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Airto Airto Moreira was born in 1941 in the small village of Itaiopolis -
south Brasil, and was raised in Curitiba. By the time he was six years
old he had won many music contests by singing and playing percussion..In
1965 he met the singer Flora Purim in Rio de Janeiro. Flora moved to
the USA in 1967 and Airto followed her shortly after. When in New York
Airto began playing bassist Walter Booker. It was through Booker that
Airto began playing with the greats - Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan,
Paul Desmond and Joe Zawinul, to name a few. Zawignul recommended Airto
to Miles Davis for a recording session in 1970 for the “Bitches
Brew” album. Davis then invited Airto to join his group, which
included such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Jack De Johnette,
Chick Corea and later John McLaughlin and Keith Jarrett. He remained
with Miles for two years, and appears on such releases as “Live/Evil”,
“Live at the Fillmore”, “On the Corner”, “The
Isle of Wight”, “Bitches Brew” and later releases
including the “Fillmore Sessions”. |
Dudu
Tucci Dudu Tucci was born in Sao Paulo in 1955. He was born
into a musical family and started drumming as a young boy in the Umbanda
ceremonies. After leaving school he studied percussion, flute and
musicology. From 1976 he travelled extensively throughout Latin America
where he discovered diverse ethnic music traditions with a profound
spirituality that has influenced him ever since. |
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