João Ferraz is from Minas Gerais and he is addicted to barbecue, beer, cachaça, 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 João 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, João 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.