New Album from Eclectic, Energetic Brazilian Musical Artist Jovino Santos Neto Slated for Spring Release

SEATTLE, WA: Spring 2013 will bring the latest and greatest from renowned musician Jovino Santos Neto. Following his 2011 release Current, three-time Latin Grammy Award nominee Jovino Santos Neto introduces Adventure Piano Masters, Volume 4, which is his first ever solo piano album. Santos Neto recorded the entire album from memory and even created several short, on-the-spot improvisations that were inserted in-between tracks, weaving them all together.

Adventure Piano Masters, Volume 4 features an hour of original music that was recorded on a magnificent Fazioli grand piano in New York City. Various tracks are short; others are jazzy, but perhaps the most intriguing is Jovino Santos Neto’s own take on the classic Beatle’s song “Black Bird.” The album will be available for purchase this upcoming spring on Santos Neto’s website at www.jovisan.net, as well as from several digital music providers such as iTunes, Amazon, and Xbox Music.

About Jovino Santos Neto

Jovino Santos Neto is a multi-talented musical artist who began his life and career in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the age of thirteen, he learned how to play the piano and has been mastering the art ever since. Additionally, Santos Neto plays the flute and composes, produces, and arranges music. Santos Neto’s mentor is world-known Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal, who he worked with for fifteen years. Santos Neto expresses the major influence Pascoal has had on his music. When describing Pascoal as his inspiration, Santos Neto explains, “He is the tree that I am a branch of.”

In 1993, Jovino Santos Neto moved to the Seattle area and has remained there since. He is a professor at Cornish College of the Arts where he teaches music. Santos Neto has won several music awards and has also been nominated for the Latin Grammy Award three times. He positively believes that he will be nominated for more. Playing music is always a joyful experience for Santos Neto and he has a strong appreciation for music in general. “I love music that breathes and has motion to it,” explains Santos Neto. Furthermore, Santos Neto describes himself as an artist who likes to think outside the box, while insisting that he is not some kind of a musical genius. “Music is a craft,” he says, “and I am a good craftsman.”