Adriano Santos

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Adriano Santos was born in São Paulo, Brasil in 1966. Part of a new
generation of Brazilian drummers he begun his drum studies at the age of
twelve at Zimbo Trio Music School in his home town. In 1988 he moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music where he got his B.A. in Film Scoring. Moving to New York in 1995, Adriano started his Masters Degree at City College of New York where he had the chance to enjoy essemble lessons with great jazz legend Ron Carter. As a professional he has performed with top international artists such as Astrud Gilberto, Leny Andrade, Luciana Souza, Romero Lubambo, Nelson Faria, Leo Gandelman, Paulo Moura, Eumir Deodato, Ulysses Rocha, Cliff Korman, Santi Debriano, Hendrik Meurkens, Vana Gierig, Paul Winter and the Boston Pops, to name a few. In November of 1999, Adriano performed at the Blue Note in Fukuoka and Osaka, Japan, with Sony recording artist Eileen Ivers. He has also recorded "Pretty World",
a project produced and arranged by the great Eumir Deodato with Japanese sensation Ono Lisa. Adriano has produced publications in specialized drum magazines and has released a new book through Drummers Collective (where he is part of the faculty) called, "Afro-Caribean & Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset". Adriano can be seen playing around the tri-state area with the best bands of New York.

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