Junior Maceió
Geraldo Manoel de Souza Júnior, better known as Júnior Maceió, was born on 12/09/77 in Maceió-AL, but lived all his childhood in the small town of Santa Luzia do Norte-AL, with about 6,000 inhabitants.
At the age of 11, he started studying music with Maestro Euclides Moreira, at the age of 13 he was already playing in the frevo orchestras of the region. In Maceió, he played on the Big Banda Show, conductor Ivanildo Rafael, who represented the state of Alagoas at the Montreux Festival in 1997 and accompanied artists such as: Claudionor Germano, a great carnival from Pernambuco), and Maria Alcina.
He studied at Senai and at the Federal Technical School of Alagoas. The first change was in 1998 to Juazeiro do Norte-CE, where he worked with Luiz Fidélis, a great composer from Ceará. In 1999 he moved to Salvador and played at night in bars and restaurants. In the studio he recorded with
Daniela Mercury
Alexandre Pires
Banda Eva
Os Travessos
Ivete Sangalo
Araketo
Luiz Caldas
Claudia Leite
Timbalada
Carlinhos Brown
Olodum
He also worked with major producers such as:
Marco Mazola;
Iacoce Simões;
Guto Graça Melo;
Alfredo Moura;
Lincon Oliveti;
Alexandre Lins.
He was part of the Bahian group Harmonia do Samba from 2001 to 2008, where he was responsible for arranging the wind instruments. During this period there were 8 discs and 2 DVD's. With the group, he toured countries like Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, USA, Angola and Cape Verde.
2008
Recorded and made musical direction for the DVD HARMONIA ROMÂNTICO, recorded in SP at Espaço das Américas, and nominated for the Latin Grammy as the best samba and pagode album;
Won the award for best instrumental music by radio educator from Bahia with the song “CHEIO DE PANTIM” (Junior Maceió / Marcio Dhiniz)
Recorded the children's disc "A CASA AMARELA" by Ivete and Saulo and DVD "PODE ENTRAR".
2009
He was part of the band that accompanied the artist Carlinhos Brown on his tour (Morocco, Europe, Colombia, USA, Canada)
Was part of the band and musical direction of Cantor Jau
In March 2011, he was invited to join the band of singer Ivete Sangalo, where he is today. Junior is also part of the award-winning Rumpillezz Orchestra by conductor Letieris Leite.
It had as musical influences:
Ivanildo Sax de Ouro
Charlie Parker
Teixeira de Manaus
Michael Brecker
Saraiva
Erik Marienthal
Leo Gandelman
Davis Sam Born
Milton Guedes
Djavan
Marcelo Martins
Maceo Parker
In December 2015, he released his first instrumental solo album, "Together y Mistificados" by Muralha Records.
DISCOGRAFIA
BIG BAND SHOW( Maceió)
ORKESTRA RUMPILLEZZ
-CD Aláfia
-CD Banzo
IVETE SANGALO
-DVD Pode Entrar
-CD A Casa Amarela
-CD Real Fantasia
-DVD Ivete 20 Anos
-DVD Ivete Em Trancoso
CARLINHOS BROWN
-CD Diminuto
-CD Adobró
CLAUDIA LEITE
-CD Ver-te Mar
-CD O Diário de Claudinha
-DVD ao vivo em Copacabana
DANIELA MERCURY
-CD Canibália
HARMONIA DO SAMBA
-CD A Casa do Harmonia
-CD Pé no Chão( ao vivo)
-CD Meu e Seu
-CD Da Capelinha Para o Mundo (ao vivo)
-DVD ao vivo em Salvador
-CD Esse Som Vai Te Levar
-CD Esse Som Vai Te Levar (ao vivo)
-DVD Harmonia Romântico (indicado ao Grammy Latino) gravado em SP .
-CD Só Pra Dançar
-DVD Selo de Qualidade ( gravado em Manaus )
-CD Tudo de Novo
-DVD Harmonia 20 Anos
-CD Tá no DNA
ALEXANDRE PIRES
-single
Other Records
Sanbone Orquestra
Orquestra Popular da Bahia
Salsalito
Timbalada
Olodum
Luiz Caldas
Banda Eva
