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Paulinho Garcia
World touring, Brazilian born and Chicago based musician. Paulinho ought to be considered a Chicago treasure ...Howard Reich|chicago tribune.
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Paulinho Garcia
Born in Belo Horizonte (capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil) Paulinho began his musical career at
the age of nine as a singer in a Sunday children's program in his city's principal radio
station, Radio Inconfidencia. In his teens, he performed as a house musician in all musical
programs of the Radio network, Guarany--TV Itacolomy. He led his own band, Os
Agitadores, and with them recorded his first two albums.
Until his arrival in the U.S. in 1979, Paulinho composed, arranged, produced, and
performed jingles for HP Studios. Four of his commercials received national awards.
Having moved to Chicago, he performed and recorded two albums with the band Made in
Brazil. In 1991 he founded his own band, Jazzmineiro, whose eponymous 1996 CD
received excellent reviews in the Chicago Tribune, Jazziz magazine, the Brazilian Music
Review, and The Brazilians.
Paulinho was the recipient of the Best jazz entertainer award for the year 2001 by the
Chicago Music Awards. His new recording Homage, released in Tokyo on September
2002, was chosen as the best vocal CD in Japan for 2002 and was among the best 20
overall.
Paulinho has performed in many cities throughout the U.S. and abroad, touring Japan for
six months with Made in Brazil. In 2000 and 2001 he toured Poland, Prague and Bratislava
with singer Grazyna Auguscik. Paulinho also performed with saxophonist Greg Fishman
(his partner in Two for Brazil). In 2001 they performed at the North Sea jazz festival in the
Netherlands, the Singapore jazz festival and at the Holland American jazz cruise. In 2002
they performed in Hong Kong and Bangkok and most recently at the Fujitsu Concord jazz
festival throughout various cities in Japan. It was then that Paulinho added Polish singer
Grazyna Auguscik and named his new trio Three for Brazil. In 2003 Two for Brazil played
Joe Siegel's jazz cruise jazz party at sea (October 26 thru November 2). His line up for
2004 included a tour of Poland in March, Bahamas in May, as well as performing at one of
Japan's largest jazz festivals, Jazz Elite, with Three for Brazil (June 8th thru 21st), a second
jazz party at sea cruise (October 23 thru 30th) and two TV concerts in the Netherlands in
November. In 2005, In addition to many festivals throughout the USA, Paulinho performed
in various cities in Poland, The Ukraine and Prague in April, The Singapore jazz festival in
July, Joe Siegel’s jazz cruise to Alaska in September, the Jazz cruise of the Bahamas in
October, and the Bangkok jazz festival in early February 2006. Paulinho just released two
new CDs: a new solo CD (Tempo Feliz) and a CD of well known movie songs (Two for Brazil
goes to the movies) in an inviting Brazilian style with his duo Two for Brazil. In 2008
besides a new released CD with Grazyna Auguscik Paulinho played on July 24th at the
Chicago Millennium Park for a record audience of 11000 people.
Paulinho Garcia's U.S. discography:
* Jazzmineiro, (1996), featuring the 7-piece band Jazzmineiro.
* Solo, (1998), a solo voice & guitar album.
* Two for Brazil, (February 2000), a highly acclaimed duo with saxophonist Greg Fishman.
* Fragile, (April 2000), a duo performance with singer Grazyna Auguscik.
* Dois no Choro's Carinhoso, (November 2000), a modern interpretation of traditional
choro music from Brazil in duo performance with flutist Julie Koidin.
* Two for Noel, (December 2000), A Christmas CD in Brazilian Style with the duo Two For
Brazil.
* Juntos, (July 2001) the new Dois No Choro's CD with the participation of world renown
Brazilian Flutist Altamiro Carrilho and Brazilian pianist Maria Teresa Madeira among others.
* Two for Brazil Plays The Standards, (2001), standard American and Brazilian songs in
Paulinho Garcia's own Brazilian style.
* Three for Brazil's Homage CD, (Sept. 2002), Available in Japan. The new trio release.
* Take Five, (Jan 2003), Two for Brazil CD.
* Two for Brazil goes to the movies, (Dec 2006) a collection of movie Themes in Paulinho
Garcia's Brazilian style including vocals of Chicago Jazz icon, Judy Roberts.
* Tempo Feliz, (Dec 2006) Paulinho Garcia's newest solo CD.
* Andança , (Nov 2007) Grazyna and Paulinho's new CD features Bass, Percussion and
string quartet playing a variety of Brazilian and some Polish songs.