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Rafael Barata

BAND/AFFILIATION:		Elaine Elias Quartet/Edu Lobo/Angela Ro Ro
BIRTHDAY:		9/26/1980
COUNTRY:		Brazil
PRODUCTS USED:		JAZZ WOOD - NATURAL DRUMSTICK

Rafael Mendes Barata, was born on September 26th, 1980, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He started to play drums at 5 years old. Throughout his childhood he was dedicated to Popular Brazilian Music, specializing in learning the Bossa Nova, whose attraction came from within his family; father Roberto Mendes, a musician and his brother Beto, a pianist. Rafael is self taught on drums, he recorded his first CD at age 14. He won two National Brazilian Drum Festivals: 1st Batuka - At age 15, and the Batuka Masters 2000 at age 20.

Barata has recorded with many diverse artists. Amongst them; Rosa Passos, Zizi Possi, Edu Lobo, Leny Andrade, Flavio Venturini, Leila Pinheiro, Ivan Lins, Angela Ro Ro, Paula Morelenbaum, Maucha and Muiza Adnet, Monica Salmaso, Joyce, Alcione, Luis Melodia, Lisa Ono and Amanda Brecker. Also, with musician's Dario Galante, Idriss Boudrioua, Osmar Milito, Durval Ferreira, Joao Donato, Mario Adnet, Moacir Santos, Helio Celso, JT Meirelles, Spok Frevo, Hamilton de Hollanda, Mauricio Einhorn, Jaques Morelenbaum, Lula Galvao, Marcos Valle, Marcos Amorim, Daniel Garcia, Claudio Roditi, Guilherme Dias Gomes, Turi Collura, Raul de Souza, Oscar Castro Neves and Eliane Elias.

Rafael has also performed with great singers like Zeze Motta, Emilio Santiago, Ze Renato, Roberta Sa, Paula Santoro, Maucha Adnet, Ney Matogrosso, singer/drummer Wilson das Neves and Leny Andrade.

Inside of the jazz headquarters in Rio, Mistura Fina, he played many years with the piano player legend Osmar Milito. And there, with names like Russell Ferrante, Mike Shapiro, John Pizzarelli, Jane Monheit, Karrin Allison, Kevin Lethau and many others.

He's played in many Brazilian Jazz festivals with Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Phillipe Baden Powell and "JT Meirelles e os Copa 5", Jean Pierre Zanella (Montreal), Ray Moore (New Orleans), Idriss Boudrioua (France), Dario Galante (Italy), Jeff Gardner (USA), Nosso Trio (Nelson Faria, Ney Conceicao and Kiko Freitas), Paulo Moura, and many others. Rafael still playing with the greatest Bossa Nova singer and composer, Edu Lobo, and the Pop singer Angela Ro Ro. Inside of jazz in Brazil, he plays with Idriss Boudrioua Base & Brass septet. Since 2006, Rafael is teacher of CIVEBRA (Brasilia International Summer Music Course).

Around the world, he has played in many Jazz festivals in South and North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and USA, in projects with: Jeff Gardner Trio, Root System L.A. Group, the NY singer Elin, "Nosso Trio", Mika Mori, and "Cello Samba Trio"(Jaques Morelenbaum, Lula Galvao and Rafael).

Now he is touring around the world with Eliane Elias Quartet (Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Rafael and Rubens De La Corte. Rooted in New York, he is developing recordings with Paul Nowinski, Jon Davis and John Hart. For more information, please visit www.rafaelbarata.com.


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