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EDUARDO GUDIN

Born on October 14, 1950, in São Paulo, Eduardo Gudin is a composer, arranger, and guitarist with a solid artistic career in Brazilian popular music, acclaimed both on stage and in the studio. With a highly authentic compositional style, his sonic identity lies at the sublime threshold between samba and bossa nova, two musical genres so representative of Brazil, and throughout he world. With 19 recorded albums, 1 DVD and countless projects carried out since 1966, when he began his artistic career at the age of 16, Gudin is a partner of other renowned composers, such as Ivan Lins, Toquinho, Paulinho da Viola, Carlos Lyra, Adoniran Barbosa, Paulo Vanzolini, Paulo César Pinheiro, Elton Medeiros, Nelson Cavaquinho, Fátima Guedes, Arrigo Barnabé etc. His works were recorded by artists of different styles andgenerations, such as Leila Pinheiro (revealed at the TV Globo MPB Festival in 1985, performing the song Verde, written by Gudin and J. C. Costa Netto), Vânia Bastos (who immortalized the recording of Paulista, by the same partners mentioned), Gal Costa, Elza Soares, Dona Ivone Lara, Clara Nunes, Beth Carvalho, Mônica Salmaso, Fabiana Cozza, Renato Braz, by the groups MPB4 and Originais do Samba, by his own partner Paulinho da Viola, among other great interpreters.

NAILA GALLOTA

Pianist and singer, Naila Gallotta started his career in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1986. Studied piano with Didi Marsechi, Ana Maria Aggio, Clises Mullatti, and Hilton Valente (Gogô), important music teachers and musicians in Brazil. Moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1997, and lived there for six years. Studied jazz piano with Howllett Smith and Paul Smith, and voice with Rhonda Dillan and Marian Bodnar. Got a bachelor degree in Music at El Camino College. Performed with the school’s Jazz Band and played with several groups while living in LA, both Jazz and Brazilian Music. Got an award at El Camino as an outstanding musicianship, and the best student at the Art Department in 2002. Back in Brazil, she has been performing as a singer and pianist.

MARSHA FURUTANI

Marsha Furutani was born and studied in California, United States. Composer, singer of jazz, folk and folk music over 30 years. Recorded 4 CDs. Although having written all the final 13 versions for the Real Samba album, she says: “I always tried to retain the content and sentiment as well as the rhythmic phrasing of the Portuguese original lyrics. It was a pleasure because I felt simpatico to Eduardo’s writing”.