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Beginning
(1980-1981)
Garage
1st Formation
This is “Garage” a Fusion Quintet formed by myself, Claudio Infante and Paulo Soledade. After the breakup of “Semente” we were trying something different. So, we picked Antonio Santana for the bass, he now lives in Los Angeles, and Fernando Moura on the keys, he works as a producer and has played with Marisa Monte and many others. From left: Antonio Santana, Fernando Moura, Zé Luis, Claudio Infante and Paulo Soledade. Rio 1980
Montreau
Jazz Festival II (SP)
Playing
on the 2nd Montreux Jazz Festival with “Garage”.
S‹o Paulo1980
Eduardo
Dusek & Zé Luis
Eduardo Dusek and me. Dusek is a kind of cabaret singer with satiric comments in his songs, simply marvelous. While I was playing with him, he had a hit song in Brazil. Rio 1980
Timeline
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With My Friends (1976-1980) |
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Beginning (1980-1981) |
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Caetano I (1981-1983) |
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Caetano II+ (1984-1992) |
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USA with Artists (1993-1999) |
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USA Solo (1991-Present) |
Eduardo
Dusek, Beto Barroco & Zé Luis
Dusek, Beto Barroca and me. Rio 1980
Luiz
Melodia & Zé Luis
Play with Luiz Melodia, was a great musical experience, he is a great composer and a very special singer and it is because of his musicianship, that many doors opened for me in the beginning of my career. From left: Me, Ricardo Augusto, Luiz Melodia and Antonio Santana. Rio 1980
Zezé
Motta & Zé Luis
ZezŽ Motta and me, she is a singer and actress who did a wonderful portrait of "Xica da Silva" a featuring movie direct by Carlos Dieges about a slave that becomes a marquise. S‹o Paulo 1981
Tour
in Germany
I just like this picture, that’s me on tour in Germany in 1981
Zezé
Motta, Guilherme Araujo & Zé Luis
This is me, Zezé and Guilherme Araujo in Hanover, Germany in 1981, Guilherme was her manager, as well as Luis Medloia's, Caetano Veloso’s and others that I worked with later on.
Ritchi
(Menina Veneno)
Ritchie. I recorded one of the biggest hits in Brazilian hitory with this English singer. The song “Menina Veneno” (Poison Girl) lyrics composed by Bernardo Vilhena (one of my best friends) and Ritchie, it was recorded in 1981.
Garage
2nd Formation
By the end of 1981 things had changed a lot, I was working steady in the music business, the band I had formed with my friends was stronger in it’s second formation. The bass player was a new sensation on the Rio scene… Artur Maia and the new keyboard player Lulú Martin, had just arrived from Berklee School of Music. From left: Zé Luis, Paulo Soledade, Artur Maia, Claudio Infante and Lulœ Martin. Rio 1981
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