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Antonio Adolfo
Antonio Adolfo is a Brazilian born pianist, composer and arranger
About Me
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 and toured with singers Elis Regina and Milton Nascimento.
Adolfo wrote tunes that gained great success and have been
recorded by such artists as Sérgio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Herb
Alpert, Earl Klugh, Dionne Warwick, and others. He won
International Song Contests on two occasions. As a musician and
arranger he has worked with some of the most representative
Brazilian names, besides having released more than 25 albums
under his name. In 1985 Mr. Adolfo created his own school in Rio,
Brazil. His album Lá e Cá/Here and There, follows in the
footsteps of his 2007 live recording Antonio Adolfo e Carol Saboya
Ao Vivo/ Live. Then came Antonio Adolfo and Carol Saboya La e Ca
/Here and There (2010), Chora Baiao (2011), Finas Misturas (2013),
Rio Choro Jazz (2014)*, O Piano de Antonio Adolfo (2014)*,
Tema (2015)*, Tropical Infinito (2016)* and one of his recent releases Hybrido -
From Rio to Wayne Shorter (2017)**, which was both Latin Grammy and Grammy
Nominee.
In 2018* Antonio released Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica, in 2019, Samba Jazz Alley
and in June 2020, BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento , another Latin Jazz nominee
album for Latin Grammy 2021.
His most recent releases are Jobim Forever (2021) which has been at #1 for 4 weeks on
JazzWeek!
Antonio Adolfo is now releasing Octet and Originals
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* Latin Grammy Nominee
** Grammy Nominee
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