Mallavoodoo
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Mallavoodoo is a Brazilian instrumental music group formed by Thales Silveira (bass), Alexandre Bicudo (guitar), Mário Lobo (keyboards and saxophone) and Misael Barros (drums).
, when Silveira and Lobo met as students at Boston's Berklee College of Music
. They returned to Recife in 1987 to perform in the city's night clubs and play with various local musicians. In 1992, Bicudo joined the group. The trio's first name was Palldium. Later, the trio was renamed Tusch.
The band was officially founded as Mallavoodoo in 1996 in Recife
, Pernambuco
, when Perrelli joined the trio. The band's influences included rock and roll
, progressive rock
, jazz
and blues
, and its songs combined classical and electric instruments.
Initially, João Maurício served as vocalist. However, he left the group after a short time. Mallavoodoo, now a quintet, began playing at a Recife nightclub, Santório Geral.
However, the group preferred playing instrumental music and gradually included their own songs in their repertoire. Mallavoodoos four instrumentalists (Silveira, Bicudo, Lobo and Perrelli) stayed together for ten years, and recorded the band's first album, O inverno e a garça, was released in 2001. The production of this album, which cost 28,000 reais, was financed by Jayme da Fonte Hospital and Recife City Hall. A show was held to celebrate the release in Shopping Sítio da Trindade, Recife, in 2001.
In 2006, Perrelli was replaced by Barros, another very experienced musician. The group's new lineup recorded its second album in the same year, Soma. Both albums were produced by Thales Silveira and financed by Recife City Hall.
Since its inception, the band has has played in many festivals around Brazil and especially Pernambuco. Among all the events which the group performed in, the most traditional were: Recife Jazz Festival and Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns.
In both albums, Mallavoodoo sought new directions for contemporary instrumental music. Their members usually play instrumental covers
of the songs of famous bands in their shows, such as Beatles
and Deep Purple
, with no vocals. In fact, Mallavoodoo is considered one of the main instrumental music groups in Brazil's Pernambuco state.
History
The history of Mallavoodoo began in 1983 in the United StatesUnited States
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, when Silveira and Lobo met as students at Boston's Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
. They returned to Recife in 1987 to perform in the city's night clubs and play with various local musicians. In 1992, Bicudo joined the group. The trio's first name was Palldium. Later, the trio was renamed Tusch.
The band was officially founded as Mallavoodoo in 1996 in Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Pernambuco
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
, when Perrelli joined the trio. The band's influences included rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, and its songs combined classical and electric instruments.
Initially, João Maurício served as vocalist. However, he left the group after a short time. Mallavoodoo, now a quintet, began playing at a Recife nightclub, Santório Geral.
However, the group preferred playing instrumental music and gradually included their own songs in their repertoire. Mallavoodoos four instrumentalists (Silveira, Bicudo, Lobo and Perrelli) stayed together for ten years, and recorded the band's first album, O inverno e a garça, was released in 2001. The production of this album, which cost 28,000 reais, was financed by Jayme da Fonte Hospital and Recife City Hall. A show was held to celebrate the release in Shopping Sítio da Trindade, Recife, in 2001.
In 2006, Perrelli was replaced by Barros, another very experienced musician. The group's new lineup recorded its second album in the same year, Soma. Both albums were produced by Thales Silveira and financed by Recife City Hall.
Since its inception, the band has has played in many festivals around Brazil and especially Pernambuco. Among all the events which the group performed in, the most traditional were: Recife Jazz Festival and Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns.
In both albums, Mallavoodoo sought new directions for contemporary instrumental music. Their members usually play instrumental covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the songs of famous bands in their shows, such as Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
, with no vocals. In fact, Mallavoodoo is considered one of the main instrumental music groups in Brazil's Pernambuco state.