Blues Session

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[email protected] SESSION project is the simplest possible: to play, where somebody wants to hear a blues with quality, returned to a style contemporary or traditional like Crossroad’s and Hoochie Coochie Man, involving the public.
In the band repertoire there is opening for jazz standards and funk, but always adapted for the blues language. Daniel Granado's invitation for a simple jam session in a bar in Mogí of the Cruzes, city in the area of Metro São Paulo, gathered musicians and lovers of the blues. Blues Session was beginning.
Big Paul answered: - Ah, is Blues Session!
In a few days, Blues Session Eletric Band fell in the highway.
In June of 2006, the band defined your formation with Anísio Mello Júnior in the bass and vocal. Again, the band proceeds for a show in Ilhabela, opening to 33rd International Week of Candle. In 2007 will throw first CD with unpublished music.
Anísio Mello Júnior is professional musician since 1981. Recorded and produced works with artists like as Johny Rivers, Armandinho, Carlos Daffé, Nuno Mindelis, Flávio Guimarães, André Christovam, Dinho Nascimento, among others.
In the scene of the blues, integrated the trio Outsiders, band that came following times in fabled Victoria Pub and Persona, was pioneer to interpret music of Robben Ford, Allan Holdsworth, Joe Sartriani and Stevie Ray Vaughan in the years 80.Nos nineties was managing of the Brazilian Association of Bass Players. Since 1998 drives Mello Music Phonographic, Dubbing and Sound.
Contacts: [email protected]
Paulo Sérgio Catharino, Big Paul, was born in São Paulo (capital) in 25/01/60. In the end of this decade,after the rock bands THC and Beco Paulista , Big Paul forms some instrumental bands, as Fast Fusion and Alchemy 3, this last one beside Jorge Pescara (bass player) and Gilberto Vieira (drums).
After a long period out of the music, Big returns with a work focused in blues, and form the band Corners Blues.
Jazz & Blues, Cultural Center, Ilha Bela Jazz Fetival , St Lourenço Jazz Festival, Mr. Blues Bar , Dama Rock Café,Ton Ton Jazz , musicians Demma K , Bocato , Claudio Celso , Conrado Paulino , was part of the circle of Big.
To know the work of Big better, access http://www.bigpaul.com.br , or write for [email protected]
Seeking of the improvement in this instrument, had as teachers the great Robson Fernandes and Sérgio Duarte, considered the top names of Brazilian Harp Blues. Daniel already divided the stage with the main names of Brazilian and international blues like as: Flávio Guimarães, Sérgio Duarte, Robson Fernandes, Nasi, Big Joe Manfra, Marcos Ottaviano, Jefferson Gonçalves, Thiago Cerveira, Norba Zambone, Donny Nichillo (pianist that worked with Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among other names), Kenny Brown, Adriano Grinenberg, Celso Salim, Lancaster, Faiska, Danny Vincent, Peter Madcat, Howard Levy, and others.
Also played in Nitroblues between 1999-2002, formation that was considered revelation of the blues from São Paulo. Today their over blows and original fills in the Blues Session. Contacts: [email protected]
Marcos Nunes is a professional drummer since 1991.Studied with Master Dinho Gonçalves, Paulo Thomaz and Duda Neves. Played and it recorded with bands of heavy metal, hard rock, blues and jazz, like Black Train Blues Band, Follow Dream, Nitroblues and Nascent Blues Band an d Made in Blues, recording strips of CD Brazil Boy, for the city Major of Mogí of the Cruzes-SP. Recorded music for theater (Scandal’s CIA, 1996), jingles for radio and TV, besides participations in programs "live" of TV in the nets Globe and Bandeirantes, also constant participations in House Of Blues Program, transmitted by radio Kiss FM 102,1 of São Paulo, being this the best blues program of the country and also the one of larger audience.
Now give private lessons of music and drums in your own home studio (Estúdio Marcos), in Mogí of the Cross-Sp (Great São Paulo).
Already played and it recorded with the bands MPB Xpress, Four Hands, Fat Blind Trio and Made in Blues, besides being the drummer accompanying of singer Lanza Pitelli. Contacts: [email protected]