Toninho Horta

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Toninho Horta at the INNtöne Jazzfestival 2019

Toninho Horta (born December 2, 1948 in Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais as Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo ) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and composer who has also emerged in the field of Música Popular Brasileira . He developed his own style of harmonization and is considered to be “a subtle guitarist, expressive singer and resourceful composer” who has struck an “elegant arc” between bossa nova and jazz .

Live and act

Horta, born in the district of bairro Floresta , grew up in Belo Horizonte , where he met Nivaldo Ornelas , Milton Nascimento , Wagner Tiso and other musicians from Clube da Esquina . In 1970 he accompanied Elis Regina and Tom Jobim in their show Tom & Elis in Rio. In the next few years he appeared as a companion to Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa , Nana Caymmi , Joyce , Edu Lobo , Maria Bethânia and Dori Caymmi , in order to record his debut album in 1973. In 1976 he worked with Hermeto Pascoal ( Viajando Com O Som (The Lost '76 Vice-Versa Studio Session) ); In 1985 he presented himself at the Free Jazz Festival in São Paulo with Toots Thielemans and Bobby McFerrin . Horta moved to the USA in 1992 and toured Europe with Marisa Monte and Caetano Veloso over the next few years . In 1994 he performed with Philip Catherine at the Martinique Guitar Festival . In 1995 he toured Japan with Herbie Hancock , Pat Metheny and Keith Jarrett . Horta also regularly plays with Ronnie Cuber ; In 2014 he performed together with Cuber with the WDR Big Band Cologne .

Horta known compositions are Diana (with Fernando Brant), O Céu de Brasilia (with Brant), Durango Kid (with Brant), Dona Olímpia (with Ronaldo Bastos) Beijo Partido , Manuel, O Audaz (with Fernando Brant), and Pedra da Lua (also called Moonstone ) and Manuel o Audaz (or Eternal Youth ). Pat Metheny is heavily influenced by Horta, who was one of his teachers.

Toninho Horta (2019)

Discographic notes

  • Beto Guedes, Danilo Caymmi, Novelli e Toninho Horta (EMI-Odeon, 1973)
  • Terra dos Pássaros (Independente, 1980)
  • Toninho Horta (EMI-Odeon, 1980)
  • Diamond Land (Polygram / Verve Forecast, 1988)
  • Nelson Ayres , Márcio Montarroyos, Nivaldo Ornelas & Toninho Horta Concerto Planeta Terra (Independente, 1989)
  • Toninho Horta & Flavio Venturini No Circo Voador (Dubas / WEA, 1989)
  • Moonstone (Polygram / Verve Forecast, 1989)
  • Once I Loved (Polygram / Verve Forecast, 1992)
  • Durango Kid, Part I (Big World Music, 1993)
  • Live in Moscow (B&W, 1994)
  • Foot on the Road (Polydor KK Japan, 1994)
  • Toninho Horta & Carlos Fernando (Dubas / Warner, 1994)
  • Durango Kid 2 (Big World Music, 1995)
  • Toninho Horta & Joyce (Shinsei-Do, 1995)
  • Serenade (TruSpace / Aqui-Oh, 1997)
  • From Ton to Tom (De Ton Para Tom) - A Tribute to Tom Jobim (Videoarts, 1998)
  • Toninho Horta & Nicola Stilo Duets (Millesuoni / RCA, 1999)
  • Toninho Horta, Juarez Moreira, Chiquito Braga Quadros Modernos (Independent, 2000)
  • Com o Pé no Forró (Minas, 2004)
  • Solo ao Vivo (Minas, 2007)
  • Toninho in Vienna (PAO, 2007)
  • Toninho Horta & Arismar do Espírito Santo Cape Horn (Porto das Canoas, 2007)
  • Toninho Horta, Tom Lellis Tonight (Adventure, 2008)
  • To Jobim with Love ( Resonance Records , 2008)
  • Harmonia e Vozes (Minas, 2010)
  • Japan (Shinkansen Group) with Jaques Morelenbaum , Liminha & Marco Suzano (Minas, 2010)
  • Antonio Onorato & Toninho Horta From Napoli to Belo Horizonte (Sud Music, 2013)
  • Stefano Silvestri & Toninho Horta No Horizonte de Napoli (Minas, 2014)
  • Alaíde Costa e Toninho Horta Alegria é Guardada em Cofres, Catedrais (Minas, 2015)
  • Toninho Horta, Juarez Moreira, Chiquito Braga, Luiz Salinas & Cristian Gálvez Cuerdas del Sur (Minas, 2018)
  • Toninho Horta & Orquestra Fantasma Belo Horizonte (Think! Records, 2019)

Web links

Commons : Toninho Horta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A Night in Brazil (concert announcement WDR, February 15, 2014)
  2. ↑ World class with the WDR Bigband: A Night in Brazil
personal data
SURNAME Horta, Toninho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horta de Melo, Antônio Maurício
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais