Jazz Band / Brazilian Jazz/ Bossa Nova

From a duo to a quartet, you will have exclusively Brazilian instrumental music, of the best quality and high level, with the best musicians from NYC

Gerson Galante (saxophone / clarinet /
flute), is multi-instrumentalist, arranger
and band leader from São Paulo, Brazil.
He began his musical studies when he
was 6, and was playing professionally by
age 11. After receiving his formal
musical training at the Escola Municipal
de Música, he went on to perform with
some of the most famous musicians in
Brazil, including Ivan Lins, Wilson
Simonal, Raul Seixas, Sá e Guarabyra,
Cauby Peixoto and Pery Ribeiro.
Gerson has played with The Duke
Ellington All Stars Big Band in the
USA, as well as with a number of big
bands in Brazil, including Banda
Savana, Comboio Jazz, Banda Cacique,
Speakin’ Jazz, Banda Urbana, Banda
Jazzco, and the Zérró Santos Big Band
Project.
Gerson's CD credits include his solo CD, 501 (1993), featuring guest artist Ivan Lins, as
well as BemDito (1996) and Tributo a Pixinguinha (1997) with Itacir Bocato, Banda
Brazuca (2001) with João Cristal, Novo Brasileiro (2006) with Bandazul, Maybe
September (2001) and Uncle Charles (2007) with Soundscape Big Band, Na Base do
Improviso (2015) with Amilson Godoy, and Jazz Sinfônica 25 Anos (2015) with
Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo. He has just recorded a new disc with
Band Urbana, featuring the music of Rafael Piccolotto.
Gerson has played in the São Paulo-Montreaux Jazz Festival, various Broadway musicals
in Brazil, and has toured extensively with ensembles throughout Brazil, Argentina,
Uraguay, Venuzuela, Italy, Canada and The United States. He is a current member of
Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica and Orquestra Arte Viva in São Paulo, and his arrangements
have been performed by Jazz Sinfônica, Speakin' Jazz Big Band, Big Beat Big Band,
CompCord Big Band, Caldwell University Jazz Band, Newark Academy, NJIT Jazz
Band, and the Nutley High School Jazz Ensemble. Gerson is co-founder, resident
arranger and bandleader of his own Brazilian-American cross-continental group,
InterXchange Ensemble