Airto Moreira

drums, percussion · 1941 · Itaiópolis

Born in 1941 in Itaiópolis (Santa Catarina), Airto Moreira emerged in the late 1960s with the Quarteto Novo, alongside Hermeto Pascoal, then played with Miles Davis, on Weather Report's first album (1971) and in Return to Forever. He was voted best percussionist in the DownBeat Critics Poll from 1975 to 1982, then in 1993.

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Styles

• Brazilian instrumental music
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Tombo in 7/4 (1973)

Sources

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