Ed Motta

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Ed Motta, 2012

Ed Motta (born August 17, 1971 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ; actually Eduardo Motta ) is an Afro-Brazilian jazz , funk and soul as well as blues singer and songwriter , who borrows from rock music , pop music , soul, funk and Brazilian musical styles Mix designed.

He is the nephew of the famous Brazilian singer Tim Maia . He is now one of the big stars of Brazilian pop music.

Life

Ed Motta, 2007

The boy grew up in a very musical household. He and friends from the neighborhood founded the group " Kabbalah " and thus made his first experiences with music. Later he switched to the lead singer of the group " Conexião Japeri ", where he had two top hits in Brazil in 1988: " Manuel " and " Vamos Dançar ". The group served the hard rock style. Since 1990 he has been active as a solo artist.

This was followed by a move to New York in the mid-1990s , where he lived for a year. His texts are mostly in Portuguese, but some are also written in English and a few in Spanish. In 1997 he received his first gold record in Brazil . In 2006 the album Aystelum was nominated for the Latino Grammy Award . His style is a mix of many musical styles, which he puts together into his own and idiosyncratic compositions: jazz, bossa nova , rock, pop, soul, blues, funk. Film scores and compositions for other artists were also created. A respective collaboration brought him together with musicians such as Bo Diddley and Roy Ayers , with whom he played in Central Park , New York. Songs like " 1978 ", " Smile " or " Simple Guy " were written in English . The album " Chapter 9 " was written entirely in English. So far, twelve albums have been created as a solo artist.

Performances have taken him to cities in the USA, Argentina ( Buenos Aires ), Japan, Paris and Rome . In 2015 he made a European tour, which also brought him to Germany. a. to Dortmund , Bremen , Hanover , Hamburg and the Jazz Club Minden .

The heavyweight and bearded Ed Motta has been married to the comic book writer Edna Lopes since 1990 and lives in Rio de Janeiro.

Trivia

  • He has a huge record collection with around 30,000 copies.
  • Motta is a proven wine, tea and beer connoisseur who is often asked about these topics. He also has enormous knowledge of film and high culture.
  • His nickname in Brazil is: The Colossus of Rio .

Albums

  • 1988: Conexião Japeri (WEA)
  • 1992: Um Contrato Com Deus (WEA)
  • 1992: Entre e Ouça (WEA)
  • 1997: Manual Pratico Para Festas, Bailes E Afins, Vol.1 (Universal)
  • 2000: As Segundas Intenções (Universal)
  • 2002: Dwitza (Universal)
  • 2003: Poptical (Trama)
  • 2005: Aystelum
  • 2006: Ao Vivo (live) (Trama), first performed in 1993
  • 2008: Chapter 9 (Trama)
  • 2013: AOR (Dwitza)
  • 2016: Perpetual Gateways (membrane)

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Commons : Ed Motta  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jazz Club Minden Program November December 2015. Accessed November 2, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Motta, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Motta, Eduardo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afro-Brazilian jazz, funk, soul and blues singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro , Brazil