(1948-05-31) May 31, 1948 (age 76) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres
Jazz, Latin American music, rock, R&B, pop, adult contemporary, blues, country, disco
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Percussion
Years active
1958–present
Labels
A&M, Concord, Pablo
Website
paulinho.com
Musical artist
Paulinho da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation:[pawˈliɲudɐˈkɔʃtɐ], born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Mendes. He went on to perform with many American pop, rock and jazz musicians and participated in thousands of albums. DownBeat magazine call him "one of the most talented percussionists of our time."[1] He played on such albums as Earth, Wind & Fire's I Am, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Madonna's True Blue, Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, hit singles and movie soundtracks, including Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain among others. He has also toured with Diana Krall. He plays over 200 instruments professionally, and has worked in a variety of music genres including Brazilian, blues, Christian, country, disco, gospel, hip hop, jazz, Latin, pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to Norman Granz's Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, Agora, Happy People and Sunrise, as well as Breakdown. Da Costa received the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Most Valuable Player Award for three consecutive years. He also received the Musicians Emeritus Award.[1]
^ abLloyd, Robin (4 April 2013). "Prolific percussion master Paulinho da Costa". KPLU. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
PaulinhodaCosta (Portuguese pronunciation: [pawˈliɲu dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ], born Paulo Roberto daCosta on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning...
Ronstadt, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Sammy Davis, Jr., PaulinhoDaCosta, Charly García, the Fifth Dimension, Herb Alpert, Christopher Cross...
musicians in the jazz field, such as Teo Macero, Lee Konitz, Stan Getz, PaulinhoDaCosta, Billy Higgins, Cedar Walton and Herbie Hancock. In the 1980s, Kimiko...
Doldinger Larry Coryell Monty Alexander Muddy Waters Oscar Peterson PaulinhoDaCosta Rory Gallagher Shakti Stan Getz Stanley Clarke Zakir Hussain The 1978...
Adrian Belew, vocalist Sylvester and percussionists Sheila E. and PaulinhodaCosta. "Magic Number" (David Rubinson, Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen) – 7:24 "Tonight's...
by Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, and PaulinhodaCosta. The label also re-released 1950s recordings by Art Tatum, which Granz...
programming Dann Huff – guitars Neil Stubenhaus – bass Carlos Vega – drums PaulinhodaCosta – percussion David Boruff – saxophone Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine...
Collegian. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2009. Da Atley, Richard (January 29, 1986). "Awards honor year of charity". The Daily...
drummers Carlos Vega and Doane Perry (Jethro Tull); percussionists PaulinhoDaCosta and Lenny Castro; and guest vocalists including Joe "Bean" Esposito...
drummers John Robinson and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, percussionist PaulinhodaCosta, trumpeters Gary Grant and Jerry Hey, trombonist Lew McCreary, conductor...
on keyboard arrangement and programming, Gaitsch on guitars, and PaulinhodaCosta as percussionist; background vocals were performed by Siedah Garrett...
Childs, Phil Ranelin on all tracks except "A Summer Knows", with PaulinhodaCosta guesting on two tracks and George Duke and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter guesting...
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