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  One of Brazil's best proponents and keepers of the gafieira tradition (popular ballrooms historically linked to the Carioca folklore tradition of highly artistic and swinging dancing and playing) and one of the best choro players, Paulo Moura is an internationally awarded musician whose high standards make it easy for him to cross boundaries between classical and popular music, both performing and arranging in small ensembles or large symphonic orchestras.As a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger for famous Brazilian singers, he includes in his resumé works for Elis Regina, Fagner, Taiguara, Milton Nascimento, and Marisa Monte. AdMoura was born in a musical family. ericbenjaminbach'sStaff Pick!
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  At nine, Paulo started to study the piano and at 13, was already playing in his father's band at parties and balls.Moving to Rio with his family, at 18 he began his studies at the National College of Music.Completing the seven-year course in only two years, he continued his studies of theory, harmony, and counterpoint with the famous master Paulo Silva.He also studied harmony, counterpoint, and fugue with fundamental Brazilian composer/orchestrator/conductor Guerra Peixe.On the popular side, he took arrangement lessons with internationally acclaimed Brazilian saxophonist/composer/arranger Moacir Santos and with saxophonist/composer/arranger Maestro Cipó.In 1951, Moura joined Osvaldo Borba's orchestra.
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  In 1958, Moura was hired by Rádio Nacional as an orchestrator and arranger, working there for two years.Also in 1958, he recorded the LP Paulo Moura Interpreta Radamés Gnatalli (Continental), accompanied by the Radamés Gnatalli Quartet, and became the musical director for Brazilian all-stars Dolores Durán, Nora Ney, Jorge Goulart, Maria Helena Raposo, and the Conjunto Farroupilha.Touring through Soviet Union and other countries, he conducted the Symphonic Orchestra of Moscow.In 1959, he was hired as first clarinetist for the Orquestra do Teatro Nacional, working for 17 years in that position.In 1960, he joined popular conductor Severino Araújo's orchestra, touring Argentina, and recorded for Chantecler the LP Tangos e Boleros.In 1962, he recorded with Brazilian violão master Baden Powell, performed at the historic jazz/bossa nova nightclubs of Rio's Beco das Garrafas and, as an altoist, he joined Sérgio Mendes' Conjunto Bossa-Rio, performing at the historic Carnegie Hall Bossa Nova Festival.In 1964, Moura accompanied as saxophonist the great drummer Edson Machado's LP for CBS, Edson Machado é Samba Novo.In 1968, he recorded for Equipe the LP Paulo Moura Hepteto; the next year, Paulo Moura Quarteto; and in 1971, Fibra, also for Equipe.In that year, Moura toured Greece with his quartet.In 1975, he recorded in the U.S. with Brazilian guitarist Tiago de Melo.In the next year, he recorded his classic masterpiece Confusão Urbana, Suburbana e Rural, which granted him an extremely popular two-month tour throughout Japan with full press coverage.
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  In 1988, Moura conducted the Orquestra Sinfônica de Brasília, performing his own piece for percussion and orchestra commemorating the centennial of the abolition of slavery in Brazil.Since then, he has been guest conductor at a series of concerts in Porto Alegre, Salvador, and Espirito Santo.In 1992, he wrote the piece "Suíte Carioca" for jazz rhythm section, symphonic orchestra, and children's choir.Also in that year, he was awarded as Best Soloist at Moscow's Mozart Festival.In 1996, he arranged all of the music and performed the clarinet and saxes at the Os Batutas' show Pixinguinha at Teatro Carlos Gomes (Rio).
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  In this performance recorded in Genoa, Italy, Paulo talks about an idea, or a dream he had about a meeting between Pixinguinha and Duke Ellington in heaven.Theirs is a dialogue in which each one expresses his ideas through sound.Here the terrestrial interpreters of this celestial encounter are Paulo Moura and Cliff Korman.
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  The result is luscious medley in which Paulo and Cliff not only translate, but develop a common musical language that crosses the equator and spans the two Americas.
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  4. Paulo speaks5. Ellington-Pixinguinha medley 6. Paulo speaks7. Saudade do Paulo
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  Paulo Moura , Soprano Saxophone

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  In this performance recorded in Genoa, Italy, Paulo talks about an idea, or a dream he had about a meeting between Pixinguinha and Duke Ellington in heaven.Theirs is a dialogue in which each one expresses his ideas through sound.Here the terrestrial interpreters of this celestial encounter are Paulo Moura and Cliff Korman.
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  The result is luscious medley in which Paulo and Cliff not only translate, but develop a common musical language that crosses the equator and spans the two Americas.
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  4. Paulo speaks5. Ellington-Pixinguinha medley 6. Paulo speaks7. Saudade do Paulo
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  Paulo Moura , Soprano Saxophone

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  In this performance recorded in Genoa, Italy, Paulo talks about an idea, or a dream he had about a meeting between Pixinguinha and Duke Ellington in heaven. Theirs is a dialogue in which each one expresses his ideas through sound. Here the terrestrial interpreters of this celestial encounter are Paulo Moura and Cliff Korman.
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  The result is luscious medley in which Paulo and Cliff not only translate, but develop a common musical language that crosses the equator and spans the two Americas.
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  4. Paulo speaks 5. Ellington-Pixinguinha medley 6. Paulo speaks 7. Saudade do Paulo
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  Paulo Moura - Soprano Saxophone

