Paulo Levi Special Edition, Brazil, HKG, Canada |
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Paulo Levi, tenor saxophone |
Born in Belem do Para in the delta of the amazon jungle, Paulo Levi began his career within the protestant church followed by a stint at the Carlos Gomes Conservatory of Music where he, as an exchange student, had a close connection to jazz music in the USA. At 17 years old Paulo migrated to Paris/France where he learned to speak French and English. There he was accepted at CSMDP as the first Latino-American student participating of the first class of improvisational music, i.e. European Jazz.
Paulo在位處巴西亞馬遜雨林的城市貝倫出生,其音樂生涯是在新教教會中起步,繼而在Carlos Gomes音樂學院修讀及接觸到爵士樂。十七歲遠赴巴黎進並愛上了歐的爵士樂風格。無論在錄音室或現場演奏,Paulo也是眾多名匠首選之列,合作過的名家包括有Bibi Ferreira, Caetano Veloso, Joao Bosco, Bebel Gilberto, Nana Vasconcelos, 及Duduka da Fonseca等南美名宿.Paulo長時間旅居在紐約及以香港為家,其對爵士樂的執著和熱忱,嬴得各地樂迷和爵士樂手尊崇及讚嘆。今次是Paulo把其歷年來的個人作品,精挑細選後再找來一眾夥伴,獻上其處女大作,萬勿錯過。 |