Brazilian musicians always had a crush on Brazilian-sounding big bands. Unfortunately, there's always the logistic pressure: they are overly expensive. Also, there are the commercial considerations: people usually prefer jazzy arrangements over a true Brazilian sound.
Banda Mantiqueira's
Aldeia is a happy experience of a genuinely Brazilian big-band sound. Inspired in the gafieira (a kind of ballroom in which dance and music are characteristic, swinging and virtuosic) orchestras, Naylor "Proveta"'s arrangements are truly Brazilian in their essence but are also modern, with plenty of altered chords and a cosmopolitan scent ranging from an ethereal texture to the immediate impact of the powerful rhythmic attack.