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  In this performance recorded in Genoa, Italy, Paulo talks about an idea, or a dream he had about a meeting between Pixinguinha and Duke Ellington in heaven. Theirs is a dialogue in which each one expresses his ideas through sound. Here the terrestrial interpreters of this celestial encounter are Paulo Moura and Cliff Korman.
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  The result is luscious medley in which Paulo and Cliff not only translate, but develop a common musical language that crosses the equator and spans the two Americas.
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  4. Paulo speaks 5. Ellington-Pixinguinha medley 6. Paulo speaks 7. Saudade do Paulo
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  Paulo Moura - Soprano Saxophone

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  Paulo Moura initiated his career in the era of big band, jazz and samba-canção, which preceded the arrival of the Bossa Nova, and has been responsible for the re-emergence of the "choro" style in Rio.Throughout his life he has actively promoted the musical education of Brazilian children and the furtherance of Afro Brazilian culture.Mr. Moura is a legend of MPB as a performer, arranger and composer, as well as a highly respected classical clarinetist.Among his many responsibilities he holds the positions of director of the Museu da Imagem e do Som in RJ.

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  So, I went to work at Roquete Pinto Radio (Governmental Radio), where I produced and presented, together with the great musician and conductor Paulo Moura, a program called "Formaberta" (Openform) concerning music from XX Century however we talked mainly about jazz, passion shared for both of us.

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  Wagner Tiso is an internationally renowned musician whose achievements include a having a solid impact on the rise of major singer Milton Nascimento, an extensive set of composed soundtracks for movies, a solo discography comprising 28 albums, and performances with jazz giants such as Edison Machado, Paulo Moura, Ron Carter, Johnny Alf, and many others.
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  With the renowned clarinetist/conductor Paulo Moura, he worked from 1965 to 1967 in a profitable association where he learned that music could also be instrumentally played without vocal support.In 1967, he wrote the musical arrangement for the opening of the major Carioca showroom Canecão, for a Maysa Matarazzo show directed by Paulo Moura.As an accompanist, he worked in this period for several top singers, such as Cauby Peixoto and Marcos Valle.In 1969, he joined the Som Imaginário, a group dedicated to accompany Milton Nascimento in recording sessions and live performances.In that year, he performed extensively abroad, in Athens, Greece, and Montreux, Switzerland.
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  The same series brought Wagner Tiso e Paulo Moura (1996).

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  The saxophonist Paulo Moura is one of the few Brasilian musicians of note to be associated with the classic 60s period of bossa nova and Brasilian groove who also had a recording career pre-bossa.In the late 50s Moura was recording in a straight jazz style for the Brasilian RCA label.Both the artwork and the arrangements of his albums had more than a nod towards the West Coast jazz movement that so influenced the early creators of what became the bossa nova in Brasil.These records featured arrangements of jazz standards like ‘East of the Sun' and ‘Tenderly' by fellow ‘jazzophiles' Moacir Santos and Cipó.
  
  Paulo Moura was already a musician of some stature in Brasil by the time that the bossa nova phenomenon occurred, and, as such, was in a prime position to take part in the new experimental groups that were mixing bossa nova with the sound of American jazz from the 60s, such as Os Gatos and Os Catedráticos.Moura played with Sergio Mendes in a group that did exactly that and was part of the famous Cannonball Adderley Sextet in NY.
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  With a band that included the young pianist Wagner Tiso, fresh from Minas Gerais and the group Sambalanço, (later so instrumental in the career of Milton Nascimento) and the drummer Paschoal Meirelles (known to fusion fans as founder of Cama de Gato in the late 70s), Moura is in his element.
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  Long before my first trip to Brasil, I'd written down the name of Paulo Moura in a little notebook that I carried everywhere in which I would write down the names of musicians who had most impressed me and whom I most wanted to meet in person.I can still remember my first contact with his music.It was in Stockholm, in Sweden, just as I was preparing to leave the country.My baggage was already too heavy and I had resolved not to buy any more records.But I couldn't resist the temptation.As I passed in front of a record store I heard a version of ‘Blues Walk' - irresistible, animated, happy and full of warmth - in bossa nova time.I went in and bought the album, which had been released under Herbie Mann's name.The American flautist had had the good taste to record with Sergio Mendes and Paulo Moura, amongst others.
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  Paulo Moura possesses the necessary love and respect for his sax to allow him to the extract from his instrument the most sonorous beauty.The release of this recording in which Paulo Moura once again proves his musical talents also helps to fill a void in this series of Brasilian recordings.
  
  The music contained in this album shows an artist in possession of a rare ability to develop a style of his own, one that can be immediately identified as such.
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  It's under this title that I would attempt to define the music of Paulo Moura, which here uses essentially Brasilian rhythms (that swing in a highly contagious nature!) along with Brasilian themes (with one exception: Charlie Parker's ‘Yardbird Suite' - a beautiful adaptation), leaving ample room for improvisation - something which Moura practices with a real ingenuity and a solid sense of melodic construction.
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  It's under this title that I would attempt to define the music of Paulo Moura, which here uses essentially Brasilian rhythms (that swing in a highly contagious nature!) along with Brasilian themes (with one exception: Charlie Parker's ‘Yardbird Suite' - a beautiful adaptation), leaving ample room for improvisation - something which Moura practices with a real ingenuity and a solid sense of melodic construction.

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