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Dudu Lima was born in 1972, in Brazil. He started to study acoustic bass very
young, by himself, and later at the Ian Guest Music Center in Rio de Janeiro.
Later, he studied electric bass with Charles Banacus in Boston (USA), attended
Berklee College of Music (USA) and workshops with Natan East (bassist of Larry
Carlton) and Dave Weckel (drummer of Chick Corea ).
In Brazil, Dudu Lima has participated in more than 40 albums of great jazz
musicians and performed at the most important jazz festivals like Visa Jazz
Festival, ProMusica Jazz Festival , Buzios Patio Havana Instrumental , Rio das
Ostras Summer Festival, Ibitipoca Jazz Festival, Festival de Jazz de Friburgo,
Festival Internacional de Musica Colonial de Juiz de Fora , Jazz and Blues Rio
das Ostras Festival, Blue Tree Bras?lia Jazz Festival.
Abroad, Dudu Lima performed at Montreux Jazz Festival, Brienz Jazz Festival and
at Jazz Times Convention in New York.
Dudu Lima composed the overture soundtrack for the ?Luzes da Cidade Film
Festival?, the soundtrack for TV documentary ?Museu Mariano Procopio? and had
one of his music (?Regina?) in the theatre piece ?O Baile Verde?. He's also
performed in the soundtracks of the movies ?A 3a. Morte de Joaqim Boliver? and
?Maria das Gra?a?.
The first CD was ?Regina? recorded in 2000 and the second one
Nossa Historia released in 2003 with the participation of great
Brazilian jazz musicians such as Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Juarez
Moreira, Ivan Conti (Azimuth), M?rcio Bahia, among others.
In 2007, Dudu Lima released his DVD and third CD: ?Dudu Lima Live ? 20 Years of
Pure Music? (?Dudu Lima ao vivo ? 20 Anos de Pura M?sica?). This work counts
with the special participation of the great North-American guitarist Stanley
Jordan and the virtuoso Canadian saxophonist Jean Pierre Zanella.
Dudu Lima performs his own compositions, among them ?Regina? with Stanley
Jordan, and also some Brazilian ?standards? like ?Aquarela do Brasil?(Ary
Barroso), ?Brasileirinho?(Waldir Azevedo),?O Trenzinho do Caipira? (Heitor
Villa-Lobos) and ?Clube da Esquina? (Milton Nascimento). All performed in a very
new way with modern arrangements, innovating as a solist and as a bandleader at
the both electric and acoustic basses. |
