Jovino Santos Neto
{{Short description|Brazilian-American jazz musician, composer, and educator}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|18}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz|contemporary classical}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|composer|educator}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Piano|flute}}
| years_active = 1977–present
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| website = {{URL|www.jovisan.net}}
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Jovino Santos Neto (born September 18, 1954) is a Seattle-based{{Cite web|title=BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Jovino Santos, ambassador of Hermeto Pascoal - Brazilian Music|url=http://www.brazzil.com/musdec96.htm|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.brazzil.com}} Brazilian-American jazz pianist, flutist, composer, arranger, educator and record producer.{{Cite web|title=Ginga: a Brazilian Way to Groove, by Jovino Santos Neto {{!}} Flute Journal|url=http://flutejournal.com/ginga-a-brazilian-way-to-groove-by-jovino-santos-neto/|access-date=2021-04-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Jovino Santos Neto Trio: Tiny Desk Concert|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/21/771313647/jovino-santos-neto-trio-tiny-desk-concert|access-date=2021-04-23|website=NPR.org|language=en}}
Career
Jovino Santos Neto started playing piano at age 13 and by 16 was playing keyboards in a band called the Vacancy Group in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. He earned a degree in Biology, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and later from Macdonald College of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite web|last=Hobart|first=Erika|date=2011-10-11|title=Jovino Santos Neto: King of the Hill|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/jovino-santos-neto-king-of-the-hill/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Seattle Weekly|language=en-US}}
In 1977, he joined the group led by Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal, working as a pianist, flutist, composer, arranger and producer.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p109331|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic credits]{{Cite web|title=NPR's JazzSet: Jovino Santos Neto and Dena DeRose|url=https://legacy.npr.org/programs/jazzset/shows/derose.html|access-date=2021-04-23|website=legacy.npr.org}} Since leaving Hermeto's group in 1992 and relocating to the United States, Santos Neto has released several albums.{{Cite web|title=Jovino Santos Neto|url=https://www.pianogroove.com/meet-the-team/jovino-santos-neto/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=PianoGroove.com|language=en-US}} He has toured internationally as the leader of his own ensemble and with musicians such as Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, and Mike Marshall.{{Cite web|title=Jovino Santos Neto {{!}} Kennedy Center|url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/j/jo-jz/-jovino-santos-neto/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.kennedy-center.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Leitão {{!}}|first=Egídio|date=2003-11-09|title=Mike Marshall & Jovino Santos Neto: Serenata – The Music of Hermeto Pascoal|url=https://musicabrasileira.org/mike-marshall-jovino-santos-neto-serenta-the-music-of-hermeto-pascoal/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Música Brasileira|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=1998-08-18|title=Mike Marshall & Jovino Santos Neto (play Hermeto Pascoal)|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/dailyplanet/mike-marshall--jovino-santos-neto-play-hermeto/3410150|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Radio National|language=en-AU}}
Santos Neto taught at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts for 26 years, ending in May 2020, whereupon he took to teaching via Zoom.https://www.knkx.org/show/jazz-caliente/2022-02-18/jovino-santos-neto-reinvents-his-teaching-life-and-presents-music-as-resistance He is a frequent teacher at Jazz Camp West.
Discography
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- 1998: Caboclo
- 2000: Ao Vivo em Olympia (Live in Olympia, Washington)
- 2001: Balaio (Basket) (Malandro)
- 2003: Canto do Rio
- 2003: Serenata with Mike Marshall
- 2005: Brazil Duets with Mike Marshall
- 2006: Roda Carioca
- 2008: Alma do Nordeste (Soul of the Northeast)
- 2010: Veja o Som
- 2011: Current
Awards
- Artist Trust Fellowship, 2001{{Cite web|date=2017-06-18|title=Artist Profile: Jovino Santos Neto|url=https://latinjazznet.com/topics/artists/artist-profile-jovino-santos-neto/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Latin Jazz Network|language=en-US}}
- IAJE/ASCAP (International Association for Jazz Education/American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Commission) for an established composer, 2002
- Chamber Music America New Works Jazz Composition Award, 2003
- Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year, Earshot Jazz, 2004
- Nomination, Best Latin Jazz Album, Canto do Rio, Latin Grammy Awards, 2004
- Nomination, Best Latin Jazz Album, Roda Carioca, Latin Grammy Awards, 2006
- Nomination, Best Instrumental Album Live at Caramoor, Latin Grammy Awards, 2009
References
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External links
- [http://www.jovisan.net Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPnD8wqZ5Bk&t=12s 'Ep. 138: Jovino Santos Neto - pianist, composer, arranger, educator'] Interview by Tigran Arakelyan
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Category:21st-century pianists
Category:Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Brazilian jazz pianists
Category:Brazilian jazz composers
Category:Brazilian music arrangers
Category:Brazilian music educators
Category:Brazilian record producers
Category:Malandro Records artists
Category:McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni
Category:Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
Category:Cornish College of the Arts faculty
Category:Brazilian expatriates in the United States