Paulo Moura (15 July 1932 – 12 July 2010) was a Brazilian

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ist and

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. Born in

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, where his father was the maestro of a marching band and encouraged his son to train as a tailor, Paulo instead studied in the National Music School and performed with the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. He was the first black artist to become first clarinetist in the Municipal Theatre Orchestra. He appeared at Bossa Nova night at

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in 1962 with

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, the two of them also featuring on

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...

's 1962 album, ''

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as one of the top 10 recommendations of the year for 1998. From 1997 to 1999, he was on the State Council of Culture in

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, a Councillor of the Federal Council of Music, and President of the Museum Foundation of Image and Sound. In 2000, Moura became the first Brazilian instrumentalist to win the Latin

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. Moura died of

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three days before his 78th birthday. In his last informal musical gathering happened on July 10, 2010, and included

David Feldman (musician) David Feldman (born 20 December 1977, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-Israeli Jazz and Bossa Nova pianist, arranger, producer, composer and sound-engineer. Early life David Feldman was born in a family of classical and early-music musicians. He ...

, :pt:Daniela Spielmann, :pt:Marcello Gonçalves, :pt:Gabriel Moura, :pt:Humberto Araujo and :pt:Wagner Tiso. He was married to Halina Grynberg and had two sons, Pedro and Domingos.

Discography

* ''Moto Perpétuo''. Chantecler, 1956. * ''Sweet Sax''. RCA Victor, 1957. * ''Escolha e Dance com Paulo Moura''. Sinter Discos, 1959. * ''Paulo Moura Interpreta Radamés Gnatalli''. Continental, 1960. * ''Tangos e Boleros''. Chantecler, 1962. * ''

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*''

Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann ''Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann'' (subtitled ''Recorded in Rio de Janeiro with the Greatest Bossa Nova Players'') is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1962 for the Atlantic label.Latin Fever ''Latin Fever'' is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1964.

'' (1962), with

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* ''Paulo Moura e Hecteto: Mensagem''. Equipe, 1968. * ''Paulo Moura e Quarteto''. Equipe, 1969. * ''Paulo Moura e Hecteto: Fibra''. Equipe, 1970. * ''Pilantocracia''. Equipe, 1971. * ''Confusão Urbana, Suburbana e Rural''. RCA Victor, 1976. * ''Concertão''. Kuarup, 1981. * ''Paulo Moura e

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''. Odeon, 1983. * ''Mistura e Manda''. Kuarup, 1984. * ''Paulo Moura e Clara Sverner: Vou Vivendo''. Kuarup, 1986. * ''Paulo Moura e Clara Sverner: Vou Vivendo''. Odeon, 1986. * ''Gafieira Etc. e Tal''. Kuarup, 1986. * ''Paulo Moura e Clara Sverner Interpretam Pixinguinha''. CBS, 1988. * ''Quarteto Negro: Paulo Moura, Jorge Degas, Zezé Mota e Djalma Corrêa''. Kuarup, 1988. * ''Paulo Moura Interpreta Dorival Caymmi''. Chorus, 1991. * ''Rio Nocturne''. Messidor, 1992. * ''Dois Irmãos: Paulo Moura e

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''.

Milestone Records Milestone Records is an American jazz record company and label founded in 1966 by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was bought by Fantasy Records in 1972. Since then, it has produced LP reissues (including items from Ke ...

, 1992. * ''Paulo Moura e Wagner Tiso''. Tom Brasil, 1996. * ''Paulo Moura e Os Batutas''. Rob Digital, 1997. Winner of the 2000 Latin Grammy. * ''Mood Ingenuo: Paulo Moura and Cliff Korman duo''. Jazzheads, 1999. * ''Paulo Moura visita Jobim e Gershwin''. Pau Brasil, 2000. * ''K-Ximblues''. Rob Digital, 2002. * ''Estação Leopoldina''. MecBR, 2003. * ''El Negro del blanco''. Biscoito Fino, 2004. * ''Fruto Maduro'' with André Sachs, Biscoito Fino 2012

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moura, Paulo 1932 births 2010 deaths People from São José do Rio Preto Brazilian saxophonists Male saxophonists Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian clarinetists Deaths from lymphoma Grammy Award winners Milestone Records artists 20th-century saxophonists