Mayuto Correa
Mailto "Mayuto" Correa (born March 9, 1943 in São Gonçalo ) is a Brazilian musician ( percussion , guitar, composition) of the Música Popular Brasileira and Modern Jazz , who was also active as a footballer in his youth.
Live and act
Correa started drumming at the age of three; as early as 1955 at the age of twelve he played in the big band Rapazes da Alvorada . At the age of 14 he founded the Samba Show ensemble with musicians from the neighboring town of Niterói , with whom he was able to make some recordings for CBS. He also played football for Flamengo and in the youth team of the national team. In the 1960s he became artistic director at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro , where he staged plays. He also worked as musical director in the groups of Maria Bethânia , Elza Soares and Eliana Pittman . He has also performed with Paulo Moura , Milton Nascimento , Cauby Peixoto , Jorge Benjor , Egberto Gismonti , Jair Rodrigues , Altamiro Carrilho and Roberto Carlos .
In 1969 he migrated to Mexico, where he worked with the Brazilian bossa nova band Tamba 4 in 1970 before moving to the USA. In the early 1970s he established himself as a studio musician in Los Angeles , where he was involved in hundreds of albums. He worked with Charles Lloyd ( Waves ), Hugh Masekela , Cannonball Adderley and Freddie Hubbard , and later with Gato Barbieri ( Chapter Two ), Gábor Szabó , Cal Tjader , Charlie Byrd , Donald Byrd ( Stepping into Tomorrow ) and Kenny Burrell . He also went on tour with Santana .
He wrote songs like "Oasis" and the score for the documentary Homeboys (1979). He later led his own bands such as Mayuto & Genuises 2000 , Mayuto & the Dream Team Big Band or Mayuto & Samba Pack . He also worked as an actor in supporting roles.
Lexical entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
Web links
- Mayuto Correa at All About Jazz
- Mayuto Correa at Discogs (English)
- Mayuto Correa at Allmusic (English)
- Mayuto Correa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonard Feather Mayuto Blows the Whistle on Big Bucks . Los Angeles Times . July 24, 1977
- ↑ Andrea Eirado "Mayuto Correa, Talented and Creative" . Brazil Explore July 2006, p. 35
- ^ Darla Martin Tucker World-renowned percussionist Mayuto Correa to play Pierce Street Jazz series , La Sierra University. March 21, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Correa, Mayuto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Correa, Mailto (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian musician (Música Popular Brasileira, Jazz) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Gonçalo |