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