Paulo Moura was the saxophone and clarinet of Brazilian music. From a family of musicians, Moura studied orchestration with the great Moacir Santos, later becoming an outstanding arranger and orchestrator.
His work covers the entire spectrum of music, from popular dance music (gafieira), jazz, classical music ... At 19 he debuted with the National Symphony playing the Weber clarinet concerto.
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Apart from his own albums, Moura is present in some of the classic Brazilian jazz recordings: É samba novo (Edison Machado), O LP (Os Cobras), Embalo (Ténorio Jr.) ... In 88 he released his Concerto da Abolição with the Brasilia Symphony, on the centenary of the abolition of slavery.
Today's list starts with two songs from his 59 album with the group of maestro Radamés Gnattali, the first of which was to haunt Gato Barbieri when he “composed” the song for Último tango in Paris . There are duets with the American pianist Cliff Korman, with the guitarists Raphael Rabello and Armandinho, and tributes to Pixinguinha who was, throughout his life, his great inspiration.
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