Paulo Moura

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{{Expand Portuguese|topic=bio|Martinho da Vila|date=February 2013}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|07|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|07|12|1932|07|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| genre = jazz
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| instrument = clarinet
saxophone

| years_active = 1956–2010

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Paulo Moura (15 July 1932 – 12 July 2010[http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/zerohora/jsp/default2.jsp?uf=1&local=1&source=a2969824.xml&template=3898.dwt&edition=15085§ion=999 "MEMÓRIA: Paulo Moura silencia" Zero Hora] in Portuguese, 15 July 2010) was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist.

Born in São José do Rio Preto, where his father was the maestro of a marching band and encouraged his son to train as a tailor, Paulo instead studied in the National Music School and performed with the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. He was the first black artist to become first clarinetist in the Municipal Theatre Orchestra. He appeared at Bossa Nova night at Carnegie Hall in 1962 with Sérgio Mendes, the two of them also featuring on Cannonball Adderley's 1962 album, Cannonball's Bossa Nova. He won the Sharp Award for the most popular instrumentalist of the year in 1992.

His CD Paulo Moura e Os Oito Batutas was listed by Barnes & Noble as one of the top 10 recommendations of the year for 1998. From 1997 to 1999, he was on the State Council of Culture in Rio de Janeiro, a Councillor of the Federal Council of Music, and President of the Museum Foundation of Image and Sound. In 2000, Moura became the first Brazilian instrumentalist to win the Latin Grammy.{{cite web|url=http://www.cantaloupeproductions.com/paulo_moura/ |title=Paulo Moura |publisher=Cantaloupe Music Productions Inc |access-date=2009-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201032202/http://www.cantaloupeproductions.com/paulo_moura/ |archive-date=December 1, 2005 }} Moura died of lymphoma.{{cite news|title=Músico Paulo Moura morre aos 77|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/766009-musico-paulo-moura-morre-aos-77.shtml|access-date=13 July 2010|newspaper=Folha.com|date=13 July 2010}}[https://archive.today/20120801221406/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=145&csid2=844&fid1=48081 "Interview with Seu Jorge" Exclaim! Magazine, August 2010] in Portuguese, 15 July 2010 In his last informal musical gathering happened on July 10, 2010,{{cite web|title=Sarau para Paulo Moura|date=15 July 2010|url=http://www.cantaloupeproductions.com/2010/07/14/sarau-para-paulo-moura/|publisher=Cantaloupe Music Productions|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911085909/http://www.cantaloupeproductions.com/2010/07/14/sarau-para-paulo-moura/|url-status=dead}} and included David Feldman (musician), Daniela Spielmann, Marcello Gonçalves, Gabriel Moura, Humberto Araujo and Wagner Tiso. He was married to Halina Grynberg and had two sons, Pedro and Domingos.{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Tom|title=Brazilian musician brought the bossa nova to the world|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=22 July 2010}}