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Rafael Mendes Barata, born in September 26th of 1980, started to play drums at 5 years of age.
Throughout his childhood he was dedicated to MPB, in special learning the Bossa Nova, whose attraction it came of the family; His father Roberto Mendes, Musician and his brother Beto, pianist.
Self taught on drums, he recorded his first CD at age 14. He studied musical theory in the adolescence with professor Jose Guedes Sobrinho. He won two Brazilian Drums Festivals: 1st Batuka! - at age 15 , and the Batuka!
Masters 2000.. Both had been developed by the Brazilian Drummer Vera Figueiredo
He has recorded with diverse artists, amongst them the brazilian singer Rosa Passos, Dario Galante (piano - Italy), Idriss Bodrioua (Sax - France), Osmar Milito (piano - Brazil), Durval Ferreira (acoustic guitar and Bossa Nova composer - Brazil), Helio Celso (piano - Brazil/Japan), JT Meirelles (Sax - Brazil), Daniel Garcia (Sax - Brazil), Claudio
Roditi (Trumpet - Brazil), Guilherme Dias Gomes (Trumpet - Brazil).
Rafael has also worked with Brazilian singers Zezé Motta, Emilio Santiago and participated of some jazz festivals in Brazil with the Canadian Jean Pierre Zanella (Sax- Montreal), the American Ray Moore (Sax - New Orleans), Idriss Bodrioua, Dário Galante. In 2004 among others Rafael is a member of the Meirelles e os Copa 5 with whom the 2003 TIM JAZZ FESTIVAL.With American pianist Jeff Gardner, he played in Perú in the festival JAZZ EN LIMA.
Playing in the most traditional and popular jazz club of Rio de Janeiro, Mistura Fina, with Osmar Milito trio, he has participated in jam sessions with the likes of John Pizzarelli, Jane Monheit, Karrin Allison and many others.
Currently 23 years old, he is a member of the Philippe Baden Powell Trio, with whom he played in Paris and Frankfurt and recently joined the band of living bossa nova legend Edu Lobo.
Rafael Mendes Barata, nascido em 26 de setembro de 1980, começou a tocar Bateria com 5 anos de idade, depois de se aventurar nas aulas de piano.
Ao longo de sua infância, se dedicou a MPB, em especial a aprender a Bossa Nova, cuja atração veio de família; Seu pai Roberto Mendes, Músico e seu irmão Beto, pianista.
Auto didata, estudando sempre com os discos, gravou o primeiro aos 14 anos. Aprendeu teoria musical na adolescência com o professor José Guedes Sobrinho( contemporâneo do saudoso Bituca), e em seguida passou a estudar Jazz. Ganhou 2 Festivais de Bateria, o 1º Batuka! - com 15 anos, e o Batuka! Masters 2000, só para vencedores.
Já gravou com diversos artistas, dentre eles Rosa Passos, Dario Galante, Idriss Bodrioua, Osmar Milito, Durval Ferreira e Helio Celso. Já trabalhou com Zezé Motta, Emílio Santiago, participou de vários festivais de jazz no Brasil ao lado de Internacionais como o Canadense Jean Pierre Zanella, o americano Ray Moore, Idriss Bodrioua, Dário Galante entre outros.
Atualmente com 23 anos, voltado para o Jazz, apresenta-se com Dário Galante Trio (Dário, Augusto Matoso, Rafael), Osmar Milito Trio (Osmar Milito, Augusto Matoso, Rafael), Philippe Baden Powell Trio (Philippe Baden Powell, José Santa Roza, Rafael) e Meirelles e os Copa 5 (JT Meirelles, Guilherme Dias Gomes, Rafael Vernet, José Santa Roza e Rafael) que marcaram presença no 1º TIM FESTIVAL.
Alguns artistas que já trabalhou:
Emílio Santiago, Rosa Passos, Zezé Motta, Paula Santoro, Marcelo Viana, Cleber Lúcio, Taís Fraga, Vera Gama, Dudu Salinas, Mestre Zé Paulo, Durval Ferreira, Jean Pierre Zanella, Ray Moore, Idriss Bodrioua, JT Meirelles, Eduardo Neves, Ricardo Pontes, Marcelo Martins, Jorge , ontinentino, Juarez Araújo, Humberto Araújo, Carlos Malta, Cláudio Roditi, Márcio Montarroyos, Sérgio Benchimol, Fabrício De Francesco, Jessé Sadoc, Guilherme Dias Gomes, Léo Ortis, Kiko , ontinentino, Itamar Assiére, Osmar Milito, Helio Celso, Rafael Vernet, Philippe Baden, Adriano Souza, Dario Galante, Marcos Nimrichter, Roberto Barata, Marcos Amorim, Humberto Mirabelli, João Castilho, Alexandre Carvalho, Daniel Santiago , Hamilton de Holanda, Gabriel Grossi, André Rodrigues, André Vasconcelos, Lúcio Nascimento, Jorge Helder, Augusto Matoso, Santa Roza, Zé Luís Maia, Luis Alves, Ney Conceição, Gustavo Gama, Tony Botelho, Thiago do Espírito Santo, André Luz, E muitos outros...
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