Eduardo Andreozzi

Küss mich, Schnucki-Putzi
(Yes Sir! Thats my Baby)
Tanzorchester (Eduardo Andreozzi)
Derby 551-B/2193-at (first recorded for the German Grammophone)
Berlin, c.05.1926
"Eduardo Andreozzi was born 1892 in Brazil. He studied music in Rio 1917 - 1919. He toured Europe in the 1920´s and 30´s. He played the violin and sax.
In the 40´s he was involved in Latin Jazz. He made some recordings for Odeon and the Grammophone in Berlin with his Jazzband. He died 1979."

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"Eduardo Andreozzi (1892-1979) é um nome que merece pesquisa mais aprofundada. Em um capítulo, dedicado ao violino no jazz, do livro The Cambridge Companion to the violin, o autor Marx Harrison coloca Andreozzi, violinista, como um exemplo da tradição, iniciada nos anos do ragtime, em que o violinista era o lider da banda de jazz (Harrison, 1922: 251). Andreozzi, músico desconhecido no Brasil, liderou sua banda a partir de 1919, tendo gravado pela Odeon até 1920. Em seguida, excursionou na Europa com sucesso, tendo atuado mais esporadicamente após a II Grande Gerra. O The New Grove Dictionary of jazz refere-se a Andreozzi também como saxofonista e não violinista. Eugene Chadbourne levanta a hipótese de que a reputação do músico como pioneiro parece ser devida mais à introdução de repertório estrangeiro do que a sua atuação como instrumentista."

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Biography

"Eduardo Andreozzi is a kind of long lost link in the woven chain mail connecting jazz and Latin music. By the '40s it was clear that there would be such a thing as Latin jazz; by the '80s it was well proven that a kind of gelatin could result from the combination as well. The jazz forensic lab has come up with Latin clues on the New Orleans scene, but what about a man who, also in the early '20s, changed the repertoire of a Rio de Janeiro dance orchestra from Latin music to jazz? Andreozzi studied in Rio from 1917 through 1919, but obviously had American jazz sides stashed in his notebooks, and a radio serving up something other than samba. The Odeon label prolifically recorded his developing experiments between 1919 and 1924, sides that someone might just find if a major earthquake churns up everything that was ever lost in the country of Brazil. The bandleader's reputation as a pioneer was based completely on this radical introduction of essentially foreign repertoire, since he did not perform as a soloist and have some kind of instrumental virtuosity to fall back on in order to drive the message home. From the mid-'20s Andreozzi began to bolster his reputation outside his homeland. He toured Europe off an on for more than a decade, collaborating with bandleader Gregor Keleklian and cutting sides for Grammophon in Berlin. Trumpeter Mickey Diamond's jewels of inspiration were on display throughout tracks such as "Big Bad Bill." The band even had its own kazoo player, the shining Sydney Sterling. The names of these sidemen lead to speculation that the Brazilian bandleader was somehow involved in the trading of precious stones as well as making music. He was much less active on the music scene following the Second World War.  (Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide)."

Fonte de pesquisa
http://www.youtube.com/ 
http://www.uc.cl/historia/iaspm/baires/articulos/rodriguessilva.pdf
http://www.billboard.com/artist/eduardo-andreozzi

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É pra mim, uma grande honra homenagear este ilustre músico. Porque além de contribuir para seu merecedor reconhecimento, também me orgulha o fato deste, ser avô materno de uma pessoa muito especial pra mim, Khalil Andreozzi Naime.