Dudu Tucci
Encyclopedia
Dudu Tucci is a Brazil
ian percussionist, singer and composer
.
Dudu Tucci grew up in a family with a musical background, and was already playing drums at very young age at umbanda
-ceremonies. He studied classical percussion
, flute
and musicology
at Brooklin Paulista Conservatory in São Paulo. After that he traveled throughout South-America to study Latin American music
.
In 1978, he was invited to play in the symphonic orchestra in his home town. At the same time he met the well-known Brazilian dancer Ismael Ivo and both opened the "Experimental Black Dance Group".
After a cooperation with Arrigo Barnabé
, Tucci was invited to the JazzFest Berlin
, and has been living in Berlin since then.
As a composer he mixes traditional Brazilian music with modern influences. He also works as a producer. Besides his CD production he is best known as a teacher of Brazilian music in Germany, Great Britain and all over the European continent.
Together with the dancer Murah Soares he is the leader of the Bloco Afoxé Loni
.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian percussionist, singer and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Dudu Tucci grew up in a family with a musical background, and was already playing drums at very young age at umbanda
Umbanda
Umbanda is an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends African religions with Catholicism, Spiritism and Kardecism, and considerable indigenous lore....
-ceremonies. He studied classical percussion
Classical percussion
Orchestral percussion are percussion instruments used in orchestras mainly in classical music and related styles. The term can also refer to the department or study of performance on said instruments at a music school or conservatory...
, flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
and musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
at Brooklin Paulista Conservatory in São Paulo. After that he traveled throughout South-America to study Latin American music
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
.
In 1978, he was invited to play in the symphonic orchestra in his home town. At the same time he met the well-known Brazilian dancer Ismael Ivo and both opened the "Experimental Black Dance Group".
After a cooperation with Arrigo Barnabé
Arrigo Barnabé
Arrigo Barnabé is a Brazilian musician and actor. His best-known record is perhaps the critically acclaimed "Clara Crocodilo". His music is best known for having a heavily experimental approach, in which the author uses dodecaphonism and atonalism as main principles of composition...
, Tucci was invited to the JazzFest Berlin
JazzFest Berlin
JazzFest Berlin is a jazz festival based in Berlin, Germany. Originally called the "Berliner Jazztage" , it was founded in 1964 in West Berlin by the Berliner Festspiele. It is considered one of the world's premier jazz festivals...
, and has been living in Berlin since then.
As a composer he mixes traditional Brazilian music with modern influences. He also works as a producer. Besides his CD production he is best known as a teacher of Brazilian music in Germany, Great Britain and all over the European continent.
Together with the dancer Murah Soares he is the leader of the Bloco Afoxé Loni
Afoxé Loni
Afoxé Loni is a Brazilian-German musical group from Berlin under the direction of Dudu Tucci and Murah Soares .Afoxé Loni was founded in 1996 and takes part since then at the Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, leading the parade....
.
Discography
- Oduduá (1990)
- Obátimalê (1992)
- Orishás (1994, CandombléCandombléCandomblé is an African-originated or Afro-Brazilian religion, practised chiefly in Brazil by the "povo de santo" . It originated in the cities of Salvador, the capital of Bahia and Cachoeira, at the time one of the main commercial crossroads for the distribution of products and slave trade to...
-music) - Native Dreamer (1995)
- Tribal World (1995)
- Afoxé Loni (2002)
- Inaê (2004)
- Amacy (2005, UmbandaUmbandaUmbanda is an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends African religions with Catholicism, Spiritism and Kardecism, and considerable indigenous lore....
-music) - Nadador (2006)
Books
- Samba und Sambistas in Brasilien. With Tiago de Oliveira Pinto. Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1992. (in German)