Airto Moreira

Airto Moreira was born in Itaiopolis, Brazil, into a family of folk healers, and raised in Curitiba and São Paulo. As a promising musical talent at an early age he became a professional musician at age 13 and in 1967 Airto moved with his wife to Newyork and played in the early days with the likes of Miles Davis. As a jazz drummer and percussionist, Airto Moreira has contributed to a whole host of musicians as well as creating many albums of his own work. Many CTI artists have included his talents such as Stanley Turrentine, Eumir Deodato, Hubert Laws, Johnny Hammond as well as many other Artists across many spheres of Jazz Music, including the experimentation into Jazz Fusion.