Paulo Moura is: A legend of Brazilian instrumental music. A Grammy award Winner for the year 2000. The One who received the legacy of Pixinguinha. The finest choro player and composer of our days. One of the very first Brazilian instrumentalists who seriously approached improvisational jazz. He grew up in a big family, drank music with milk, experimented since his earliest days. His father was a band leader in the small city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto. He had 10 sibilings. His parents knew that music is a hard job and wanted him to be a tailor but... the band took over and his music apprenticeship was prodigious. He played with his father. He played gafieiras. He played backyard rodas de choro. By age 19 played Weber's Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra with the Brazilian Symphony and shortly after was appointed first clarinetist at the Municipal Theater. So it was that he got into classical music ... but he still dug gafieiras. He had an uncanny taste for Popular Music. He knew all about "hi" and "low". He became a feature of Radio Nacional with the great Ari Barroso and Radames Gnattali. He appeared internationally from Montreaux to Carnagie Hall. His arrangements are universally known through the voice of Elis Regina. He didn't write any book but his record Confusao Urbana, Suburbana e Rural is one of the strongest statements on/in the history of MPB.