Paulo Moura

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Paulo Moura
Background information
Born	(1932-07-15)15 July 1932 São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	12 July 2010(2010-07-12) (aged 77) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	jazz swing choro
Instrument(s)	clarinet saxophone
Years active	1956–2010
Website	www.paulomoura.com.br

Paulo Moura (15 July 1932 – 12 July 2010^[1]) was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist.

Born in São José do Rio Preto, where his father was the maestro of a marching band and encouraged his son to train as a tailor,^[2] Paulo instead studied in the National Music School and performed with the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. He was the first black artist to become first clarinetist in the Municipal Theatre Orchestra.^[2] He appeared at Bossa Nova night at Carnegie Hall in 1962 with Sérgio Mendes,^[2] the two of them also featuring on Cannonball Adderley's 1962 album, Cannonball's Bossa Nova. He won the Sharp Award for the most popular instrumentalist of the year in 1992.^[2]

His CD Paulo Moura e Os Oito Batutas was listed by Barnes & Noble as one of the top 10 recommendations of the year for 1998.^[2] From 1997 to 1999, he was on the State Council of Culture in Rio de Janeiro, a Councillor of the Federal Council of Music, and President of the Museum Foundation of Image and Sound.^[2] In 2000, Moura became the first Brazilian instrumentalist to win the Latin Grammy.^[2] Moura died of lymphoma.^[3][4] In his last informal musical gathering happened on July 10, 2010,^[5] and included David Feldman (musician), Daniela Spielmann, Marcello Gonçalves, Gabriel Moura, Humberto Araujo and Wagner Tiso. He was married to Halina Grynberg and had two sons, Pedro and Domingos.^[6]