{"id":6,"date":"2019-02-11T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.titomartinojazz.com.br\/cms\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:37:17","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.titomartinojazz.com.br\/cms\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Engenheiro eletricista pela Escola Polit\u00e9cnica da U.S.P., \u00e9 clarinetista e compositor de Jazz, com um vasto curriculum internacional. Foi elogiado e teve fotos suas publicadas no WASHINGTON POST e no NEW YORK TIMES. Tocou durante mais de dez anos no circuito dos Festivais de Jazz; em New Orleans, Lyon, Buenos Aires, em Breda (Holanda), em Cheserex e Ascona (Sui\u00e7a ), em Askersund e Link\u00f6ping (Su\u00e9cia), Cantanhede (Portugal), na Europa, residiu na Alemanha e na Su\u00ed\u00e7a onde freq\u00fcentou o Instituto Jung de Psicologia Anal\u00edtica em K\u00fcsnacht (Zurique). \u00c9 Band-Leader de sucesso h\u00e1 mais de 50 anos. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/www.titomartinojazz.com.br\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tito-queme.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.titomartinojazz.com.br\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tito-queme.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.titomartinojazz.com.br\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tito-queme-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tito Martino (*1937), clarinetista e saxofonista brasileiro, toca com entusiasmo desde 1957, na tradi\u00e7\u00e3o de Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Albert Nicholas, Omer Simeon e George Lewis. Gravou 8 LPs e 5 CDs. Tito conversou com Louis Armstrong e Duke Ellington e tocou com Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson (que felizmente foi gravado), Wally Rose, Bob Wilber, Bob Haggart, Louis Nelson, Alvin Alcorn, Louis Barbarin, Louis Cottrell Jr. e outros grandes nomes do jazz. Em 1974, Tito Martino conseguiu levar sua banda para os EUA, para tocar em Nova Orleans, Nova York, Nova Jersey, Miami e Tucson, Arizona. A banda atraiu a aten\u00e7\u00e3o dos prestigiados e respeitados cr\u00edticos de jazz John Wilson, do New York Times, e Hal Willard, do Washington Post. Eles publicaram fotos de Tito em seus jornais e escreveram cr\u00edticas muito positivas sobre seus concertos, como o do NY Jazz Museum, organizado por Jack Bradley. Wilson escreveu: &#8220;O Sr. Martino revelou sua afei\u00e7\u00e3o pelo estilo de George Lewis, o clarinetista de Nova Orleans, em uma performance lindamente sombreada de Burgundy Street Blues; mas embora se pudesse ouvir reflex\u00f5es ocasionais de conhecidos jazzistas americanos\u2026 ele estava extraindo uma s\u00e9rie de fontes e juntando as coisas \u00e0 sua maneira individual&#8221;. Depois de tocarem juntos em Nova Orleans, Alvin Alcorn, o grande trompetista negro da Kid Ory&#8217;s Band, deu um tapinha no ombro de Tito e disse: &#8220;Sabe de uma coisa, cara? Voc\u00ea \u00e9 negro por dentro&#8221;. A banda tamb\u00e9m se apresentou em Washington, D.C., em um concerto para o Potomac Jazz Club, transmitido pela The Voice of America. Como consequ\u00eancia, a Banda de Tito Martino foi contratada no ano seguinte (1975) pelo jornalista, produtor de r\u00e1dio e escritor Royal Stokes, e sob sua supervis\u00e3o fizeram uma segunda turn\u00ea, passando por Chicago Heights, Toledo, Akron, St. Louis, Nova York, Washington, DC, Boston e Worcester, ap\u00f3s tocarem no N. Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, onde foram considerados pelos jornalistas da revista Second Line a melhor banda estrangeira do festival. De volta ao Brasil, Tito abriu seu celebrado e agora desaparecido OPUS 2004 Jazz Club, e logo conquistou grandes nomes do jazz, ap\u00f3s terminarem seus shows em outras cidades de S\u00e3o Paulo, tocando com eles fora do hor\u00e1rio comercial, como Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Manuel Sayles, Kid Thomas, e tamb\u00e9m Brubeck, Johnny Mince, Johnny Best, Art Blakey, etc. O clube tamb\u00e9m foi visitado por muitos outros jazzistas que assinaram contrato. Nessa \u00e9poca, o poderoso baixista Bob van Oven, da Dutch Swing College Band, estava no Brasil e permaneceu por um ano na Banda de Tito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Em 1983, Tito mudou-se para a Su\u00ed\u00e7a, por dez anos, e logo ajudou a fundar uma nova banda totalmente su\u00ed\u00e7a, a Bogalusa New Orleans Jazzband. Esta banda se apresentou no Ascona Jazz Festival e, enquanto tocavam com o trombonista Louis Nelson, eles atra\u00edram a aten\u00e7\u00e3o do produtor de discos de jazz George H. Buck, que gravou a banda no GHB-230 &#8220;Let&#8217;s Have a Good Time&#8221;. Em 1993, Tito retornou ao Brasil, onde fundou sua nova banda, a TITO MARTINO JAZZ BAND. Em dezembro de 2000, Tito conseguiu trazer para S\u00e3o Paulo a lend\u00e1ria Original Dixieland Jazz Band, agora sob a lideran\u00e7a de Jimmy LaRocca, com Tim Laughlin no clarinete; e junto com a famosa Porte\u00f1a Jazz Band de Buenos Aires e sua pr\u00f3pria banda, as tr\u00eas bandas realizaram dois Armstrong Memorial Concerts para um audit\u00f3rio lotado de 800 lugares. Em junho de 2006, a TITO MARTINO JAZZ BAND apresentou-se em Portugal no Festival Cantanhede Dixieland, em expans\u00e3o, e posteriormente Tito realizou uma curta turn\u00ea europeia organizada pelo trombonista Jens Lindgren, da famosa Kustbandet Big Band. Em outubro de 2009, Tito patrocinou um concerto da Kustbandet no Memorial da Am\u00e9rica Latina, em S\u00e3o Paulo. Atualmente, a Tito Martino Jazz Band toca em S\u00e3o Paulo, realizando concertos, shows e palestras de jazz em clubes, teatros, festas e eventos corporativos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pr\u00eamio &#8220;Pioneiro do Jazz Tradicional no Brasil&#8221;, Diploma concedido por Sua Excel\u00eancia a Secretaria de Cultura do Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apresenta-se regularmente com seu Tito Martino Jazz Band, em Shows, Concertos, Workshops, Palestras\/Concerto, programas de TV, em Clubes, Centros Culturais, Teatros, Audit\u00f3rios, Empresas e em Festivais de Jazz no Brasil e no exterior. <br>Assista ao v\u00eddeo de divulga\u00e7\u00e3o!