IFE TOLENTINO

IFE TOLENTINO WAS BORN IN SÃO PAULO IN 1952, AND BEGUN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN 1970. DURING THE '70s HE UNDERTOOK PERIODS OF EXTENSIVE STUDY, BOTH AT THE SÃO PAULO SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND WHILST PERFORMING WITH ARTISTS FROM BRAZIL'S NORTHEAST REGION.IN 1978 IFE MOVED TO RIO AND SPENT 12 YEARS PERFORMING AND RECORDING WITH SOME OF HIS COUNTRY'S TOP MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS SUCH AS NANÁ VASCONCELOS, TONINHO HORTA, JOÃO DONATO, SIVUCA, DOMINGUINHOS, FAGNER, JAQUES MORELENBAUM, AMONGST MANY OTHERS.MOVING TO LONDON IN 1992 IFE SOON BECAME INVOLVED IN THAT CITY'S LATIN & JAZZ SCENE, WORKING WITH THE LIKES OF MÔNICA VASCONCELOS, STEVE LODDER, JOHN PARRICELLI, PAUL CLARVIS, BOSCO DE OLIVEIRA, INGRID LAUBROCK. HE IS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE BANDS NOÍS AND NOÍS 4, WITH WHOM HE HAS OPENED LONDON SHOWS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS GILBERTO GIL AND JOYCE, AND RECORDED WITH GUINGAIFE'S DEBUT ALBUM, BRAZIL IN BLACK & WHITE, PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRAZIL'S MOST REVERED CONTEMPORARY ARTIST, COMPOSER AND POET, CHICO BUARQUE. THE SELECTION OF SONGS COVERS BOTH CHICO'S ORIGINAL MATERIAL, WHICH INCLUDES SOME OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF BRAZILIAN SONGWRITING, (CHÃO DE ESMERALDAS, PARA TODOS, EMBARCAÇÃO ETC), JUXTAPOSED WITH OTHERS WHICH MAY HAVE INFLUENCED HIS OWN CREATIVE OUTPUT (LÁ VEM A BAIANA, PALPITE INFELIZ ETC). PRODUCED BY CHRIS WELLS, THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED DURING THE SUMMER OF 2005 AND FEATURES THE BEAUTIFUL GUITAR PLAYING OF ONE OF BRITAIN'S FINEST MUSICIANS, JOHN PARRICELLI, AS WELL AS SPECIAL GUEST WALMIR GIL ON TRUMPET AND FLÜGEL HORN.