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Felipe Salles is a native of São Paulo, Brazil, who currently
lives
and performs in New York City. Before coming to the United States, Felipe was active in numerous combos and bands as a saxophonist,
composer
and arranger. He played with such bands as Octeto de Música Brasileira,
Zerro Santos Big Band, Banda Farinha Seca, Zydeco Band, Santa Gafieira,
Sampa Crew, Savoy Quartet and the Axel Fisch Group, and has
performed with Brazilian artists such as Daniela Mercury, Paulo Moura
and Wagner Tiso. He has also appeared on the same bill as many
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prominent
American artists, including Betty Carter, at Bourbon Street Club,
in São Paulo, Brazil. Felipe Salles has been an active musician
in the US since 1995, leading his own group, the Felipe Salles Quintet. As of the same year he established Quizamba
as a music entity to serve as an agency for Brazilian Jazz projects of his own and of related artists.
Performance venues include the extinct venues Willow Jazz Club and
Connolly's Jazz Club, The Knitting Factory, The Big Easy, Hybernia,
Acton Jazz Cafe , Sandrina's, Ryles Jazz Club, The Middle East, Natick
Center for the Arts, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Symphony
Hall and the Regattabar. As a sideman, Felipe Salles has worked
and recorded with various jazz, latin and pop groups including Mango
Blue, Either/Orchestra, Bellevue Cadillac, La Timba Loca, Mozamba, Bevan
Manson, The Daddys, Dead Cat Bounce, Quizamba, Grand Unified Theory, The
Touch, Big and Phat Jazz Orchestra, Black Tie Affair Orchestra, Charles
Brown Organization and Soul City. He has had the opportunity
to work and record with prominent jazz artists like George Russell,
Gunther Schuller, Sam Rivers, Herb Pomeroy, Jerry Bergonzi, Tony Lujan,
Luciana Souza, Bob Moses and Fernando Brandão.
In addition, Felipe Salles has studied with such world renowned musicians
as David Liebman, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Charlie Banacos
and Kenny Werner. Felipe Salles has recently been awarded
first place in the Concurso SGAE de Jazz 'TETE MONTOLIU', 2001,
with the composition 'The Return of the Chromo Sapiens', and fifth
place at the III Premio SGAE Iberoamericano de Jazz Latino, with
the composition 'Freudian Slip', 2002. He has also been awarded the
Boston Jazz Society Scholarship Award for the year of 1997, and
was a featured performer at the Boston Jazz Society 22nd Annual
Jazz Festival in 1998, where he opened for and performed with Stanley
Turrentine. Felipe Salles' first solo CD, Further South, on
the Spanish label Fresh Sound/New Talent has received critical aclaim,
and features Bob Moses on drums, John Lockwood on bass, Alain
Mallet piano, and Tony D'Aveni on trumpet. His second CD Mind
Motions, on the same label, features his current group, Tony D'Aveni
on trumpet, Nando Michelin on piano, Bertram Lehmann on drums
and Rick McLaughlin on bass.
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The following are a few of Felipe's recommendations.
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