The Career of Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Profile and Links
Profile: Self-described by Arnaldo as: Musical
Philosopher, Jornalist, Jazz & Brazilian Music Historian, Record
Producer, Member of IAJE (International Association for Jazz
Education), JJA (Jazz Journalists Association), AIM, ABI, and Voting
Member of NARAS. Founder of the JSR (Jazz Station Records) label, a
division of Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting - Los Angeles,
California. Producer of note for many jazz artists. Also serves as a percussionist and arranger on various albums.
Arnaldo's Official Blog: http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/
[Logo of Jazz Station Records]
A list of Jazz Station Records can be viewed here: http://www.koorax.com/jsr_rec.htm
A list of Jazz Station Productions can be viewed here, along with the many sets of liner notes Arnaldo has written:
http://www.koorax.com/jsr_prod.htm
[Logo of Jazz Station Records]
A list of Jazz Station Records can be viewed here: http://www.koorax.com/jsr_rec.htm
A list of Jazz Station Productions can be viewed here, along with the many sets of liner notes Arnaldo has written:
http://www.koorax.com/jsr_prod.htm
Biography
Born: June 28, 1963 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Biography written by Alex Henderson at http://allmusic.com:
In
Brazilian jazz circles, Arnaldo DeSouteiro commands the sort of respect
and admiration that Orrin Keepnews and Quincy Jones enjoy in the United
States -- he is a heavyweight producer who has worked with his share of
major Brazilian artists, just as Keepnews and Jones are famous for the
American artists they've worked with. The list of Brazilian stars
DeSouteiro has produced includes João Gilberto, Luiz
Bonfá, Dom Um Romao, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Yana Purim, Mario
Castro-Neves, and João Donato, among many others. Comparisons to
Keepnews and Jones are valid not only because of DeSouteiro's work as
producer, but also because of the historic perspective he brings to the
table; DeSouteiro is a musicologist/historian who has an encyclopedic
knowledge of Brazilian music (both jazz and pop) as well as
non-Brazilian jazz and the European classical tradition. DeSouteiro
could spend hours talking about the many styles of music that have come
from Brazil, and he is knowledgeable of everything from bossa nova,
samba, and tropicalismo (also known as tropicalia) to choro, forro,
baião, and lambada. He is well-versed in Rio de Janeiro styles
as well as the Afro-Brazilian music that comes from Bahia and other
parts of Northeastern Brazil. However, DeSouteiro isn't as old as
either Jones or Keepnews; both of them are old enough to be his father.
DeSouteiro (who is fluent in both Portuguese and English) was born in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 23, 1963. His mother is veteran
classical pianist Delza Agricola, who did a lot to encourage her son's
interest in music. By the time DeSouteiro was 16 in 1979, he was
freelancing as a music journalist and was writing a weekly column for
Tribuna da Imprensa (one of Rio's daily newspapers). He went on to
freelance for a variety of other publications (including Keyboard
magazine and Spain's Cuadernos de Jazz), and it was in the '80s that he
started making a name for himself as a producer. By the time he was in
his late thirties, the carioca had produced more than 50 albums --
including albums by singer Ithamara Koorax, whom he married in 1990.
That is in addition to producing specials for Brazilian television and
providing liner notes for countless CDs. In the '90s and early 2000s,
he had an ongoing relationship with RCA/BMG's Brazilian division and
was overseeing quite a few of their jazz and pop reissues (many of
which he wrote liner notes for).
* * *What Others Say About Arnaldo
"Arnaldo is not only very, very knowledgeable, but also reliable and fast as well. That makes him a dream to work with.
Looking forward to countless swinging projects more!"
--Matthias Küennecke, Universal Music, Berlin, Germany
* * *
I believe this letter from Creed Taylor himself says it all (address blocked for reasons of privacy):
"Arnaldo is not only very, very knowledgeable, but also reliable and fast as well. That makes him a dream to work with.
Looking forward to countless swinging projects more!"
--Matthias Küennecke, Universal Music, Berlin, Germany
* * *
I believe this letter from Creed Taylor himself says it all (address blocked for reasons of privacy):
"Arnaldo – Your work speaks for itself, but I have to say that, being in the entertainment industry for many years, and working, intensively, with great producers (including Quincy Jones and Orrin keepnews) you not only deserve to be compared with them but you should also be regarded as a hero in the struggle to preserve relevant music, internationally. Your production company is a sort of sanctuary for endangered music, beautiful, but doomed to disappear without someone like you to release it. I am sure that my good friends Quincy and Orrin agree with me on this. Thank you for letting me come to your circle."
--Mayuto Correa (renowned LA-based percussionist who recorded legendary albums with such artists as Henry Mancini, Freddie Hubbard, Gabor Szabo, Cannonball Adderley, Cal Tjader, Charlie Byrd, Moacir Santos and many others.)
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