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Antonio Adolfo, multi Latin Grammy and Grammy nominee pianist, arranger, composer and educator

ANTONIO ADOLFO Pianist, arranger, producer and educator Antonio Adolfo grew up in a musical family in Rio de Janeiro (his mother was a violinist in the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra), and began his studies at the age of seven. At seventeen he was already a professional musician. His teachers include Eumir Deodato and the great Nadia Boulanger in Paris. During the 60's he led his own trio that participated in several Bossa Nova and Jazz shows in Brazil and toured with singers Leny Andrade, Carlos Lyra, Flora Purim, Wilson Simonal, Elis Regina and Milton Nascimento. Adolfo wrote tunes such as Pretty World (original Brazilian title: Sa Marina) that gained great success and have been recorded by such artists as Sergio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Herb Alpert, Earl Klugh, Dionne Warwick, and others. He won International Song Contests (Rio - Brazil and Athens - Greece) on two occasions. As a musician, arranger and record producer he has worked with some of the most representative Brazilian names, besides having released more than 25 albums under his name. Among his recent albums released in the past decade, he had several nominations for the Latin Grammy and one for the Grammy: 2014 - O Piano de Antonio Adolfo (Latin Grammy - Best Instrumental Album)
2014 - Rio Choro Jazz (Latin Grammy - Best Engineered Album)
2015 - CD Tema (Latin Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album)
2016 - CD Tropical Infinito (Latin Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album)
2017 - CD Hybrido - From Rio to Wayne Shorter (Latin Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album and 2018 Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album)
2019 - CD Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica (Latin Grammy - Best Engineered Album)
2020 - CD Samba Jazz Alley (Latin Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album)
2021 - CD BruMa - Celebrating Milton Nascimento (Latin Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album and Latin Grammy - Best Engineered Album)
2022 - CD Jobim Forever (Latin Grammy - Best Latin Jazz Album and Latin Grammy - Best Engineered Album) 2023 - CD Octet and Originals - Best Engineered Album. In 2024 the album, Love Cole Porter a d on 2025, CARNAVAL - The songs were so beautiful got great reviews and Jazz Radio airplay, besides nominations for the Latin Grammy in the Best Engineered album category..

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