Biography
Maurício Einhorn, a resourceful improviser on jazz harmonica who also penned multiple bossa-nova standards, saw his compositions interpreted by Tom Jobim, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Mann, Paquito d'Rivera, Leny Andrade, Lito Nebbia, and additional artists. Among his best-known pieces stand “Different Beat” (“Batida Diferente,” co-written with Durval Ferreira), “Cloud” (“Nuvem”), “There We Are” (“Estamos Aí,” co-written with Durval Ferreira/Regina Werneck), “Tristeza de Nós Dois” (co-written with Durval Ferreira/Bebeto), “Alvorada,” “Joyce’s Samba,” and “Sambop.” His first public appearance occurred in 1947 on Rádio Tupi’s Programa das Gaitas Hering, a program underwritten by the harmonica manufacturer whose name it carried. Two years later he made his initial recording, joining the harmonica ensemble Brazilian Rascals for the theme “Portate Bien,” and that same year he appeared alongside Waldir Azevedo and his regional ensemble on Rádio Clube do Brasil.
The first Einhorn originals to reach disc arrived in 1960 when Claudette Soares included “Sambop” (co-written with Durval Ferreira) and “Tristeza de Nós Dois” (co-written with Durval Ferreira/Bebeto) on the LP Nova Geração em Ritmo de Samba; Einhorn himself contributed as a sideman. Although he subsequently recorded with a broad cross-section of Brazilian musicians, his own debut LP, The Oscar Winners, did not appear until 1975 and was reissued two years later under the title A Era de Ouro do Cinema. In 1979 he joined David Sanborn, Monty Alexander, and Nina Simone at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland. Five years afterward he and guitarist Sebastião Tapajós, with bassist Arismar do Espírito Santo as special guest, issued the duo album Maurício Einhorn & Sebastião Tapajós. At Pete Pedersen’s invitation, Einhorn performed in 1997 at the SPAH (Association of Preservation of the Harmonica) concert in Troy, MI, sharing the stage with Joe Carter; the pair also appeared together that year at the International Harmonica Hohner Festival in Trossingen, Germany, at the request of Arnold Kutzli.
The first Einhorn originals to reach disc arrived in 1960 when Claudette Soares included “Sambop” (co-written with Durval Ferreira) and “Tristeza de Nós Dois” (co-written with Durval Ferreira/Bebeto) on the LP Nova Geração em Ritmo de Samba; Einhorn himself contributed as a sideman. Although he subsequently recorded with a broad cross-section of Brazilian musicians, his own debut LP, The Oscar Winners, did not appear until 1975 and was reissued two years later under the title A Era de Ouro do Cinema. In 1979 he joined David Sanborn, Monty Alexander, and Nina Simone at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland. Five years afterward he and guitarist Sebastião Tapajós, with bassist Arismar do Espírito Santo as special guest, issued the duo album Maurício Einhorn & Sebastião Tapajós. At Pete Pedersen’s invitation, Einhorn performed in 1997 at the SPAH (Association of Preservation of the Harmonica) concert in Troy, MI, sharing the stage with Joe Carter; the pair also appeared together that year at the International Harmonica Hohner Festival in Trossingen, Germany, at the request of Arnold Kutzli.
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