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Joćo Ferraz is from Minas Gerais and he is
addicted to barbecue, beer, cachaēa,
Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, Jobim and Vinicius, samba jazz,
the 60's among other things
He began playing the acoustic guitar at the
age of twelve and electric guitar at fifteen, playing all kinds
of music, from rock to samba. Joao lived for four years in USA studying
jazz at Berklee College of Music.
In 2004 he was invited by a friend to live
in Rio to produce music. Joao and his partner created the production
house Lontra Music, where he works as guitar player, producer and
arranger.
His first album, SAPO was born while Joćo
was living overseas, but its debut only occurred at the begin of
2007 in Brazil. Right at its release, the album received 4 stars
at Globo, (it goes from 1 to 5) the biggest newspaper in Rio and
second biggest in Brazil.
For 2007, besides touring throughout Brazil,
Joćo is preparing his second album together with his partners, Rike
Frainer on drums, Marcelo Penner on bass, Marco Tomaso on electric
piano and Marcela Velon on vocals.
The album will also feature some fine guests
from Rio de Janeiro.
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