Duduka da Fonseca
Eduardo Moreira "Duduka" da Fonseca (born March 31, 1951 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian drummer .
Life
Duduka da Fonseca began playing drums at the age of twelve and was already performing with well-known Brazilian musicians three years later. After training at the Instituto Villa-Lobos in Rio, at Pro Arte and the Guerra Peixe music school , he performed with his own trio in the Bossa Nova style, with which he also played on Brazilian television between 1966 and 1968. In 1975 he moved to New York City , where he became a member of various formations dedicated to so-called Brazilian jazz , such as Brazilian Express , The New York Samba Band and The Brazilian Jazz All Stars, which included Bob Mintzer , Eliane Elias and Randy Brecker , among others . From 1984 to 1999 he was a teacher at the Drummer's Collective in New York. In 1989 he founded the Trio da Paz with Romero Lubambo and Nilson Matta , which still exists today.
As a drummer he took part in the production of over 200 albums with renowned musicians such as Antônio Carlos Jobim , Astrud Gilberto , Herbie Mann , Lee Konitz , Joe Henderson , Gerry Mulligan , Emily Remler , Claudio Roditi , Herbie Mann, Joanne Brackeen , Kenny Barron or John Anger part. His wife, Maucha Adnet , became known as a singer with Antônio Carlos Jobim before her solo career.
His book Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset has become a standard work for drummers interested in Brazilian music.
Duduka Da Fonseca, Nilson Matte and Hèlio Alves together form the Brazilian Trio , which has been on stage with the German vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid since 2014.
literature
- Duduka da Fonseca, Bob Weiner: Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset . Manhattan Music Inc., Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys, CA 1991, ISBN 0-7692-0987-4 (with 2 CD)
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X , p. 162.
Discography (selection)
- Brazil From the Inside , with the Trio da Paz, Concord Jazz, 1992, CD
- Partido Out , with the Trio da Paz, Malandro Records, 1998, CD
- Samba Jazz Fantasia , Malandro Records, 2002, CD
- Samba Jazz in Black & White , Zoho Music, 2006, CD
- Duduka Da Fonseca / Hélio Alves Songs from the Last Century (2005, Eddie Gomez , Phil Woods , Oscar Castro-Neves and others)
- Samba Gostoso / Wolfgang Lackerschmid & The Brazilian Trio (2016)
Web links
- Duduka da Fonseca . In: Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Literature by and about Duduka da Fonseca in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ All About Jazz: Wolfgang Lackerschmid & The Brazilian Trio: Samba Gostoso. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fonseca, Duduka there |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fonseca, Eduardo Moreira da (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |