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Julinho Barbosa
4+ albums
sambaBossa Novabossa jazz
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Julio Barbosa, one of Brazil's leading trumpet players, was born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, and started playing the trumpet at the age of 13. Having studied composition, harmony and counterpoint, the experienced trumpet player is also an ingenious composer and arranger. Early in his career, he was commissioned by the Odeon and Phillips record companies in Rio de Janeiro, where he made recordings with Erlon Chaves, Moacir Santos, Gilberto Gil, Sérgio Mendes, Raul de Souza, Eumir Deodato, and many others. He worked with the popular big bands of maestros Cipó and Peruzzi, and with Severino Araújo's Orquestra Tabajara, also writing special arrangements for the band's television shows. It was through the Orquestra Tabajara's concerts and shows broadcast by TV Rio that he gained national acclaim as a soloist and became known as "Julinho do Trompete". He recorded the first records under his own name with Dom Salvador (piano), Robertinho Silva (drums), Luiz Carlos (bass), Neco (guitar), and Oberdan Magalhães (sax): "O Som de Julinho" and "100% Bossa". His all-star ensemble "7 de Ouros" with Cipó, Edmundo Maciel, Lauro Miranda, Vidal and Paulinho, featuring Flora Purim and Wilson Simonal as vocalists, was a great success. When he was asked to join the renowned show group "A Brasiliana", he embarked on a tour that took him around the world. He then became musical director of the popular show group "Brasil Tropical", composing and arranging the music for its exuberant Brazil
