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I'm a musician, so I do a lot of different kinds of work,
but they all center around music. So, sometimes I work just
as a pianist. Other times I work as a composer. Other times
I work as teacher. But everything I do has to do with music.
I talk a lot about many different things, but I always look
at it from the perspective of music.
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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1954, Jovino Santos Neto came to the
U.S. in 1993 to reside in Seattle, WA. Since his arrival, Jovino
has performed and/or recorded with Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Joyce,
Andy Narell, Dori Caymmi and many other artists. Caboclo, his first
CD as a group leader, was released
in 1997 by Liquid City Records. He is also active as an arranger
and producer for several jazz and world music projects. Jovino is
well-known for his 15 years of contributions to the legendary group
led by Brazil's master of contemporary music, Hermeto Pascoal, with
whom he produced several award-winning recordings and performed
on many world tours. As an artist and educator, he has since devoted
himself to bringing Pascoal's work to a deservedly wider audience.
To that end, Jovino has been archiving and preparing for publication
the first authoritative editions of Hermeto's compositions. Jovino's
universal approach to playing, composing and teaching has led him
into a diversity of creative circles ranging far beyond his own
roots, including collaborations with Native American musicians and
artists. His contemporary string arrangements of Mandan tribal songs
are featured on the new Makochˇ Records release, People of the Willows.
Currently Associate professor of Music at Cornish College of the
Arts and an active member of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences, Jovino's educational activities include residencies
ranging from elementary schools to music colleges. He was recently
chosen as featured artist-educator for the Harman Corporation's
How to Listen series. For further information, visit Jovino's Web
site at www.emeraldnet.net/~realengo
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