Brazilian guitarist, composer, musical director and bandleader. A unique artist who combines Brazilian world rhythms with crackling rock guitar into an original style of musical composition.

Currently:
Featured Artist - 20th Century Guitar Player Magazine, October 2003
Co - Composer,Guitarist - Steve Winwood Group - Current CD, "About Time"
Band leader, composer-Netoband



MAJOR EVENTS, 2001

FESTIVALS AND TOURS

Steve Winwood Tour - International tour featuring current release, "About Time."
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England
Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham, England special guest Steve Winwood
“Jazz on the Hill” for KCSM Jazz Radio, San Mateo, CA.
San Jose Jazz Festival, Main Stage, San Jose, CA.
Fairfax Jazz Festival, Fairfax, CA.
Musical director, Harry Belafonte's touring band


PAST MAJOR EVENTS

Musical Director, Harry Belafonte's tour band
Co-founder, with Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, Fourth World
Special guest with Airto Moreira at “Evening With The Boston Pops”, a
television special for PBS
Guitarist, “Don't Stop the Carnival” HBO special with Harry Belafonte

Club Appearances
Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA
Blue Note, New York City Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England

Contributing Artist / Performer
“Come With Me” (Concord) Tania Maria
“Explosion” (CBS) Paquito D'Rivera
“Humble People” Airto Moreira and Flora Purim

Books and press coverage
“Guitar, Music-History-Players” Richard Chapman, w. foreword by Eric Clapton Dorling/Kindersley, New York, 2001
“Masters of Jazz Guitar” Charles Alexander, London Balafon Books, 1999
“A Taste of Brazil” cover story, Marin Independent Journal, Sept. 2000
“Fire Starter” music section, Pacific Sun, Jan. 2001