My jazz harmonica initiative got reality today! The site www.jazzharmonica.org is live now. When I started studying jazz on the harmonica 22 years ago, I was all on my own. I had lessons with some classical and popular chromatic harmonica players but their ideas about style and technique...

In 2009 I started composing for classical musicians combined with a jazz ensemble and samples of real life sounds. On top of that I improvise on the harmonica. The compositions are insprired by my life here in Brasil. The result is what could be called “chamber jazz” and the album...

I’am proud to be sideman and one of the main soloists in this remarkable band around singer Fulvia di Domenico.   Fulvia was born in Rome, Italy, and grew up travelling between Africa, France, Spain and Italy itself. She studied languages and literature at the University in Rome but...

The Exotic Voice of World Jazz! I’m very happy to be featured artist for this amazing singer from Portugal; Maria Joao Mendes.   Official Website: http://www.mariajoaomendes.com “Get to know the voice that enchanted Quincy Jones.” – Jornal de Notícias, Portugal “(…)...

THE SENSATION OF IMPRESSIONISTIC BRAZILIAN JAZZ   The diversity of musical personalities and the continues journey through musical landscapes is what makes the Dumee & Dijkgraaf Quinteto a sensation for audiences around the world. This quintet is composed of the elements from an...