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Tito Martino Jazz Band - Publicidade\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/73002749?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tito Martino (*1937), Brazilian born clarinetist and saxophonist, has played enthusiastically since 1957, in the tradition of Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Albert Nicholas, Omer Simeon, George Lewis. He recorded 8 LPs and 5 CDs. Tito talked to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington and jammed with Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson (that was fortunately recorded), Wally Rose, Bob Wilber, Bob Haggart, Louis Nelson, Alvin Alcorn, Louis Barbarin, Louis Cottrell Jr. and other big names of Jazz. In 1974 Tito Martino managed to take his Band to the USA, to play some gigs in New Orleans, N.York, New Jersey, Miami and Tucson Arizona. The Band attracted the attention of prestigious and respected Jazz critics John Wilson of New York Times and Hal Willard, of Washington Post. They published Tito\u2019s photos in their newspapers and wrote very nice reviews about his concerts like the one at NY Jazz Museum, organized by Jack Bradley. Wilson wrote: \u201cMr. Martino revealed his affection for the style of George Lewis, the New Orleans clarinetist, in a beautifully shaded performance of Burgundy Street Blues; but although one could hear occasional reflections of well known American jazz men \u2026 he was drawing in a number of sources and putting things together in his own individual way\u201d. After jamming together in New Orleans, Alvin Alcorn, the great black trumpetist of Kid Ory\u2019s Band, tapped Tito\u2019s shoulder and said: \u201cKnow what, man? you\u2019re black inside\u201d. The Band performed also in Wash. DC, a Concert for Potomac Jazz Club, aired by The Voice of America. As a consequence Tito Martino\u2019s Band was engaged next year (1975) by newsman, radio producer and writer Royal Stokes, and under his supervision they did a second tour going now to Chicago Heights, Toledo, Akron, St. Louis, NY, Wash. DC, Boston, Worcester, after playing at the N. Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, were they where considered by Second Line magazine writers, the best foreign Band at the Festival. Back to Brazil Tito opened his much celebrated and now missed OPUS 2004 Jazz Club, and soon he had big names in Jazz, after finishing their Concerts elsewhere in S. Paulo, jamming with them after hours, like Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Manuel Sayles, Kid Thomas, and also Brubeck, Johnny Mince, Johnny Best, Art Blakey, etc. The Club was visited also by many other jazzmen who signed upon the wall. At this time the power-house Bass player Bob van Oven from the Dutch Swing College Band was in Brazil and stayed for a year in Tito\u2019s Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1983, Tito changed residence to Swiss, for ten years, and soon helped to start an all-Swiss new Band, the Bogalusa New Orleans Jazzband. This Band performed at Ascona Jazz Festival and while playing with NO trombonist Louis Nelson they attracted the attention of jazz records producer George H. Buck who recorded the Band in the GHB-230 \u201cLet\u2019s Have a Good Time\u201d. In 1993 Tito came back to Brazil, where he started his new Band the TITO MARTINO JAZZ BAND. In December 2000 Tito managed to bring to S. Paulo the legendary Original Dixieland Jazz Band, now under leadership of Jimmy LaRocca, with Tim Laughlin on clarinet; and together with the famous Porte\u00f1a Jazz Band from Buenos Aires, and his own Band, the three bands performed two Armstrong Memorial Concerts to a packed 800 seats Auditorium. In June 2006, the TITO MARTINO JAZZ BAND performed in Portugal at the expanding Cantanhede Dixieland Festival, and afterwards Tito played a short European tour organized by trombonist Jens Lindgren from the famous Kustbandet Big Band. In October 2009 Tito sponsored a Concert of the whole Kustbandet at Memorial da Am\u00e9rica Latina in S\u00e3o Paulo. Presently Tito Martino Jazz Band plays in S\u00e3o Paulo, and does Concerts, Shows and Jazz-speeches at Clubs, Theaters, parties and company events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awards&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Pioneer of Traditional Jazz in Brazil&#8221;, Diplom given by His Excellence Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engenheiro eletricista pela Escola Polit\u00e9cnica da U.S.P., \u00e9 clarinetista e compositor de Jazz, com um vasto curriculum internacional. Foi elogiado e teve fotos suas publicadas no WASHINGTON POST e no NEW YORK TIMES. 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