ArtistInfo
Jorge Bezerra
perc, voc, *1978 BR
Musician of Jazz
Brazilian percussionist. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1978, Jorge Bezerra, Jr. began playing percussion with Candomblé's drums, in Afro-Brazilian religious ceremonies. He did his first professional gig in 1993 with Afro-music band "Lemy Ayo" where he was the artistic director. In 1995, he arranged and led another popular Afro-Cuban band called "Orunmila". He moved to Paris in 1998, where Jorge played all types of drums, particularly religious Afro-Cuban drums like batas and candomblé atabaques, which he specializes in. To date, Jorge has participated in a great number of world tours with such notable world music artists as Tupinago, Bebel Gilberto or St. Germain, Ben Sidran and others. He has traveled to 40 countries and performed more than 100 live concerts. In 2004, Jorge was the most acclaimed musician in "Baku Jazz Festival"(Azerbaidjian) and won the first prize. Jorge began to make a name for himself with the Joe Zawinul Syndicate, which gave him the chance to share the stage with Herbie Hancock, Ernest Hungly, Monty Alexander, Ernest Hungly, Idrissa Diop, Carlinhos Brown,...
Instruments
Genres
Band Members
DiscogsArtistInfo App
ArtistInfo for iOS and ArtistInfo for Mac are presenting musicians, composers and producers that are envolved in the musical work that you are listening to in Apple Music, iTunes, or Spotify. Discover new music via the network among artists. Manage your favorite musicians and albums via iCloud and share recommendations with your friends via email, AirDrop, or Social Media.
Acknowledgements
To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.Other Search Results
| Jorge Bezerra Junior perc Latin and Pop |
ArtistInfo by Metason © 2015-2020
