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Airto Moreira
Influential Brazilian drummer Airto Moreira has demonstrated his mastery of many
forms of percussion on jazz records since the 1970s with a wide variety of major
American artists. He has worked with Miles Davis, Lee Morgan and Chick Corea and
his recording of 'Captain Marvel' with Stan Getz has become a classic.
Born in the city of Itaiópolis in Brazil, Airto, who often goes by only his
first name, grew up in Curitiba and São Paulo, where he started to make money
playing music as a teenager. He played with the Sambalanço Trio samba group and
was on Hemeto Pascoal's memorable 1...
