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PAULO
BELLINATI
Born
in São Paulo in 1950, Paulo Bellinati is one of Brazil's
most accomplished contemporary guitarists. He studied classical
guitar with Isaias Sávio and graduated from the Conservatory
Dramático e Musical of São Paulo. From 1975
to 1980, Bellinati lived in Switzerland, continuing his musical
studies at the Conservatory of Geneva and teaching at the
Conservatory of Lausanne. He also performed with his own group
in many European jazz festivals including the Montreux Jazz
Festival.
Bellinati's
active international career has taken him to Europe, Asia,
and the Americas. Besides performing solo concerts and giving
master classes in many international guitar festivals, he
also tours with the American bassist Steve Swallow, the Brazilian
singer Mônica Salmaso, the Brazilian flutist Antonio
Carrasqueira, and some top European musicians including Renaud
Garcia-Fons, Jean-Louis Matinier, Lucilla Galeazzi, and Antonio
Placer. He has both recorded and performed with these and
other important artists including Carla Bley, Gal Costa, Leila
Pinheiro, João Bosco, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Edu Lobo,
Chico Buarque, and Pau Brasil group. In 1994, he won the prestigious
Prêmio Sharp, Brazil's equivalent of a Grammy, for arranging
the selections on Gal Costa's CD "O Sorriso do Gato de
Alice".
Aside
from being a performer and arranger, Bellinati is also a respected
musical scholar. He rediscovered, transcribed and recorded
the music of the great Brazilian guitarist-composer Annibal
Augusto Sardinha (Garoto).
His
landmark recording "The Guitar Works of Garoto"
and two-volume edition of Garoto's works have received international
critical acclaim and recognition for their historical significance.
The CD also received a 5-star rating from CD Review.
"The
music of Paulo Bellinati is absolutely stimulating. I find
myself listening to his records many times in a row. They
are inspiring and moving in clear directions. Above all, they
are Brazilian."
- Egberto Gismonti
"Paulo
is a master of the guitar."
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
HARVEY
WAINAPEL
Saxophonist/clarinetist
Harvey Wainapel (pronounced "wine-apple") has performed
with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson,
Ray Charles and Johnny Coles. Besides working with these and
numerous other leaders, Wainapel has toured extensively under
his own name. He has performed in 20 countries, appearing
in clubs, jazz festivals, radio/television broadcasts, and
music workshops.
Wainapel's
heavy involvement with the music of Brazil has led to performances
with masters of the genre such as Guinga, Dori Caymmi, Hermeto
Pascoal, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, Filó Machado,
Jovino Santos Neto, Itiberê Zwarg (Orquestra Familia),
Sérgio Santos, Nelson Ayres, Laércio de Freitas
and Manfredo Fest.
Wainapel's
latest CD, The Hang, received a glowing 4-star review from
Down Beat magazine, and features pianist Kenny Barron, bassist
Larry Grenadier, trumpeter Phil Grenadier, and drummer Kenny
Wollesen. His previous release, Ambrosia: The Music of Kenny
Barron, was recorded with Holland's 60-piece Metropole Orchestra.
A Jazziz Magazine review of Ambrosia says the CD "offers
a better case for concert-hall jazz than many a 'Jazz at Lincoln
Center' affair." Wainapel's first release, At Home/On
the Road, recorded live on tour in Europe, was described by
Cadence as "music that can be played again and again;
a clear winner."
A
favorite of critics, musicians and fans, Wainapel was nominated
for two BAMMY (Bay Area Music) Awards: Outstanding Reed Player
and Outstanding Jazz Musician. (The short list of fellow nominees
included Joe Henderson, Peter Apfelbaum and Charlie Hunter.)
"Wainapel
plays with the performance attitude which for me is what jazz
and improvisation is all about. It's a pleasure to listen
to Harvey's soulful interpretations."
- Joe Lovano
(Wainapel
is) "a musician with his own unique and deep sound."
- Jazz Life (Japan)
"Wainapel
is one of the most promising and versatile players of his
generation."
- All Music Guide To Jazz" (1998)
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