The Jazz Organ Scene
Brazil
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Flavio Naves
Flavio (*1977) was born in São José dos Campos. Although he has been playing
the organ and the piano for only nine years, Flavio is considered one of the top Hammond experts
in Brazil. Self-taught, as some of the best blues players are, Flavio developed his skills by
listening to the music of his idols and learning from the CDs. He fell in love with the blues
when he watched Jimmy Smith and Deacon Jones (the organist with John Lee Hooker for 18 years)
performing live. Flavio had the opportunity to go on the road and lend his organ to Deacon Jones
when he toured Brazil in 1997.
Flavio had played in Lancaster´s band for several years before they decided to join forces and have a joint career. They had always shared solos on the live shows, but now with Flavio´s new status as the co-star of the gig his role includes playing themes especially written for the Hammond. Flavio has also played with Nuno Mindelis for the last two years, with whom he recorded "Twelve Hours". Nuno was very impressed with Flavio´s stage performance when they first met at a concert at SESC Paulista in 2000. Besides his blues background, Flavio has also worked with a Santana Cover band, some other funk bands and has accompanied harp players in electric-acoustic settings. Flavio has performed all over the country. He became known in the Brazilian blues world when he participated in a Blues'n'Jazz Magazine anniversary concert at the Bourbon Street Music Club in São Paulo, in 1998. The critics and musicians who attended the concert labeled him "the sensation of the new Blues generation". |
| contact: | flavio.naves@ig.com.br |
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