Name: April Child - Jovino Santos Neto & Vittor Santos by Jovino Santos Neto 1 in Jovino Santos Neto
Duration: 6 min 38 s
Description: Composed by Moacir Santos, arranged by Vittor Santos

Jovino Santos Neto

JSN plays Ary Barroso's slow samba "Na Batucada da Vida". Track from the CD "Adventure Music Piano Masters Vol. 4". Find more at www.jovisan.net/music.html

Na Batucada Da Vida

Joyce Moreno on voice and Jovino Santos Neto on piano interpret a Brazilian gem by Edu Lobo and Vinícius de Moraes. From Jovino's CD "Veja o Som" ("See the Sound") on Adventure Music and www.jovisan.net

Canção Do Amanhecer

Title track from the Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto's first recording, released in 1997 on Liquid City Records. Featuring Jovino on piano, flute and accordion, Hans Teuber on saxes and flutes, Chuck Deardorf on bass, Mark Ivester on drums and special guest Airto Moreira on percussion. The introduction contains a blend of ambient sounds recorded on a street market in Rio de Janeiro and at the Pike Place Market in Seattle.

Caboclo

Composition dedicated to my first grandson, Lucas José dos Santos. Recorded live on the day after his birth (September 22, 2012) at the Lopez Center, Lopez Island, WA. Chuck Deardorf, acoustic bass guitar; Jovino Santos Neto, piano

Pitoco

by Pixinguinha. From the double CD "Veja o Som" (See the Sound) released on Adventure Music. To purchase the CD, please visit iTunes, Amazon or http://www.jovisan.net/music.html

Jovino Santos Neto & Danilo Brito - Gloria

Composed by Moacir Santos, arranged by Vittor Santos

April Child - Jovino Santos Neto & Vittor Santos

Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian musicians working today. Currently based in Seattle, Washington, he has throughout his career been closely affiliated with the Brazilian master Hermeto Pascoal.  He was an integral part of Pascoal's group from 1977 to1992, where he fine-tuned his artistry, performing around the world and co-producing several legendary records.  
Jovino’s personal style is a creative blend of energetic grooves, deep harmonies, telepathic improvisation, lyrical melodies and great ensemble playing, always inspired and informed by the colorful richness of Brazilian music. His compositions include samba, choro, baião, xote, forró, marcha and many more styles, rooted in centuries-old musical tradition while pointing to new and adventurous harmonic languages. 
Currently, Jovino leads his Seattle-based Quinteto and teaches piano and composition at Cornish College of the Arts. He can also be heard around the world as a piano soloist, working with symphony orchestras, jazz big bands, chamber music groups, and in collaboration with musicians such as his mentor Hermeto Pascoal, Bill Frisell, Paquito d’Rivera, Airto Moreira, Claudio Roditi, David Sanchez, Joe Locke, Marco Granados and many more.
Since moving to the US from his native Rio de Janeiro in 1993, Jovino Santos Neto has continued to tour the world and to record prolifically.  He has recorded multiple CDs with his Seattle-based Quinteto, including Canto do Rio, nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004. In 2006 Adventure Music released Roda Carioca with an all-Brazilian lineup including Joyce, Hermeto Pascoal and several other notable musicians and long time colleagues, earning him a second Latin Grammy nomination. In 2007, after receiving a special commission from Brazil’s Petrobras, Jovino composed and recorded Alma do Nordeste, a musical journey translating the essence of Northeastern Brazil into melodies, rhythms and improvisations – connecting regional, universal, imaginary and real stories. In 2008 he released a piano duo with Weber Iago, Live at Caramoor, also nominated for a Latin Grammy award in 2009. In 2010 Veja o Som (See the Sound) was released, a double disc collection of duos with musicians such as Bill Frisell, Joe Locke, Paquito d’Rivera, Anat Cohen, João Donato, Airto Moreira, Joyce, Paula Morelenbaum and Monica Salmaso, among others. In 2011 Adventure Music released Corrente (Current) featuring his Quinteto performing all new original music. Jovino’s latest recording is a solo piano recording, Vol. 4 of Adventure Music’s Piano Master Series.
Jovino’s compositions have been performed by the Seattle Symphony, NDR Big Band in Hamburg and by numerous jazz and chamber music groups. Jovino gives lectures, clinics and master classes worldwide on a variety of musical topics. 
Jovino has received commissions by the Cheswatyr Foundation, IAJE, ASCAP, CMA/Doris Duke Foundation, Jack Straw Foundation, the City of Seattle, 4Culture, Artist Trust and Meet the Composer. He has been artist in residence at some of the most prestigious music schools in the world. In 2012 he was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame and his Quinteto won as Best Northwest Acoustic Group in the Golden Ear Awards by Earshot Jazz. He also was awarded an Artist Trust Fellowship in Music in 2012.

For more information and contact, please visit Jovino’s website at www.jovisan.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.


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