Sebastião Tapajós
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Sebastião Tapajós is a Brazil
ian guitarist
and composer
from Santarém
(Pará
).
He started playing guitar with his father when he was nine years old, and studied it in the Conservatório de Lisboa and in the Instituto de Cultura Hispânica de Madrid.
He played with many famous MPB
artists like Hermeto Pascoal
, Zimbo Trio
, Waldir Azevedo, Paulo Moura
, Sivuca
, Gerry Mulligan
, Ástor Piazzolla
, Oscar Peterson
, Paquito D'Rivera
, Maurício Einhorn and Joel do Bandolim.
In 1998 he composed the soundtrack for the paraense (Pará
-born) feature length
film Lendas Amazônicas.
Nowadays Tapajós is a well-known musician in Europe
, where he played countless times during the last decade, particularly in Germany
. He has recorded more than 50 albums.
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 guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
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...
from Santarém
Santarém, Portugal
Santarém is a city in the Santarém Municipality in Portugal. The city itself has a population of 28,760 and the entire municipality has 64,124 inhabitants.It is the capital of Santarém District....
(Pará
Pará
Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...
).
He started playing guitar with his father when he was nine years old, and studied it in the Conservatório de Lisboa and in the Instituto de Cultura Hispânica de Madrid.
He played with many famous MPB
Música Popular Brasileira
Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...
artists like Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is a greatly beloved musical figure in the history of Brazilian music, known for his abilities at orchestration and improvisation, as well as being a record producer and...
, Zimbo Trio
Zimbo Trio
The Zimbo Trio is a Brazilian instrumental ensemble, established in 1964 in São Paulo, and originally comprising Amilton Godoy , Luís Chaves and Rubinho Barsotti...
, Waldir Azevedo, Paulo Moura
Paulo Moura
Paulo Moura was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist....
, Sivuca
Sivuca
Severino Dias de Oliveirawas a Brazilian accordionist and guitarist.In addition to in his home state of Paraíba, in Recife, and in Rio de Janeiro,...
, Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also...
, Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
, Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
, Paquito D'Rivera
Paquito D'Rivera
Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin...
, Maurício Einhorn and Joel do Bandolim.
In 1998 he composed the soundtrack for the paraense (Pará
Pará
Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...
-born) feature length
Feature length
Feature length is motion picture terminology referring to the length of a feature film. According to the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a feature length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes to be eligible for an Academy Award.The term may also...
film Lendas Amazônicas.
Nowadays Tapajós is a well-known musician in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, where he played countless times during the last decade, particularly in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He has recorded more than 50 albums.
Discography
- 1963 Apresentando Sebastião Tapajós E Seu Conjunto
- 1968 O Violão É... Tapajós
- 1976 Guitarra Fantástica
- 1979 Violão & Amigos
- 1982 Guitarra Criolla
- 1982 Zimbo Convida Sebastião Tapajós
- 1984 Maurício Einhorn & Sebastião Tapajós
- 1986 Visões Do Nordeste
- 1986 Painel
- 1987 Villa-Lobos
- 1988 Lado A Lado - Gilson Peranzzetta e Sebastião Tapajós
- 1989 Terra Brasis
- 1989 Brasilidade - Sebastião Tapajós e João Cortez
- 1990 Reflections - Gilson Peranzzetta E Sebastião Tapajós
- 1993 Instrumental No Ccbb - Sebastião Tapajós, Gilson Peranzzetta, Maurício Einhorn e Paulinho Nogueira
- 1997 Amazônia Brasileira - Sebastião Tapajós e Nilson Chaves
- 1997 Ontem E Sempre
- 1997 Afinidades - Sebastião Tapajós e Gilson Peranzzetta
- 1998 Da Minha Terra - Jane Duboc e Sebastião Tapajós
- 2000 Acorde Violão