PAUL WINTER, BOSSA NOVA LOVER.

O saxofonista (alto e soprano) Paul Winter, ganhador do Prêmio Grammy por seis vezes, nasceu no 31 de Agosto de 1939, em Altoona,Pennsylvania.

Graduou-se no ensino secundário em 1957. Em 1961, na Universidade de Northwestern, com o Sexteto Paul Winter levou o primeiro lugar na competição interuniversitária e ainda o direito de assinar contrato com a gravadora Columbia Records.

No ano seguinte, a banda fez uma turné pela America Latina, na condição de representante cultural do governo americano, e se apresentou 160 vezes em 23 países.. O sexteto de Paul Winter foi também a primeira banda de jazz a tocar na Casa Branca.

Interessado pelos ritmos brasileiros, Winter retornou ao Brasil em meados dos anos 60, fisgado pelo crescente movimento da bossa nova, em ebulicão na época, gravou o CD "Rio", que foi prefaciado pelo compositor brasileiro Vinicius de Moraes.

Lançou alguns discos emblemáticos com parceiros brasileiros (ver discografia abaixo) e se constitui, até os nossos dias, como um dos mairores amantes de nossa musica.


Click para ouvir a sua performance em "Você e Eu" com Carlos Lyra.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vPcQjbA-Xs





American saxophonist (alto and soprano saxophone) Paul Winter and six-time Grammy Award winner was born on August 31,1939 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Paul attended Altoona Area High School graduating in 1957. In 1961, while Winter was in college at Northwestern University, the Paul Winter Sextet won the Intercollegiate Jazz Festival and was signed by Columbia Records.



The next year, the band toured Latin America as cultural ambassadors for the United States State Department, playing 160 concerts in 23 countries. The Sextet was also the first jazz band to perform at the White House.



Winter returned to Brazil in the mid-1960s and his interest in Brazilian music and the emerging bossa-nova led to the 1965 release of the album "Rio", with liner notes by Vinicius de Moraes.







After Winter's band changed its name to the Paul Winter Consort in the late 1960s, it contributed to the development of world music and space music. The Consort's 1972 release, Icarus, was produced by George Martin. Most of the musicians who worked on this album went on to form the jazz group Oregon. The Consort has continued over the years with different musicians.



He was awarded the Courage of Conscience Award for creating music that celebrates the sacredness of life and for his support of the arts by the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA on October 26th 1991.





Recommended Discography:



Prayer for the Wild Things (1994) - (Grammy Award)
Celtic Solstice, Paul Winter and Friends (1999, Living Music) - (Grammy Award)
Brazilian Days, with Oscar Castro-Neves (1998)
Whales Alive, with Paul Halley (1987)
Rio, with Luiz Bonfa, Roberto Menescal, and Luiz Eça (1965, Columbia)
The Sound of Ipanema, with Carlos Lyra (1964)
Crestone (2007) - (Grammy Award)
Silver Solstice (2005) - (Grammy Award)
Spanish Angel (1993) - (Grammy Award)
The Sound of Ipanema, with Carlos Lyra (1964, Columbia)
Rio (1964, Columbia)


Tradução - Humberto Amorim