All sort of Brazilian musicians including Antonio Carlos
Jobim, Victor Assis Brasil, Hermeto Pascoal, Milton Nascimento, Toninho
Horta, Celia Vaz, Paulo Belinatti, Lô Borges, Chico Buarque, João Gilberto,
Joyce, Boca Livre, Pixinguinha, Cartola, Garoto, Novos Baianos all the way
to the Mutantes and Rita Lee.
The
Jazz of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Thelonious
Monk, David Brubeck Quartet, Modern Jazz Quartet, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Michael
Brecker, the wonderful Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Pat
Martino, Jon Abercrombie, Mike Stern, Keith Jarret, Herbie Hancock, Mingus,
Pastorious, etc, etc.
Cool
only. There's nothing worse in music than exaggeration.
To
listen: All the cats above plus a few more, as well as many classical composers,
the French impressionists, blues, folk music (both American and Brazilian),
celtic music; Portuguese fado, boleros and all Latin rhythms, Beatles, Pink
Floyd, James Taylor, G. Gershwin, C. Porter, H. Mancini, B. Bacharah, John
Williams, Enio Morricone, etc, etc, etc...
"All I want is
to have my own voice, find that perfect melody or progression and most
of all, have the most beautiful tone. For me, music is not a way of displaying
my motor skills, neither to show off how many years I spent studying.
When I play or compose, I try to make a statement and each note must have
a meaning... I can be very emotional, but I am quite introspective as
well, so my music reflects that side and you will not find over-the-top
sentimentalism either."
Lufe Lima
Bossa's Gentle Breeze
Lufe Lima was born
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1963. He grew up in a musical family and
since the cradle was put to listen to the masters of jazz and the cool
sounds of Bossa Nova, developing his love for music during one of the
most prolific musical periods in Brazilian history. He started playing
flute and trumpet at age 12. At 13 he switched to the guitars and a year
later, he joined the production company of his brother in law working
on live shows of some of the most important artists on the Brazilian music
scene.
During
the early 80's, after a period studying in the United States, he returned
to Rio where he played with a number of jazz bands. In 1987, he was hired
as a guitar teacher for the Centro Musical Antonio Adolfo music school.
Lufe is living in the United States since 1995. There,
he worked as a producer for MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and a number of other
companies. He also learned electric bass, percussion and the piano. In addition
to performing, he also composes and produces soundtracks for Television
and videogames.
Muito obrigado por aceitar meu convite, para mim é uma honra! Muito obrigado também pelo comentário! Parabéns pelo trabalho fantástico! Muito sucesso, muita paz e muita luz pra você! Um grande abraço!
Grande Lufe! A minha filha esses dias estava impossivel! Cansada, mas nao queria ir dormir. Coloquei as suas musicas p/ ela ouvir e nao deu outra, se acalmou e dormiu kkk...Sinal que tem bom gosto! Abraco, sucesso!
Mestre Lufe, obrigado pela gentileza em me aceitar como mais um amigo virtual, agora no MySpace...parabéns pelo belíssimo trabalho...abrações musicais !!!
Come join the celebration over the release of our new CD – Boteco!!
‘Boteco’ is an artful mixture of neo-futuristic traditional Brazilian rhythms with the right quantity of the best North American spices. It is funk and rock boiling and baking with samba, maracatu, frevo and baiao.
Put Pele and Mohammed Ali in a fictional mix machine. Now add Frank Zappa, Sergio Mendes, Tom Jobim and Roger Waters and fused in to one. What a mix eh? Bat Makumba is this fusion, multiplied by 2.
CD Release Parties: 11/06 Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA 11/07 The Old Ironsides – Sacramento, CA 11/13 The Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA 11/21 Stage Door – Mount Shasta, CA 12/04 Harp Inn – Costa Mesa, CA 12/05 Santa Monica Bar & Grille – Santa Monica, CA ...more to come
Check out some new mixes from Boteco at www.myspace.com/batmakumbamusic
ola conheci vc no myspace da fabiana passoni. curti muito seu som lufe, parabens pela força de estar fazendo musica brasileira de qualidade e levando para o mundo. seja bem vindo.
Ae Lufe!!! Massa meu velho, muito bom o teu som... to muito envolvido com o estudo do Jazz atualmente... é um estilo encantador!!! Parabéns pelo teu som!!! Grande abraço
Lufe - Mssr. Paul Gauguin in his lifetime quoted: "I close my eyes to see" ... Now can you imagine if he had headphones on and listening to say --- A Metheny Ballad? : )
Thanks for connecting with my thoughts my friend ... it means a lot especially coming from you.
You will never ever forget that Lufe ... Like I will never ever forget that Sad December Day: I was in a bookstore when I came across an article in front of a Chicago paper saying: "Girl From Ipanema Says Goodbye" ... I was stunned and had to run to my car.
The Maestro, he was such a beautiful person, a symbol of all beautiful things Brasileiro. He made some "gentle people" --- Yes! He made GENTLE PEOPLE ... just like a God.
Lufe my friend ... Wow, I am transfixed listening to your take of PASSARIM ... You need to know this song by heart to be able to play it the way you did --- I do, and all the notes are intact ... you amaze me, it's not an easy piece to play especially when jumps like that are so exposed ... just "wow" my friend.
Lufe, muito obrigado por ter aceitado o convite e pelo simpatico recado. As vezes é bom ter um "feedback" (bom ou ruim), principalmente quando vem de um musico foda como você. Adorei suas musicas. Como dizem por aqui "C'est la classe". O som de guitarra é uma maravilha. Podes até nao concordar, mas teu som inspira. Em breve, volto para escutar um pouco mais das suas estorias. Abraço. Rodrigo.
