Brazilian music made with wood, leather and metal.
From the south of Minas Gerais, between the cold of the mountains and the isolation imposed by the pandemic, Guaimbê is born. With the forced departure from the stages, caused by covid-19, bonds of friendship were intensified and new ways of making music began to be part of the routine of Leo Brasileiro, Flávio Danza, Aluísio Cavalcante and Rodrigo Mendonça, generating creative moments that sounded like a deep breath for these musicians, one from Bahia, one from Rio de Janeiro, one from São Paulo and one from Goiás, who met in Poços de Caldas and started their recent career as a group there.
The first single, “Noite de São”, released in June 2021, brought the Northeastern rhythms, the Choro references and the freedom of Jazz as musical nuances for this work. Away from the stages, Guaimbê embarked on festivals, winning, with its first release, the 3rd place in the Minas Gerais Music Awards and the Best Arrangement award at the 39th Cruzília Music Festival, in addition to being among the semifinalists of the Radio MEC Music Festival. With the song “Sertão Bachiado”, she was one of the finalists of the Canto Aberto Festival.
Still in its first months of existence, Guaimbê produced a reinterpretation of “Masssemba”, a song by Roberto Mendes and Capinan, which became nationally known in the voice of Maria Bethânia. The version, presented for the first time in the live session for the Minas Gerais Music Awards, caught the attention of the composer and other Brazilian artists for the inventiveness of the arrangements and the drama of the interpretation. Still for 2021, Guaimbê prepares the release of its first EP, which is being collectively produced and recorded at Cambucá Records studio, in Poços de Caldas, MG.
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Aluísio Cavalcante
Aluísio Cavalcante has been on the musical road for almost 20 years and, as a child, was rocked by the musicality of the peoples of the Cerrado of Central Brazil, by the beradeiros of the Amazonian rivers and by the work songs and wanderings of the sertões. Born in Goiás, he grew up in Tocantins, where he was part of projects such as Bala Rara e Seus Cometas, Caixa de Marimbondo and Invasões Bárbaras, always integrating the production of authorial music with repertoire recreations. Since 2014, he has adopted the mountains of the south of Minas Gerais as his home, starting new musical projects, such as the group Ventos do Norte and meeting the members who today make up Guaimbê.
Flávio Danza
Guitarist and cavaquinist (he play a brazilian cavaquinho - similar to ukulele), he began his musical studies in 1992 with classical guitar. In 2002 he founded the band Latuya, where he acted as composer, guitarist, vocalist and producer of the first album, released in 2005. Between 2007 and 2013 he studied at 'Escola Portátil de Música', in Rio de Janeiro, with great names of Rio de Janeiro's Choro Luciana Rabello, Maurício Carrillo, Jaime Vignoli, Pedro Aragão, Paulo Aragão, Bia Paes Leme, among others. In 2016, he participated in the recordings of the album 'O Futuro Já Existe' by musician Danilo Schultz, alongside names such as Alan Plachta, Alexandre Ribeiro, Caito Marcondes, Susana Travassos and Jean Charnaux. Since 2016, he has been a cavaquinho player for the group Araçá Quarteto, with which he has released two EP's, made presentations in Argentina and has been participating in renowned Choro festivals, such as ChorandoSemParar. He produced the first authorial album of instrumental music trio Sorongaio, released in 2020, a group where he worked as a guitarist from 2018 to 2020. Since 2021 he has been developing authorial work as a guitarist, in duo with flutist Rodrigo Mendonça, being winners of the XXI BDMG Instrumental Award in 2022 and performing shows with pianist André Mehmari.
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He worked as bassist for the band Tagua, between 2005 and 2008, in Salvador-BA-Brazil. In 2010, already in Poços de Caldas-MG-Brazil, he joined the instrumental group Quarteto di Minuto’. In 2014, he works as percussionist for the instrumental duo Dan Schultz & Leo Brasileiro. Since 2014 he has been acting as an actor-percussionist in the group Rasgacero, with which he performed in Argentina. Since 2016 he has been acting as tambourine player for the Araçá Quarteto, with which he released two EP's, performed in Argentina and has been participating in renowned Brazilian Choro festivals, such as ChorandoSemParar. Between 2016 and 2020 he works as a percussionist for the samba group Cumari. In 2016, he participated in the recordings of the album 'O Futuro Já Existe' by musician Danilo Schultz, alongside names such as Alan Plachta, Alexandre Ribeiro, Caito Marcondes, Susana Travassos and Jean Charnaux. Between 2018 and 2020 he works as a percussionist for the instrumental trio Sorongaio, with which he releases an authorial album in 2020. Since 2019 he has been working as a percussionist for the group Samambaia.
Rodrigo Mendonça
Saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger, he graduated in music from the Federal University of Bahia. As an instrumentalist, he worked and recorded with several Bahian artists and bands, including Carla Visi, Rapazolla and Tomate, performing throughout Brazil, Europe, the United States and Japan. For seven years he was part of Orkestra Rumpilezz, where he won the Brazilian Music Award for Best Instrumental Group, Revelation of the Year and Best Instrumental Album and also the Bravo! as Best Popular CD. He shared the stage with music names such as: Carlinhos Brown, Ed Motta, Gilberto Gil, Ivete Sangalo, Lenine, Toninho Horta, Leo Gandelman, Joshua Redman, Stanley Jordan, among others. He is currently a member of the São João da Boa Vista Symphony Jazz Orchestra, of Violas e Violinos - Uma Orquestra Caipira, is the creator of the Jazz-Jam Session Station and owner of Sonne Eventos. Since 2021, he has been developing his own work as a flutist, in a duo with guitarist Flávio Danza, winning the XXI BDMG Instrumental Award in 2022 and performing shows with pianist André Mehmari.
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