Chico Pinheiro

Review:

This is the hundredth and thirty-fifth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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Chico Pinheiro was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, began on the guitar when he was six, and at 14 was already working as a studio musician.

He has since led several record dates both in Brazil and the U.S. and worked with quite a few notable artists including Placido Domingo, Dave Grusin, Brad Mehldau, Dianne Reeves, Kurt Elling, Danilo Pérez, Nnenna Freelon, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Wilson, Ivan Lins, Luciana Souza, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, and John Patitucci.

It is obvious, listening to this solo LiveStream from June 13, 2020, why the guitarist is in such demand.

Chico Pinheiro plays beautiful and sophisticated solo guitar renditions of such standards as “Nobody Else But Me,” “Darn That Dream,” and a cooking version of “Wave,” along with a few melodic originals, often discussing what he is going to play between songs.

– Scott Yanow