lest all that film leave a viewer famished, the festival throws a traditional brazilian feijoada on the middle saturday of its proceedings, specifically to keep all appetites whet.

the rio jazz festival - one of january's cultural landmarks - is a free, city-wide jazz festival sponsored by the secretary of culture for rio de janeiro state.

the 15-day long festival was co-sponsored by música no museu and the museu de arte moderna and featured luminaries of the latin american jazz scene such as grupo corda, augusto mattoso and hamleto stamato.

the festival moved from its previous venue at the sala balden powell to engage with a younger and more active citizenry, beyond the jazz traditionalists who made up much of the attendees during the first editions.