Paulo Moura - R.I.P.

[Pete C]

The great Brazilian reed player has died.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...bXsEAD9GU7NQO0

Condolences especially to his J.C. friends Cliff Korman and Jose Domingos Raffaeli.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

RIP Paulo.

Many years ago when I won several CDs in a Jazz Corner contest, one of the CDs that showed up in my mailbox was Cliff Korman and Paulo Moura's "Pixinguinha Meets Duke Ellington". I hadn't heard of either artist and wondered what I was going to hear. It turned out to be one of my favorite discs in the whole batch. Great stuff.

Kevin

[Lois Gilbert]

very sad to hear this.

[Pete C]

Many years ago when I won several CDs in a Jazz Corner contest, one of the CDs that showed up in my mailbox was Cliff Korman and Paulo Moura's "Pixinguinha Meets Duke Ellington". I hadn't heard of either artist and wondered what I was going to hear. It turned out to be one of my favorite discs in the whole batch. Great stuff.

I won that one too--beautiful album. And I got to see them at Lincoln Center Out of Doors around that time.

[Ron Thorne]

I won that lovely recording from Cliff Korman and Paulo Moura, too.

Sad news, indeed.



R.I.P., Paulo Moura~

[José Domingos Raffaelli]

I'm totally distressed about Paulo Moura's passing. We were close friends since the fifties when I studied alto sax with his father Pedro Moura. At that time Paulo was learning to play alto and clarinet. Soon he was wailing playing in small groups and also on jam sessions I used to produce at that time. His vast talent was soon recognized by everybody and his professional career did a big step ahead. Since then he played on a lot of bands, small groups and symphonic orchestras. He recorded so many albums and played in many countries of the world aclaimed by critics, musicians and audiences. He was a very gentle and kind man, always in good spirits. I never heard he say a bad word about anybody. He had a lot of friends and his career was a very special one. His respect for the music and the musicians was appeciated by everyone. At this point, still not recovered from his loss, the only thing I can add is: "R. I. P. PAULO MOURA, THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU".