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Artist
Joel Xavier
12+ albums
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Born in Lisbon on 25th April 1974 (day of the peaceful revolution in Portugal) At the age of 15, he begins to study guitar, self taught. At the age of 16, he signs a contract for two albuns with BMG label. At the age of 17, he records his first album: "18". At the age of 19, he wins the "NAMM-SHOW" guitar competition in Los Angeles, which had 70 participating guitarrists, and he was considered one of the best 5 guitarrists of the year in the US, by American critics. At the age of 22, he records his second album: "Sr. Fado". At the age of 23, he is selected alongside the best latin guitarrists of the world: Larry Coryell, Bireli Lagrene, Tomatito, Luis Salinas and Rene Toledo, to record "Palabra de guitarra Latina" for BMG-Spain. He performs in the "1º MIDEM LATINO" in Miami, with the musicians that recorded the album, and tours the best auditoriums and bull squares in Spain, such as the "Palau de La Musica" in Barcelona and the Bullring in Palma de Maiorca. At 25 years old, he records "Latin Groove" in Arturo Sandoval's private studio in Miami, with the special participation of Paquito D'Rivera, Michel Camilo, Larry Coryell and Sandoval himself. The cd is presented live in the "Maria Matos" Theatre, in Lisbon, and is recorded by RTP (Portuguese national television network) and broadcasted several times on RTP's channels, including RTP Internacional and RTP Africa. In that same year he receives endorsement from one of the most prestigious guitar brands: GIBSON. At the invi
