The
musicians from the berliner
"scene" were very
important for me, like the
tasteful bass player Guilherme
Castro ( A swinging
and very tight one- I've learned
a lot of music with him ), Tobias
Langguth ( he showed
me how to play with the
sevenths!!! A good guitar player,
he gives a special attention to
the melodic line ),
the phillipine from Hong Kong Lito Tabora ( Freak and
great piano player! ), the
pianist Jörg Behr ( very deep
and nice playing, I've heard a
lot of “modern piano”
with him ), |
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Frank
Lüdecke ( A great
sax! Very popy and very jazzy...
A blast on my first CD ),
Topo Gioia ( an
upper-class percussionist, tight
and imaginative. He allways has
good ideas for grooves ) and Zito
Ferreira, drummer
from Angola full of swing and a
good friend.
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With
the troup from “Fulano”
( Berrê, Abrão and
Romário ), I dared to
play like
"samba-baixaria"
( A typical samba
walking-bass-line, played
with an acoustic guitar
with a seventh string - I
have always had a good
feeling playing with them
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Other
important musicians were
the vanguard composer Chico
Mello, (
guitar player and a good
friend ),
the American drummer
Michael
Clifton (
with whom I learned a lot
of jazz. ( He was like
the standard American
jazz drummer in Berlim ), |
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| Walther
Gauchel ( The
berliner Coltrane! ), and
the harmonica player (
living in the EUA ) Hendrik
Meurkens (
no comments needed ). |
And
of course,  Dudu
Tucci, a
fascinating percussion
player. ( Check his
conga-playing in the tune
Dugu Dadagu Dudu from the
CD Mazy Tales! ). |
There
is also Eudinho
Soares, a
fine guitar player living
in Berlin, who played
bass in Mazy
Tales,
the Brazilian singer Anastácia who
took part of Cumdengu Da
on the same CD,
Darcy
Seixas,
trombone player and
drummer who has been
playing with the
legendary Banda Black
Rio.
( I think, he's living in
the USA ) and the great
percussion player, friend
and another great
personality from the
berliner scene, Edel
Luis,
the Doctor Samba, to whom
I wrote the The Doctor's
Samba from the CD Mazy
Tales
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my second CD ( Lust,
Comics & some
other Dreams) we
also had
Till Brönner on
flugelhorn ( at that time
a highly gifted trumpet
player, today a jazz star
), Rolo
Rodriguez, a
very requested Uruguayan
drummer in Berlin, Earl
Bostic,
American bass player also
living in Germany and Ronnie
Stevenson,a
drummer,
who
recorded a lot of
big-band records in the
60's. |
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It
was always a big pleasure
to listen to the guitar
from Giorgio
Crobu, an
italian blend of Joe
Pass, George Benson and
Wes Montgomery. Just my
three favorite guitar
players! It is a pity
that Giorgio and I have
never had the possibility
of making something
together.
I
should also mention the
production from Andreas
Hommelsheim,
who taught me a lot about
studio and musical
production and the great
support from Fritz
Stiefenhofer.
Without him I had would
never have carried out my
first CD. |
I
should also mention Marcelo
Bomfim,
flute player in Teatro
Municipal in Rio and a
great friend who lived in
Berlin and encouraged me
to become a composer.
And, last but not least, Tibau
Lucas,
singer and percussion
player ( probably living
in France ). Without this
guy I would never have
given everything up to
devote myself to the
music. |
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 I am a guitar player,
but I consider myself firstly a
composer. I stopped playing live
in 1993, and decided to devote
myself tocomposition. I try to
keep special attention to the
melodic line and I use to work
singing . I need to hum a new
melody a lot, before I decide to
write it down...
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I
have a strong tendency to use the
 scheme. Not all the
tunes, of course. But I feel a
special attraction for this kind
of musical form. For me it will
always be the most perfect form
of popular music. That's typical
for jazz-lovers ( always to keep
a good phrase to go into the
improvisation of the bridge... )
:-)
I
think music should be firstly, a
pleasure. That's what it is, for
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It
was a big satisfaction when my
first CD “Sounds of
Watercolors” reached in 91
the american jazzcharts... A
small production which spread out
in the USA and was well played in
american jazz broadcasting. The
cover of the album in America
read "An
enchanting blend of traditional
and contemporary jazz with a
distinctly brazilian feel”,
and a lot of reviews endorsed it.
The CD came quickly to Heavy
Rotation on a lot of jazz radios,
and reached Gavin Report's top 40
and first place in many cities.
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