com) http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=104211980&blogId=323563794 Moacir Santos is without a doubt, one of the most important Brazilian music personalities' this century. His life, his music, his career, everything that his being and soul are made of, portrait the path full of danger and thorns that Afro Brazilian people have to follow in order to get their message across.